The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 20A. Constable, 1812 |
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... equal to any scholar that England could boast at the same period . There was no point , indeed , in which the superiority of the reformers was so painfully felt by their antagonists as their learning ; and when some of the priests ...
... equal to any scholar that England could boast at the same period . There was no point , indeed , in which the superiority of the reformers was so painfully felt by their antagonists as their learning ; and when some of the priests ...
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... equal a division as could well be made . The leaders of Opposition , however , rejected this offer , for the following rea- sons ; -because they were not invited to discuss measures and arrangements , but to accept them ; and because ...
... equal a division as could well be made . The leaders of Opposition , however , rejected this offer , for the following rea- sons ; -because they were not invited to discuss measures and arrangements , but to accept them ; and because ...
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... equal ; the two kings advance step by step , and every thing is pre- pared against treachery and deceit . To be sure , if this were to last for any length of time , war would be preferable to such a peace . But in a few days they hunt ...
... equal ; the two kings advance step by step , and every thing is pre- pared against treachery and deceit . To be sure , if this were to last for any length of time , war would be preferable to such a peace . But in a few days they hunt ...
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... equal , in point of talents and general es- timation , to the first rate men on the side of Government ; and any one of these , of course , might at any time have made himself sure of place and emolument , by merely renouncing those ...
... equal , in point of talents and general es- timation , to the first rate men on the side of Government ; and any one of these , of course , might at any time have made himself sure of place and emolument , by merely renouncing those ...
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... equal distribution of the profits of Episcopal Sees . His Royal Highness then proceeds to lay down the rules of toleration ; contending that the wisest and soundest policy is to leave all religions quietly to themselves ; that the State ...
... equal distribution of the profits of Episcopal Sees . His Royal Highness then proceeds to lay down the rules of toleration ; contending that the wisest and soundest policy is to leave all religions quietly to themselves ; that the State ...
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Página 439 - Each sought his pond'rous hobnail'd shoes, But first his worsted hosen plied, Plush breeches next, in crimson dyed, His nether bulk embraced ; Then jacket thick, of red or blue, Whose massy shoulder gave to view The badge of each respective crew, In tin or copper traced. The engines thunder'd...
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Página 439 - ... shoes, But first his worsted hosen plied, Plush breeches next, in crimson dyed, His nether bulk embraced ; Then jacket thick, of red or blue, Whose massy shoulder gave to view The badge of each respective crew, In tin or copper traced. The engines thunder'd through the street, Fire-hook, pipe, bucket, all complete, And torches glared, and clattering feet Along the pavement paced.
Página 296 - Peace ! Susan, peace ! Pain ever follows sin.' — ' Ah ! then,' thought Susan, ' when will ours begin ? ' When reach'd his home, to what a cheerless fire And chilling bed will those cold limbs retire ! Yet ragged, wretched as it is, that bed Takes half the space of his contracted shed ; I saw the thorns beside the narrow grate, With straw collected in a putrid state : There will he, kneeling, strive the fire to raise, And that will warm him, rather than the blaze; The sullen, smoky blaze, that cannot...
Página 289 - The place approaching where th' attraction lies; When next appear'da dam — so call the place — Where lies a road confined in narrow space; A work of labour, for on either side Is level fen, a prospect wild and wide, With dikes on either hand by ocean's self supplied: Far on the right the distant sea is seen, And salt the springs that feed the marsh between; Beneath an ancient bridge, the...
Página 78 - ... escaping, Mr. Park took hold of one of the white men, and jumped into the water; Martyn did the same, and they were drowned in the stream in attempting to escape. The only slave remaining in the boat, seeing the natives persist in throwing weapons at the canoe...