The British Review, and London Critical Journal, Volume 5Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1813 |
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... thought proper to devote to Mr. Hobhouse , has been purchased by the value of his communications . The state in which the continent has continued for many years , if it has been fruitful in calamity , has not been without its ...
... thought proper to devote to Mr. Hobhouse , has been purchased by the value of his communications . The state in which the continent has continued for many years , if it has been fruitful in calamity , has not been without its ...
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... thought and behaviour before it can escape from its bounds . The paths which now lie open to the enterprize of the tra- veller , are surely such as none will adventure in but those who are exceptions to the case of the young noblemen ...
... thought and behaviour before it can escape from its bounds . The paths which now lie open to the enterprize of the tra- veller , are surely such as none will adventure in but those who are exceptions to the case of the young noblemen ...
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... thought it consistent with his grave impartiality to profess . Be gun in stratagem and continued in blood , it has ended in the per petuation of tyranny and ignorance . Some of the legendary superstitions which have been engrafted on ...
... thought it consistent with his grave impartiality to profess . Be gun in stratagem and continued in blood , it has ended in the per petuation of tyranny and ignorance . Some of the legendary superstitions which have been engrafted on ...
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... , and as most of these have a summer - house in them , they seem to make a part of the city , which , from its great apparent extent , might be thought to contain a very 48 Journey through Albania , & c . by Hobhouse .
... , and as most of these have a summer - house in them , they seem to make a part of the city , which , from its great apparent extent , might be thought to contain a very 48 Journey through Albania , & c . by Hobhouse .
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apparent extent , might be thought to contain a very large population . But the Mahometans never make any efforts to ascertain the exact number of inhabitants in any town or district , and it was only during our stay in Turkey , that ...
apparent extent , might be thought to contain a very large population . But the Mahometans never make any efforts to ascertain the exact number of inhabitants in any town or district , and it was only during our stay in Turkey , that ...
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Página 442 - He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
Página 139 - The sting she nourish'd for her foes, Whose venom never yet was vain, Gives but one pang, and cures all pain, And darts into her desperate brain...
Página 153 - God do to us, who hath made us, not to devour and destroy one another, but to live soberly and kindly together in the world.
Página 87 - For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. for there are no bands in their death : but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men , neither are they plagued like other men.
Página 140 - Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower ? No: gayer insects fluttering by !Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame.
Página 195 - ... with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength ; and, therefore, they loved him as truly and as fervently as he loved England.
Página 138 - As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power ; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look, by death revealed ! Such is the aspect of this shore ; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there.
Página 94 - But though the ancients thus their rules invade, (As kings dispense with laws themselves have made,) Moderns, beware! or if you must offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end; Let it be seldom, and compelled by need; And have, at least, their precedent to plead.
Página 138 - Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these, and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look by death revealed...