The Quarterly Review, Band 7William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1812 |
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... possessing these advantages will be disposed to make that fair and honest use of them which justice requires ; and ... possessed an independent fortune while he resided there ; but , having removed with his family to Eng- land for the ...
... possessing these advantages will be disposed to make that fair and honest use of them which justice requires ; and ... possessed an independent fortune while he resided there ; but , having removed with his family to Eng- land for the ...
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... possess the best qualifications for the situa- tion . Subjoined to a copy of Mr. Pitt's letter , informing him of his appointment , the following words were found written with the Bishop's own hand : I acknowledge the goodness of a kind ...
... possess the best qualifications for the situa- tion . Subjoined to a copy of Mr. Pitt's letter , informing him of his appointment , the following words were found written with the Bishop's own hand : I acknowledge the goodness of a kind ...
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... possessed political power in a Protestant country , without using it cruelly and tyrannically . ' The bishop's reputation as a preacher was deservedly high . In- dependently of the sterling merit which his discourses possessed , he had ...
... possessed political power in a Protestant country , without using it cruelly and tyrannically . ' The bishop's reputation as a preacher was deservedly high . In- dependently of the sterling merit which his discourses possessed , he had ...
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... possessed a mind , less formed for a close and patient investigation of any one subject , than for a diffused attention to several . We should characterise him rather as a just thinker , than a deep one . In regard to theological ...
... possessed a mind , less formed for a close and patient investigation of any one subject , than for a diffused attention to several . We should characterise him rather as a just thinker , than a deep one . In regard to theological ...
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... possessing not a soaring genius , but respectable talents , have devoted themselves with unwearied in- dustry to the most beneficial pursuits . Undoubtedly , there have been many English divines of more commanding powers , of more ...
... possessing not a soaring genius , but respectable talents , have devoted themselves with unwearied in- dustry to the most beneficial pursuits . Undoubtedly , there have been many English divines of more commanding powers , of more ...
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Seite 188 - Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow? By their right arms the conquest must be wrought? Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye? no!
Seite 195 - Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul: Yes, this was once Ambition's airy hall, The dome of Thought, the palace of the Soul...
Seite 156 - And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
Seite 293 - who should teach them all things, and bring all things to their remembrance whatsoever he had said unto them...
Seite 378 - LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM. OH ! the days are gone, when Beauty bright My heart's chain wove ; When my dream of life from morn till night Was love, still love. New hope may bloom, And days may come Of milder, calmer beam, But there's nothing half so sweet in life As love's young dream : No, there's nothing half so sweet in life As love's young dream.
Seite 378 - No ; — life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns ; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers. Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.
Seite 377 - On Lough Neagh's bank as the fisherman strays, When the clear, cold eve's declining, He sees the round towers of other days, In the wave beneath him shining! Thus shall memory often, in dreams sublime, Catch a glimpse of the days that are over, Thus, sighing, look through the waves of time For the long-faded glories they cover!
Seite 194 - Maidens, like moths, are ever caught by glare, And Mammon wins his way where Seraphs might despair.
Seite 48 - A part how small of the terraqueous globe Is tenanted by man? the rest a waste; Rocks, deserts, frozen seas, and burning sands! Wild haunts of monsters, poisons, stings, and death Such is earth's melancholy map! but, far 'More sad! this earth is a true map of man: So bounded are its haughty lord's delights To woe's wide empire, where deep troubles toss.
Seite 98 - But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned, Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh : but I spare you.