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... direct contradiction , neither suits critical candour nor becomes our ideas of politeness ; but , while we protest against the propriety of obtruding upon the public an uncorrected work , as well as against the policy of confessing the ...
... direct contradiction , neither suits critical candour nor becomes our ideas of politeness ; but , while we protest against the propriety of obtruding upon the public an uncorrected work , as well as against the policy of confessing the ...
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... direct violation of the British constitution , will be put down by parliament the moment it is made the subject of discussion . The public will not now endure to be told , what James the First's Secretary of State had the impu- dence to ...
... direct violation of the British constitution , will be put down by parliament the moment it is made the subject of discussion . The public will not now endure to be told , what James the First's Secretary of State had the impu- dence to ...
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... direct our public counsels , is to clean the Augean stable which their predecessors have erected . This is a Her- culean labour ; but it is not , we trust , absolutely impracticable . No very sanguine hopes , indeed , can be entertained ...
... direct our public counsels , is to clean the Augean stable which their predecessors have erected . This is a Her- culean labour ; but it is not , we trust , absolutely impracticable . No very sanguine hopes , indeed , can be entertained ...
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... direct means were used to initiate them in arts of dishonesty , and in scenes of vice . But it is , doubtless , only an act of common justice to the unhappy offspring of these wretched vic- tims of crime , to place them beyond the reach ...
... direct means were used to initiate them in arts of dishonesty , and in scenes of vice . But it is , doubtless , only an act of common justice to the unhappy offspring of these wretched vic- tims of crime , to place them beyond the reach ...
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... direct similar labours to the histories of other Eu- ropean countries . ART . VI . 1. An Impartial Narrative of the late melancholy Oc- currences in Manchester . Liverpool , 1819 . 2. An Exposure of the Calumnies circulated by the ...
... direct similar labours to the histories of other Eu- ropean countries . ART . VI . 1. An Impartial Narrative of the late melancholy Oc- currences in Manchester . Liverpool , 1819 . 2. An Exposure of the Calumnies circulated by the ...
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Page 184 - Rebecca again looked forth, and almost immediately exclaimed, ' Holy prophets of the law ! Front -de- Bceuf and the Black Knight fight hand to hand on the breach, amid the roar of their followers, who watch the progress of the strife. — Heaven strike with the cause of the oppressed and of the captive !' She then uttered a loud shriek,, and exclaimed, ' He is down ! — he is down !' " ' Who is down ?' cried Ivanhoe ; ' for our dear Lady's sake, tell me which has fallen ?' "
Page 336 - I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Page 435 - ... created beings ; — all the minds gifted beyond ordinary nature, if not inspired by its universal Author for the advancement and dignity of the world, though divided by distant ages, and by clashing opinions, yet joining as it were in one sublime chorus, to celebrate the truths of Christianity, and laying upon its holy altars the never-fading offerings of their immortal wisdom. Against all this concurring testimony, we find suddenly, from the author of this book, that the Bible teaches nothing...
Page 199 - Life of Andrew Melville. Containing Illustrations of the Ecclesiastical and Literary History of Scotland in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Crown 8vo, 6s. History of the Progress and Suppression of the Reformation in Italy in the Sixteenth Century.
Page 323 - What elegance and grandeur wide expand, The pride of Turkey and of Persia land ? Soft quilts on quilts, on carpets carpets spread, And couches stretch'd around in seemly band ; And endless pillows rise to prop the head ; So that each spacious room was one full-swelling bed.
Page 595 - Farewell, my tender brother. Think Of our sad fate with gentleness, as now; And let mild, pitying thoughts lighten for thee Thy sorrow's load. Err not in harsh despair, But tears and patience. One thing more, my child : For thine own sake be constant to the love Thou bearest us; and to the faith that I, Though wrapt in a strange cloud of crime and shame, Lived ever holy and unstained.
Page 197 - SHE walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Page 177 - At length, as the Saracenic music of the challengers concluded one of those long and high flourishes with which they had broken the silence of the lists, it was answered by a solitary trumpet, which breathed a note of defiance from the northern extremity.
Page 184 - I see him not," said Rebecca. "Foul craven!" exclaimed Ivanhoe; "does he blench from the helm when the wind blows highest?
Page 185 - Oh, men, if ye be indeed men, spare them that can resist no longer !" " The bridge — the bridge which communicates with the castle — have they won that pass?" exclaimed Ivanhoe.