The British Quarterly Review, 30. köideHenry Allon Hodder and Stoughton, 1859 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 46
... reading and a man of talent . He knows much , can invent much , and has a clever manner of presenting both fact and fiction to his readers . The title of the work at the head of this article is a convenient one for an author of such ...
... reading and a man of talent . He knows much , can invent much , and has a clever manner of presenting both fact and fiction to his readers . The title of the work at the head of this article is a convenient one for an author of such ...
Page 47
... readers should bear in mind that the date is , as stated , 1757. Dodd reaches home . It was , Dr. Doran says , so common an occurrence for him to be abroad all night , that Mrs. Dodd receives him with little or no manifesta- tion of ill ...
... readers should bear in mind that the date is , as stated , 1757. Dodd reaches home . It was , Dr. Doran says , so common an occurrence for him to be abroad all night , that Mrs. Dodd receives him with little or no manifesta- tion of ill ...
Page 52
... readers the least intimation of its being such . Had he done nothing more than fill up a meagre out- line of known events , and placed his readers in a position to under- stand that he had so done , censure would have been absurd . But ...
... readers the least intimation of its being such . Had he done nothing more than fill up a meagre out- line of known events , and placed his readers in a position to under- stand that he had so done , censure would have been absurd . But ...
Page 53
... reading very facts . Hence , if the incidents be all or any of them false , we haye , with their falsehood , and as a cover for the same , a laboured effort to give the appearance of truth to that which he knows to be untrue . Now , who ...
... reading very facts . Hence , if the incidents be all or any of them false , we haye , with their falsehood , and as a cover for the same , a laboured effort to give the appearance of truth to that which he knows to be untrue . Now , who ...
Page 54
... reading upon him is simply vexation . Seeming falsehoods may be facts , and seeming facts , falsehoods ; but whether he has been making himself master of the one or of the other he does not know . # A really good life of Dodd has never ...
... reading upon him is simply vexation . Seeming falsehoods may be facts , and seeming facts , falsehoods ; but whether he has been making himself master of the one or of the other he does not know . # A really good life of Dodd has never ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admirable Alps appear army Austria beauty British Buddha Buddhist Catholic century character Christian Church despotism Divine doctrine East India Bill Emperor empire England English Europe existence fact faith favour feel force France French genius Geraint German give glacier ground Guenevere hand Hiouen-Thsang honour House human hundred India Infinite influence interests Ireland Irish Italian Italy King labour lady land less look Lord Cornwallis Lord Palmerston Lord Stanley Martineau ment Metternich mind Minister Mont Blanc Monte Monte Rosa moral mountains Napoleon nation nature never noble object ocean Parliament party passed persons poetry political position possessed present Prince principles Protestant readers religion religious Roman Russia Sardinia seems Shelley side Sir Henry Clinton society spirit Tennyson things thought tion traveller true truth Unitarian Vienna volume Whigs whole writer