The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Tom 58A. Constable, 1834 |
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... present to their own pure intellects by the obstinate and intractable nature of the baser materials they had to operate upon , so the wise statesman must take things , not as he could wish them to be , but as he finds them ; and must ...
... present to their own pure intellects by the obstinate and intractable nature of the baser materials they had to operate upon , so the wise statesman must take things , not as he could wish them to be , but as he finds them ; and must ...
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... present century ; and it was supposed that feelings of exaspera- tion and national antipathy were thus engendered , which , though pent up by the force of circumstances , were ready , on the match being applied , to burst forth in ...
... present century ; and it was supposed that feelings of exaspera- tion and national antipathy were thus engendered , which , though pent up by the force of circumstances , were ready , on the match being applied , to burst forth in ...
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... present day , instruc- tion of whatever kind ought to be of a much more extended character than formerly . The most ... present practice of the National Society , is implied in the following extract from the result of an enquiry as to ...
... present day , instruc- tion of whatever kind ought to be of a much more extended character than formerly . The most ... present practice of the National Society , is implied in the following extract from the result of an enquiry as to ...
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... present Government of that country has looked abroad , and availed itself of the ripe experience of Ger- many . And let it not be forgotten , that the distinguishing feature between this and all the projects of the first Revolution , is ...
... present Government of that country has looked abroad , and availed itself of the ripe experience of Ger- many . And let it not be forgotten , that the distinguishing feature between this and all the projects of the first Revolution , is ...
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... present purpose to remark , that there does not exist , nor ever has existed , in the island of Great Britain , a single in- stitution of this kind , which the Prussian people think so useful , that they have voluntarily gone beyond the ...
... present purpose to remark , that there does not exist , nor ever has existed , in the island of Great Britain , a single in- stitution of this kind , which the Prussian people think so useful , that they have voluntarily gone beyond the ...
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Strona 420 - On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation ; illustrating such work by all reasonable arguments, as for instance the variety and formation of God's creatures in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms ; the effect of digestion, and thereby of conversion ; the construction of the hand of man, and an infinite variety of other arguments; as also by discoveries ancient and modern, in arts, sciences, and the whole extent of literature.
Strona 253 - Oh — yes — yes — to be sure — Annapolis must be defended — troops must be sent to Annapolis — Pray where is Annapolis ?" — " Cape Breton an island ! wonderful ! — show it me in the map. So it is, sure enough. My dear sir, you always bring us good news. I must go and tell the King that Cape Breton is an island.
Strona 190 - ... void of meaning and reality, and bewilder us among vain conjectures. Useful, it is true, they are to man as points of exact and permanent reference ; but he must have studied astronomy to little purpose, who can suppose man to be the only object of his Creator's care, or who does not see in the vast and wonderful apparatus around us provision for other races of animated beings.
Strona 517 - Pitt was then one of the poor ; and to him Heaven directed a portion of the wealth of the haughty dowager. She left him a legacy of ten thousand pounds, in consideration of ' ' the noble defence he had made for the support of the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of his country.
Strona 525 - I was taken to see the place where the two rivers meet, the one gentle, feeble, languid, and, though languid, yet of no depth, the other a boisterous and impetuous torrent: but different as they are, they meet at last.
Strona 481 - Whatever respect might have been felt for the state sovereignties, it is not to be disguised, that the framers of the constitution viewed, with some apprehension, the violent acts which might grow out of the feelings of the moment ; and that the people of the United States in adopting that instrument, have manifested a determination to shield themselves, and their property, from the effects of those sudden and strong passions to which men are exposed.
Strona 223 - Miss Chudleigh's absurdities, and George Selwyn's good sayings ; to decorate a grotesque house with piecrust battlements; to procure rare engravings and antique chimney-boards; to match odd gauntlets ; to lay out a maze of walks within five acres of ground — these were the grave employments of his long life.
Strona 420 - Gilbert, Esq. requested the assistance of his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury and of the Bishop of London, in determining upon the best mode of carrying into effect the intentions of the Testator. Acting with their advice, and with the concurrence of a nobleman immediately connected with the deceased, Mr. Davies Gilbert appointed the following eight gentlemen to write separate Treatises on the different branches of the subject as here stated: THE REV.
Strona 396 - For which of the kings of this land before Her Majesty had their banners ever seen in the Caspian sea? which of them hath ever dealt with the Emperor of Persia, as her Majesty hath done, and obtained for her merchants large and loving privileges?
Strona 19 - All the provisions hitherto described would be of none effect, if we took no pains to procure for the public school thus constituted, an able master, and worthy of the high vocation of instructing the people. It can not be too often repeated, that it is the master that makes the school.