The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 134A. Constable, 1871 |
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Pagina 11
... fact fairly before us , that the most en- lightened generals and statesmen of the last generation are followed by ... facts of modern gunnery , and from his own practice in the defence of Sebastopol , this distinguished engi- neer has ...
... fact fairly before us , that the most en- lightened generals and statesmen of the last generation are followed by ... facts of modern gunnery , and from his own practice in the defence of Sebastopol , this distinguished engi- neer has ...
Pagina 14
... facts of the Russian system comprehend many points demanding close investigation . Thus how much may be attributed to the ... fact that , as in China and India , these millions exist on the thin line separating mere sub- sistence from ...
... facts of the Russian system comprehend many points demanding close investigation . Thus how much may be attributed to the ... fact that , as in China and India , these millions exist on the thin line separating mere sub- sistence from ...
Pagina 16
... fact of even a partial belief in her latent strength and her great future as held by the Government and by the people is a lever of power of very special character , to observe the action of which becomes a duty of first - rate ...
... fact of even a partial belief in her latent strength and her great future as held by the Government and by the people is a lever of power of very special character , to observe the action of which becomes a duty of first - rate ...
Pagina 20
... fact of the participation of a maritime Power in an alliance against Russia , of which we have already had an example , places Russia in a position to which no other Continental Power is exposed . The absence of great naval forces ...
... fact of the participation of a maritime Power in an alliance against Russia , of which we have already had an example , places Russia in a position to which no other Continental Power is exposed . The absence of great naval forces ...
Pagina 24
... fact . Thus in these wars she was great in defence , and she ruined the Grand Army by the vast- ness of her area , the rude climate of her plains , the scantiness of provision to be found on them by an invader . But her military ...
... fact . Thus in these wars she was great in defence , and she ruined the Grand Army by the vast- ness of her area , the rude climate of her plains , the scantiness of provision to be found on them by an invader . But her military ...
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Pagina 216 - The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable — namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts,5 the parental and filial affections being here included, would inevitably acquire a moral sense or conscience, as soon as its intellectual powers had become as well, or nearly as well developed, as in man.
Pagina 254 - And all is well, tho' faith and form Be sunder'd in the night of fear; Well roars the storm to those that hear A deeper voice across the storm, Proclaiming social truth shall spread, And justice, ev'n tho' thrice again The red fool-fury of the Seine Should pile her barricades with dead.
Pagina 228 - The most ancient progenitors in the kingdom of the Vertebrata, at which we are able to obtain an obscure glance, apparently consisted of a group of marine animals," resembling the larvae of existing Ascidians. These animals probably gave rise to a group of fishes, as lowly organized as the lancelet; and from these the Ganoids, and other fishes like the Lepidosiren, must have been developed. From such fish a very small advance would carry us on to the Amphibians.
Pagina 323 - For he makes me confess that I ought not to live as I do, neglecting the wants of my own soul, and busying myself with the concerns of the Athenians; therefore I hold my ears and tear myself away from him.
Pagina 216 - Secondly, as soon as the mental faculties had become highly developed, images of all past actions and motives would be incessantly passing through the brain...
Pagina 216 - Thirdly, after the power of language had been acquired, and the wishes of the community could be expressed, the common opinion how each member ought to act for the public good, would naturally become in a paramount degree the guide to action.
Pagina 74 - Tasso, Mazzoni, and others, teaches what the laws are of a true epic poem, what of a dramatic, what of a lyric, what decorum is, which is the grand masterpiece to observe.
Pagina 306 - Plato exhibits the rare union of close and subtle logic with the Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendour and harmony of his periods into one irresistible stream of musical impressions, which hurry the persuasions onward, as in a breathless career.
Pagina 81 - Yea, I am found the woman in all tales, The face caught always in the story's face: I Helen, holding Paris by the lips, Smote Hector through the head; I Cressida So kissed men's mouths that they went sick or mad, Stung right at brain with me; I Guenevere...
Pagina 228 - The Simiadae then branched off into two great stems, the New World and Old World monkeys; and from the latter, at a remote period, Man, the wonder and glory of the Universe, proceeded.