The Quarterly Review, Volumen 10John Murray, 1813 |
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... fact , be said to have suffered an abridgment , both as to time and place . As China , however , was generally excepted from all the provisions of the in- tended bill which regarded the opening of the trade , little or no objection was ...
... fact , be said to have suffered an abridgment , both as to time and place . As China , however , was generally excepted from all the provisions of the in- tended bill which regarded the opening of the trade , little or no objection was ...
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... facts , may , through the enor- mous influence of a few individuals , have been the means of shaking a very proper ... fact , that oak timber in general , and large and crooked timber in particular , was rapidly de- creasing . This ...
... facts , may , through the enor- mous influence of a few individuals , have been the means of shaking a very proper ... fact , that oak timber in general , and large and crooked timber in particular , was rapidly de- creasing . This ...
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... fact , taken from the records of the royal forests , shews the great diminution of oak timber in those woods of the crown at a much earlier period than that of the first apprehended scarcity . In 1608 a survey was taken of six of those ...
... fact , taken from the records of the royal forests , shews the great diminution of oak timber in those woods of the crown at a much earlier period than that of the first apprehended scarcity . In 1608 a survey was taken of six of those ...
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... fact of an enormously increased and increasing consumption , the next point to be ascertained was the state of growing timber in the country . The result of their inquiries , on this point , was disheartening enough . It appeared that ...
... fact of an enormously increased and increasing consumption , the next point to be ascertained was the state of growing timber in the country . The result of their inquiries , on this point , was disheartening enough . It appeared that ...
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... fact that the duration of the navy , instead of fourteen , is no more than seven years ; and we greatly fear that the latter will be * First Report of the Commissioners for Woods , Forests , & c . p . 19 . found found much nearer the ...
... fact that the duration of the navy , instead of fourteen , is no more than seven years ; and we greatly fear that the latter will be * First Report of the Commissioners for Woods , Forests , & c . p . 19 . found found much nearer the ...
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Página 332 - Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these, and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power ; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look by death revealed!
Página 332 - Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb — Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away ! Spark of that flame, perchance of heavenly birth, Which gleams, but warms no more its cherished earth...
Página 332 - Such is the aspect of this shore; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb; Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away!
Página 120 - Who is on my side? who?" And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. And he said, "Throw her down." So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses : and he trode her under foot.
Página 331 - 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...
Página 125 - It came from mine own heart, so to my head, And thence into my fingers trickled; Then to my pen, from whence immediately On paper I did dribble it daintily.
Página 335 - Woe waits the insect and the maid ; A life of pain, the loss of peace, From infant's play, and man's caprice : The lovely toy so fiercely sought Hath lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that woo'd its stay Hath brush'd its brightest hues away, Till charm, and hue, and beauty gone, 'Tis left to fly or fall alone...
Página 106 - All things come by nature"; and the elements and stars came over me, so that I was in a manner quite clouded with it. But inasmuch as I sate still and silent the people of the house perceived nothing.
Página 107 - There is a spirit which I feel, that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things, in hope to enjoy its own in the end: its hope is to outlive all wrath and contention, and to weary out all exaltation and cruelty, or whatever is of a nature contrary to itself.
Página 122 - ... had her reward with him, for whose sake she did this service, how unworthy soever the person was, that made so ill a return for it: she rejoiced, that God had honoured her to be the first that suffered by fire in this reign : and that her suffering was a martyrdom for that religion which was all love.