The Quarterly Review, כרך 63William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1839 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 82
עמוד 7
... perhaps no one more curious than that of descending one of the great rapids of Ame- rica , in a small bark canoe , under the command , as is customary , of two Indians ; and the anxiety to witness this spectacle is per- haps not at all ...
... perhaps no one more curious than that of descending one of the great rapids of Ame- rica , in a small bark canoe , under the command , as is customary , of two Indians ; and the anxiety to witness this spectacle is per- haps not at all ...
עמוד 8
... perhaps just before the canoe reaches it . At other times , in traversing the stream to avoid difficulties , the pursuing timber approaches the canoe nearer than is agreeable . In some places the river suddenly nar- rows , and here , it ...
... perhaps just before the canoe reaches it . At other times , in traversing the stream to avoid difficulties , the pursuing timber approaches the canoe nearer than is agreeable . In some places the river suddenly nar- rows , and here , it ...
עמוד 13
... perhaps four hours ' labour . The dash- ing at full steam - speed into the small black orifices of the tunnels - the midnight darkness that prevails there - the flashes of light which occasionally denote the air - shafts - the sudden ...
... perhaps four hours ' labour . The dash- ing at full steam - speed into the small black orifices of the tunnels - the midnight darkness that prevails there - the flashes of light which occasionally denote the air - shafts - the sudden ...
עמוד 14
... perhaps , equally true that , where he is oftenest encountered , he is , generally speaking , the least feared , and that , on the contrary , he is invariably the most dreaded where he is least known . The human mind be- comes callous ...
... perhaps , equally true that , where he is oftenest encountered , he is , generally speaking , the least feared , and that , on the contrary , he is invariably the most dreaded where he is least known . The human mind be- comes callous ...
עמוד 15
... perhaps not more fatal to the passengers than if the mail at its common pace were to do the same : -besides which it must always be remembered that , though the stage may profess to travel at the safe lukewarm pace of eight miles an ...
... perhaps not more fatal to the passengers than if the mail at its common pace were to do the same : -besides which it must always be remembered that , though the stage may profess to travel at the safe lukewarm pace of eight miles an ...
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 177 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time, to recover the remnant of His people...
עמוד 319 - We know that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude and pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries; no climate that is not witness to their toils. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise ever carried this most perilous mode of...
עמוד 359 - Slave, I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die: I think, there be six Richmonds in the field ; Five have I slain to-day, instead of him: — A horse ! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse ! [Exeunt.
עמוד 192 - Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night : ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
עמוד 168 - LINDSAY'S LETTERS ON THE HOLY LAND. FOURTH EDITION, Revised, 1 vol., post 8vo, with Illustrations, 6s. bound. " Lord Lindsay has felt and recorded what he saw with the wisdom of a philosopher, and the faith of an enlightened Christian.
עמוד 393 - The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands; and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper without injury to his neighbour is a plain violation of this most sacred...
עמוד 180 - ... toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name : Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwellingplace, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
עמוד 169 - WOE to the land shadowing with wings, Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia : That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, Even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying. Go, ye swift messengers, To a nation scattered and peeled, To a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; A nation meted out and trodden down, Whose land the rivers have spoiled...
עמוד 186 - Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
עמוד 556 - If we are induced to believe the professions of Rome, and make advances towards her as if a sister or a mother Church, which in theory she is, we shall find too late that we are in the arms of a pitiless and unnatural relative, who will but triumph in the arts which have inveigled us within her reach.