The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, כרך 45A. Constable, 1827 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 100
עמוד 11
... question — a libertine in argument ; conviction , like enjoyment , palls him , and his rakish understanding is soon satiated with truth - more capable of being faithful to a paradox- ' I love truth as I do my wife ; but sophistry and ...
... question — a libertine in argument ; conviction , like enjoyment , palls him , and his rakish understanding is soon satiated with truth - more capable of being faithful to a paradox- ' I love truth as I do my wife ; but sophistry and ...
עמוד 17
... question , that has ceased to furnish even a jest in the drawing - rooms of the great , may be still agitated , as of vital importance , among the hum- bler and less initiated disputants of the party . Such being the tena- cious nature ...
... question , that has ceased to furnish even a jest in the drawing - rooms of the great , may be still agitated , as of vital importance , among the hum- bler and less initiated disputants of the party . Such being the tena- cious nature ...
עמוד 18
... question of vital importance , to nothing less than the actual dissolution of the government : and accord- ingly , it is well known that , in this desperate , and , we trust , final conflict , the Commons distinctly intimated their ...
... question of vital importance , to nothing less than the actual dissolution of the government : and accord- ingly , it is well known that , in this desperate , and , we trust , final conflict , the Commons distinctly intimated their ...
עמוד 20
... question , be considered as models of that style of political satire , whose lightness and vivacity give it the appearance of proceeding rather from the wan- tonness of wit than of ill - nature , and whose very malice , from the fancy ...
... question , be considered as models of that style of political satire , whose lightness and vivacity give it the appearance of proceeding rather from the wan- tonness of wit than of ill - nature , and whose very malice , from the fancy ...
עמוד 22
... question . We have no thoughts of reviving at present the question as to the right of the Heir - Apparent , on which we have elsewhere ( Vol . XVIII . p . 57 , & c . ) delivered our opinion at full length ; but we cannot withhold from ...
... question . We have no thoughts of reviving at present the question as to the right of the Heir - Apparent , on which we have elsewhere ( Vol . XVIII . p . 57 , & c . ) delivered our opinion at full length ; but we cannot withhold from ...
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עמוד 4 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
עמוד 4 - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose, like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze with bossy sculptures graven ; The roof was fretted gold.
עמוד 12 - He certainly has a great deal of fancy, and a very good memory; but, with a perverse ingenuity, he employs these qualities as no other person does — for he employs his fancy in his narratives, and keeps his...
עמוד 262 - During the gloomy and disastrous centuries which followed the downfall of the Roman Empire, Italy had preserved, in a far greater degree than any other part of Western Europe, the traces of ancient civilization.
עמוד 11 - Advowsons, &c. , and for the Renewing of Leases held under Cathedral Churches, Colleges, or other corporate bodies ; for Terms of Years certain, and for Lives ; also for Valuing Reversionary Estates, Deferred Annuities, Next Presentations, &c., together with Smart's Five Tables of Compound Interest, and an Extension of the same to lower and Intermediate Rates. By WILLIAM INWOOD, Architect.
עמוד 4 - Brick and Plaster Groins, Niches of every description, Sky-lights, Lines for Roofs and Domes ; with a great variety of Designs for Roofs, Trussed Girders, Floors, Domes, Bridges, <tc., Angle Bars for Shop Fronts, <kc., and Raking Mouldings.
עמוד 31 - ... in direct opposition to the declared sense of a great majority of the nation, and they should be put in force with all their rigorous provisions, if his opinion were asked by the people as to their obedience, he should tell them, that it was no longer a question of moral obligation and duty, but of prudence.
עמוד 13 - DUTIES ; Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households, and the Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs W. PARKES.
עמוד 267 - Ridotta tutta in somma pace e tranquillita, coltivata non meno ne' luoghi piu montuosi e piu sterili che nelle pianure e region! piu fertili, ne sottoposta ad altro imperio che de' suoi medesimi, non solo era abbondantissima d'abitatori e di ricchezze ; ma illustrata sommamente dalla magnificenza di molti principi, dallo splendore di molte nobilissime e bellissime citta, dalla sedia e maesta della religione, fioriva d...