The Quarterly Review, Volume 10John Murray, 1813 |
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... remains a loss of £ 1610 on a single acre of land . But independent of profit , it is a natural feeling in him who plants , to desire to see the plantations rising up in his own time . Hence But of all forest trees the oak is slowest in ...
... remains a loss of £ 1610 on a single acre of land . But independent of profit , it is a natural feeling in him who plants , to desire to see the plantations rising up in his own time . Hence But of all forest trees the oak is slowest in ...
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... remain in the country , a very small proportion furnishes any timber fit for the construction of large ships of war . Some of the ancient and opulent families may take a pride in the preservation of those venerable and stately oaks ...
... remain in the country , a very small proportion furnishes any timber fit for the construction of large ships of war . Some of the ancient and opulent families may take a pride in the preservation of those venerable and stately oaks ...
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... remains at the present ex- travagant price , there is no security for the sapling oak . Of the vast plantations which have recently been made in Scot- land , very few , we believe , have any portion of oak trees in them ; and little or ...
... remains at the present ex- travagant price , there is no security for the sapling oak . Of the vast plantations which have recently been made in Scot- land , very few , we believe , have any portion of oak trees in them ; and little or ...
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... remain on private estates till they attain the size of large timber ) , by the intro- duction of a greater quantity of other sorts of wood in the construction of ships of war , and the use of other means and resources to economize ...
... remain on private estates till they attain the size of large timber ) , by the intro- duction of a greater quantity of other sorts of wood in the construction of ships of war , and the use of other means and resources to economize ...
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... remains at the present price , that will ever reach that standing on private property ; and when those shall be exhausted , and until the new plantations of the crown lands shall be fit for use , we have only to look forward to the two ...
... remains at the present price , that will ever reach that standing on private property ; and when those shall be exhausted , and until the new plantations of the crown lands shall be fit for use , we have only to look forward to the two ...
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Página 332 - 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!
Página 332 - Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb — Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away ! Spark of that flame, perchance of heavenly birth, Which gleams, but warms no more its cherished earth...
Página 332 - 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. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb; Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away!
Página 120 - Who is on my side? who?" And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. And he said, "Throw her down." So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses : and he trode her under foot.
Página 331 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
Página 125 - It came from mine own heart, so to my head, And thence into my fingers trickled; Then to my pen, from whence immediately On paper I did dribble it daintily.
Página 335 - Woe waits the insect and the maid ; A life of pain, the loss of peace, From infant's play, and man's caprice : The lovely toy so fiercely sought Hath lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that woo'd its stay Hath brush'd its brightest hues away, Till charm, and hue, and beauty gone, 'Tis left to fly or fall alone...
Página 106 - All things come by nature"; and the elements and stars came over me, so that I was in a manner quite clouded with it. But inasmuch as I sate still and silent the people of the house perceived nothing.
Página 107 - There is a spirit which I feel, that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things, in hope to enjoy its own in the end: its hope is to outlive all wrath and contention, and to weary out all exaltation and cruelty, or whatever is of a nature contrary to itself.
Página 122 - ... had her reward with him, for whose sake she did this service, how unworthy soever the person was, that made so ill a return for it: she rejoiced, that God had honoured her to be the first that suffered by fire in this reign : and that her suffering was a martyrdom for that religion which was all love.