The Quarterly Review, 210. köideWilliam Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1909 |
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... practical excuses , however , have been put forward which , in the present political situation of the country , carry a certain weight . It is urged that no more money is available , and that the establishment was fixed at the extreme ...
... practical excuses , however , have been put forward which , in the present political situation of the country , carry a certain weight . It is urged that no more money is available , and that the establishment was fixed at the extreme ...
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... practical purposes it is not worth while to resist the proposal by appeal to any general principle . For better or worse , the reign of the general principle is over ; and we now guide our political conduct by what we call the merits of ...
... practical purposes it is not worth while to resist the proposal by appeal to any general principle . For better or worse , the reign of the general principle is over ; and we now guide our political conduct by what we call the merits of ...
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... practical exigencies of the moment , the principle of exchange and the open market has , in the main , been allowed to organise our industry , and has , in the main , been accepted as an in- evitable and beneficent guide in conducting ...
... practical exigencies of the moment , the principle of exchange and the open market has , in the main , been allowed to organise our industry , and has , in the main , been accepted as an in- evitable and beneficent guide in conducting ...
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... practical difficulties in the way of filling the throne so long as the Legitimists and Orleanists were unable to effect a fusion . Another consideration was that any treaty of peace must inevitably result in a cession of territory ...
... practical difficulties in the way of filling the throne so long as the Legitimists and Orleanists were unable to effect a fusion . Another consideration was that any treaty of peace must inevitably result in a cession of territory ...
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... practical way would be welcomed with universal satisfaction , once it had been understood . It is ridiculous , for example , as well as wasteful , that the management of the Great North Road should be in the hands of more than a hundred ...
... practical way would be welcomed with universal satisfaction , once it had been understood . It is ridiculous , for example , as well as wasteful , that the management of the Great North Road should be in the hands of more than a hundred ...
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Page 164 - Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 161 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Page 161 - Haste thee nymph and bring with thee Jest and youthful jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles. Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled care derides. And laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as ye go On the light fantastic toe...
Page 163 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill...
Page 452 - Though I, once gone, to all the world must die : The earth can yield me but a common grave. When you entombed in men's eyes shall lie. Your monument shall be my gentle verse, Which eyes not yet created shall o'er-read ; And tongues to be, your being shall rehearse, When all the breathers of this world are dead ; You still shall live (such virtue hath my pen) Where breath most breathes, — even in the mouths of men.
Page 452 - Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall out-live this powerful rhyme ; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn The living record of your memory, 'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth ; your praise shall still find room, Even in the eyes of all posterity That wear this world...
Page 279 - That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.
Page 162 - While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the...
Page 459 - God! that one might read the Book of Fate, And see the revolution of the times Make mountains level, and the continent, Weary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea : and, other times, to s'ee The beachy girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune's hips...
Page 405 - There was a roaring in the wind all night; The rain came heavily and fell in floods; But now the sun is rising calm and bright; The birds are singing in the distant woods...