The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Band 243A. Constable, 1926 |
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... nature were asserting themselves in the struggle for existence . This attitude of independence also develops a spirit of pride , a will to make good , and a determination not to be defeated , which have a stimulating effect on character ...
... nature were asserting themselves in the struggle for existence . This attitude of independence also develops a spirit of pride , a will to make good , and a determination not to be defeated , which have a stimulating effect on character ...
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... nature of the account itself . With regard to the first question , it has been decided to discontinue accounts both of schools of instruction and of hospitals . These , especially hospitals , are institutions where there is ample scope ...
... nature of the account itself . With regard to the first question , it has been decided to discontinue accounts both of schools of instruction and of hospitals . These , especially hospitals , are institutions where there is ample scope ...
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... nature of a pretence , trained accountants costing about £ 100,000 are to be retained . Judged as value for money , this expenditure is largely wasted , but it serves a useful tactical purpose it serves as a plausible pretext to ...
... nature of a pretence , trained accountants costing about £ 100,000 are to be retained . Judged as value for money , this expenditure is largely wasted , but it serves a useful tactical purpose it serves as a plausible pretext to ...
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... nature , not only for their own advancement but for the necessities and comfort of the crowded populations of Europe . At the same time he uttered a very necessary word of warning against forcing the pace in such a way as to make ...
... nature , not only for their own advancement but for the necessities and comfort of the crowded populations of Europe . At the same time he uttered a very necessary word of warning against forcing the pace in such a way as to make ...
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... nature of things that the United States Government should avail itself of the present opportunity at Peking , on the one hand to indicate American idealism in world politics and , on the other , to assume the leadership in Far Eastern ...
... nature of things that the United States Government should avail itself of the present opportunity at Peking , on the one hand to indicate American idealism in world politics and , on the other , to assume the leadership in Far Eastern ...
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Seite 255 - Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them...
Seite 40 - To refrain from taking advantage of conditions in China in order to seek special rights or privileges which would abridge the rights of subjects or citizens of friendly states, and from countenancing action inimical to the security of such states.
Seite 148 - ... from the head: by chance lively; very lively it will be, if he have hope of seeing a lady whom he loves and honours: his eye always on the ladies...
Seite 254 - What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's. isle ; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown : The heathen in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone.
Seite 152 - ... a new species of writing, that might possibly turn young people into a course of reading different from the pomp and parade of romance-writing, and dismissing the improbable and marvellous, with which novels generally abound, might tend to promote the cause of religion and virtue.
Seite 392 - By this we taste the spices of Arabia, yet never feel the scorching sun which brings them forth ; we shine in silks which our hands have never wrought ; we drink of vineyards which we never planted.
Seite 266 - Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves ; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female...
Seite 345 - Do thou teach me not only to foresee, but to enjoy, nay, even to feed on future praise. Comfort me by a solemn assurance, that when the little parlour in which I sit at this instant, shall be reduced to a worse furnished box, I shall be read with honour by those who never knew nor saw me, and whom I shall neither know nor see.
Seite 149 - A sly sinner, creeping along the very edges of the walks, getting behind benches : one hand in his bosom, the other held up to his chin, as if to keep it in its place : afraid of being seen, as a thief of detection. The people of fashion, if he happen to cross a walk (which he always does with precipitation) unsmiling their faces, as if they thought him in...
Seite 394 - All merchants shall have safe and secure conduct, to go out of, and to come into England, and to stay there and to pass as well by land as by water, for buying and selling by the ancient and allowed customs...