The Quarterly Review, Band 101Murray, 1857 |
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... satire than in earnest : - It is perhaps good also to indulge John Bull's taste for blood now and then . Had Moore sacrificed an army instead of saving one , he would have been perfect in the eyes of the country . Nothing but his ...
... satire than in earnest : - It is perhaps good also to indulge John Bull's taste for blood now and then . Had Moore sacrificed an army instead of saving one , he would have been perfect in the eyes of the country . Nothing but his ...
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... satire . It is certain that satire itself is one of the oldest things in the world ; and that men learned to knock wit out of a dunce almost as soon as to knock fire out of a flint . The species of it called political varies of course ...
... satire . It is certain that satire itself is one of the oldest things in the world ; and that men learned to knock wit out of a dunce almost as soon as to knock fire out of a flint . The species of it called political varies of course ...
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... satire recognised - though we know that private libelling and pas- quinading exposed the offender to legal punishment from the earliest period . 6 Now , it is clear that we have had something a little like re- cognised satire in Europe ...
... satire recognised - though we know that private libelling and pas- quinading exposed the offender to legal punishment from the earliest period . 6 Now , it is clear that we have had something a little like re- cognised satire in Europe ...
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... satire . Tacitus lays it down that they long remember it . Yet , Nero with all his cruelty never punished his own libellers , and one of the old kings of France was wont , when urged to such severity , to observe that the ass which ...
... satire . Tacitus lays it down that they long remember it . Yet , Nero with all his cruelty never punished his own libellers , and one of the old kings of France was wont , when urged to such severity , to observe that the ass which ...
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... satire was not their main object ; and highly important as straws ' which showed how the wind was setting , ' - we allude to the pamphlets which appeared under the pseudonym of ' Martin Mar - prelate . ' Their importance is undoubted ...
... satire was not their main object ; and highly important as straws ' which showed how the wind was setting , ' - we allude to the pamphlets which appeared under the pseudonym of ' Martin Mar - prelate . ' Their importance is undoubted ...
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Seite 314 - Sure I must fight, if I would reign ; Increase my courage, Lord ; I'll bear the toil, endure the pain, Supported, by thy word.
Seite 312 - He burneth part thereof in the fire ; with part thereof he eateth flesh ; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied : yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire...
Seite 189 - So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
Seite 27 - And hark ! like the roar of the billows on the shore, The cry of battle rises along their charging line ! For God ! for the Cause ! for the Church ! for the Laws ! For Charles King of England, and Rupert of the Rhine...
Seite 463 - Lo ! He comes, with clouds descending, Once for favored sinners slain ; Thousand thousand saints attending Swell the triumph of His train ; Hallelujah ! God appears on earth to reign ! 2 Every eye shall now behold Him, Robed in dreadful majesty ; Those who set at naught and sold Him, Pierced, and nailed Him to the Tree, Deeply wailing, Shall the true Messiah see.
Seite 176 - ... me. I do not here stand before you accused of venality, or of neglect of duty. It is not said, that, in the long period of my service, I have in a single instance sacrificed the slightest of your interests to my ambition, or to my fortune. It is not alleged, that, to gratify any anger or revenge of my own, or of my party, I have had a share in wronging or oppressing any description of men, or any one man of any description.
Seite 9 - Many precious rites And customs of our rural ancestry Are gone, or stealing from us ; this, I hope, Will last for ever.
Seite 416 - RESEARCHES ON LIGHT : An Examination of all the Phenomena connected with the Chemical and Molecular Changes produced by the Influence of the Solar Rays; embracing all the known Photographic Processes, and new Discoveries in the Art By ROBERT HUNT, Keeper of Mining Records, Museum of Economic Geology.
Seite 169 - He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
Seite 124 - For why ? because the good old rule Sufficeth them, — the simple plan, That they should take, who have the power, And they should keep, who can.