The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 21A. Constable, 1812 |
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... given indication of great- er powers , than have sufficed for the success of her more pru- dent contemporaries . While other female writers have content- ed themselves , for the most part , with embellishing or explaining the truths ...
... given indication of great- er powers , than have sufficed for the success of her more pru- dent contemporaries . While other female writers have content- ed themselves , for the most part , with embellishing or explaining the truths ...
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... given a more limited application Mais il ne faut jamais comparer l'ignorance à la degradation ; un peuple qui a été civilisé par les lumières , s'il retombe dans l'in- différence pour le talent et la philosophie , devient incapable de ...
... given a more limited application Mais il ne faut jamais comparer l'ignorance à la degradation ; un peuple qui a été civilisé par les lumières , s'il retombe dans l'in- différence pour le talent et la philosophie , devient incapable de ...
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... given existence ; and that its forced and deciduous progeny will go on degenerating , till some new deluge shall restore the vigour of the glebe by a temporary de- struction of all its generations . Hitherto we have spoken only of the ...
... given existence ; and that its forced and deciduous progeny will go on degenerating , till some new deluge shall restore the vigour of the glebe by a temporary de- struction of all its generations . Hitherto we have spoken only of the ...
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... given pri- vately for their relief , and the multitudes that are drained off by the waste of war , the peace of the country is perpetually threatened by the outrages of famishing multitudes . This fact of itself is decisive , we think ...
... given pri- vately for their relief , and the multitudes that are drained off by the waste of war , the peace of the country is perpetually threatened by the outrages of famishing multitudes . This fact of itself is decisive , we think ...
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... country . The volume now given to the public is but the first part of the work ; and , owing to some notions of method and order of which we cannot entirely approve , it is deprived 50 Feby Mad . de Staël - Sur la Literature .
... country . The volume now given to the public is but the first part of the work ; and , owing to some notions of method and order of which we cannot entirely approve , it is deprived 50 Feby Mad . de Staël - Sur la Literature .
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Página 277 - The sting she nourished for her foes, Whose venom never yet was vain, Gives but one pang, and cures all pain, And darts into her desperate brain...
Página 429 - It was not their custom to use hostile weapons against their fellow-creatures, for which reason they had come unarmed. Their object was not to do injury, and thus provoke the Great Spirit, but to do good. They were then met on the broad pathway of good faith and good will, so that no advantage was to be taken on either side, but all was to be openness, brotherhood, and love.
Página 428 - ... you would have the people live; and then you have right and boldness to punish the transgressor. Keep upon the square, for God sees you; therefore do your duty; and be sure you see with your own eyes, and hear with your own ears. Entertain no lurchers; cherish no informers for gain or revenge; use no tricks, fly to no devices to support or cover injustice, but let your hearts be upright before the Lord, trusting in Him above the contrivances of men, and none shall be able to hurt or supplant.
Página 277 - 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 (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) And mark'd the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fix'd yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek...
Página 324 - The landlord of an Irish estate inhabited by Roman Catholics, is a sort of despot who yields obedience in whatever concerns the poor to no law but that of his own will.
Página 426 - Some things are upon my spirit to leave with you in your respective capacities, as I am to one a husband, and to the rest a father, if I should never see you more in this world.
Página 426 - For their learning be liberal. Spare no cost; for by such parsimony all is lost that is saved...
Página 425 - But I am not such a man ; as is well known in my own country. I have great love and regard towards you ; and desire to win and gain your love and friendship, by a kind, just and peaceable life...
Página 427 - I choose not they should be married to earthly covetous kindred ; and of cities and towns of concourse beware : the world is apt to stick close to those who have lived and got wealth there : a country life and estate I like best for my children, I prefer a decent mansion, of an hundred pounds per annum, before ten thousand pounds in London, or such like place, in a way of trade.
Página 424 - THERE is a great God and power that hath made the world and all things therein, to whom you and I and all people owe their being and well-being ; and to whom you and I must one day give an account for all that we do in the world. This great God hath written his law in...