The North British Review, Volume 13W.P. Kennedy, 1850 |
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Pagina 12
... question thus resolves entirely into one of historical evidence . All parties are agreed as to the character of the act , and we regret to say that the epithets of the author are not inapplicable to the character of his defence . The ...
... question thus resolves entirely into one of historical evidence . All parties are agreed as to the character of the act , and we regret to say that the epithets of the author are not inapplicable to the character of his defence . The ...
Pagina 15
... question the opinions , but not the facts of the historian of the persecution . When , therefore , Mr. Aytoun cites the hard words of Walker upon his contemporary , and triumphantly exclaims , " such is Walker's opinion of the authen ...
... question the opinions , but not the facts of the historian of the persecution . When , therefore , Mr. Aytoun cites the hard words of Walker upon his contemporary , and triumphantly exclaims , " such is Walker's opinion of the authen ...
Pagina 23
... question as one of historical evidence . Apparently conscious that his statements would be exposed , he turns to the question as one of ethics . After all , what was it ? " The alleged murder dwindles into a case of military execution ...
... question as one of historical evidence . Apparently conscious that his statements would be exposed , he turns to the question as one of ethics . After all , what was it ? " The alleged murder dwindles into a case of military execution ...
Pagina 34
... question in the same manner as did his predecessor Hume , who wrote his history lying on the sofa ; and who , when any cir- cumstance required to be explained , gave the reason that seemed to his sagacity at the moment the most probable ...
... question in the same manner as did his predecessor Hume , who wrote his history lying on the sofa ; and who , when any cir- cumstance required to be explained , gave the reason that seemed to his sagacity at the moment the most probable ...
Pagina 37
... question . " It is difficult to make out what is the author's meaning or what he wishes to prove . His argu- ment appears to be that Brown was murdered before the 7th of May ; and in making that statement he did it with authority ...
... question . " It is difficult to make out what is the author's meaning or what he wishes to prove . His argu- ment appears to be that Brown was murdered before the 7th of May ; and in making that statement he did it with authority ...
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Pagina 175 - ... teeth: and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye.
Pagina 175 - ... books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
Pagina 479 - Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise : which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Pagina 501 - twas pastime to be bound Within the Sonnet's scanty plot of ground; Pleased if some Souls (for such there needs must be) Who have felt the weight of too much liberty, Should find brief solace there, as I have found.
Pagina 176 - I had), and been counted happy to be born in such a place of philosophic freedom, as they supposed England was, while themselves did nothing but bemoan the servile condition into which learning amongst them was brought ; that this was it which had damped the glory of Italian wits ; that nothing had been there written now these many years but flattery and fustian.
Pagina 119 - Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven, If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty, and a mystery, and create G In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.
Pagina 493 - All shod with steel, We hissed along the polished ice in games Confederate, imitative of the chase" And woodland pleasures, - the resounding horn, The pack loud chiming, and the hunted hare.
Pagina 500 - Then up I rose, And dragged to earth, both branch and bough with crash And merciless ravage, and the shady nook Of hazels, and the green and mossy bower, Deformed and sullied, patiently gave up Their quiet being...
Pagina 550 - That each, who seems a separate whole, Should move his rounds, and fusing all The skirts of self again, should fall Remerging in the general Soul, Is faith as vague as all unsweet. Eternal form shall still divide The eternal soul from all beside; And I shall know him when we meet; And we shall sit at endless feast, Enjoying each the other's good.
Pagina 175 - There must be licensing dancers, that no gesture, motion or deportment be taught our youth but what by their allowance shall be thought honest; for such Plato was provided of.