The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal, Volumen 5J. Ridgeway amd sons, 1837 |
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... government , in other words constitutional questions , are concerned , this is not wonderful . England certainly did enjoy the best government in the world . Start not , reader , that we use the past tense ; we are not about to cast ...
... government , in other words constitutional questions , are concerned , this is not wonderful . England certainly did enjoy the best government in the world . Start not , reader , that we use the past tense ; we are not about to cast ...
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... government of Norway . Here we must premise that the king of Sweden is also king of Norway ; nevertheless the two countries are by no means under one government . Norway was formerly an- nexed to the crown of Denmark ; but in 1814 it ...
... government of Norway . Here we must premise that the king of Sweden is also king of Norway ; nevertheless the two countries are by no means under one government . Norway was formerly an- nexed to the crown of Denmark ; but in 1814 it ...
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... government sits in either house of the Storthing . This appears to have been felt as an inconvenience , and " there is a proposition from government " to the present Storthing to remedy this defect , by giving a " seat and right of ...
... government sits in either house of the Storthing . This appears to have been felt as an inconvenience , and " there is a proposition from government " to the present Storthing to remedy this defect , by giving a " seat and right of ...
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... government are consigned to ministers or satraps , and where it shall be thought honourable and glorious in one of these functionaries to die in debt , after managing the treasury . But surely there is in this no proof whatever that he ...
... government are consigned to ministers or satraps , and where it shall be thought honourable and glorious in one of these functionaries to die in debt , after managing the treasury . But surely there is in this no proof whatever that he ...
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... government which tolerates such iniquity ; or if others , acquiescing in and profiting by our wise system of law , should villainously turn it to account , and henceforth look upon all crimes as justifi- able that bring them not to the ...
... government which tolerates such iniquity ; or if others , acquiescing in and profiting by our wise system of law , should villainously turn it to account , and henceforth look upon all crimes as justifi- able that bring them not to the ...
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Página 535 - ... about an expanded forehead ; his eyes, softly brown, twinkled with varying expression, though the prevalent feeling was sad ; and the nose slightly curved, and delicately carved at the nostril, with the lower outline of the face regularly oval, completed a head which was finely placed on the shoulders, and gave importance, and even dignity, to a diminutive and shadowy stem. Who shall describe his countenance — catch its quivering sweetness — and fix it for ever in words ? There are none,...
Página 236 - And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee : blessed art thou among women.
Página 343 - And whereas the enforcing of the conscience in matters of religion," such was the sublime tenor of a part of the statute, " hath frequently fallen out to be of dangerous consequence in those commonwealths where it has been practised, and for the more quiet and peaceable government of this province, and the better to preserve mutual love and amity among the inhabitants, no person within this province, professing to believe in Jesus Christ, shall be any ways troubled, molested, or discountenanced,...
Página 366 - It is therefore ordered, That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Página 535 - A light frame, so fragile that it seemed as if a breath would overthrow it, clad in clerklike black, was surmounted by a head of form and expression the most noble and sweet. His black hair curled crisply about an expanded forehead ; his eyes, softly brown, twinkled with varying expression, though the prevalent feeling was sad ; and the nose slightly curved, and delicately carved at the nostril, with the lower outline of the face regularly oval, completed a head which was finely placed on the shoulders,...
Página 208 - Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
Página 535 - Lamb himself, the most delightful, the most provoking, the most witty and sensible of men. He always made the best pun, and the best remark in the course of the evening.
Página 535 - He always made the best pun, and the best remark in the course of the evening. His serious conversation, like his serious writing, is his best. No one ever stammered out such fine, piquant, deep, eloquent things in half a dozen half-sentences as he does. His jests scald like tears: and he probes a question with a play upon words.
Página 531 - I gave away the cake to him. I walked on a little in all the pride of an Evangelical peacock, when of a sudden my old aunt's kindness crossed me; the sum it was to her; the pleasure...
Página 351 - If you aim at a Scottish Presbytery, it agreeth as well with monarchy as God and the deviL Then Jack, and Tom, and Will, and Dick, shall meet, and at their pleasure censure me and my council...