The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 181A. Constable, 1895 |
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Pagina 3
... passage that sketches briefly the geographical features of the Indian borderlands . ' The continental frontier of India presents a great and most interesting variety of political and ethnic elements . On the west , in the direction of ...
... passage that sketches briefly the geographical features of the Indian borderlands . ' The continental frontier of India presents a great and most interesting variety of political and ethnic elements . On the west , in the direction of ...
Pagina 20
... passage through the villages of cakes in 1857 was the common talk of the country - side . The peasantry were open - mouthed about it ; they consulted the English officials , and if there were any deep secret the people at large were ...
... passage through the villages of cakes in 1857 was the common talk of the country - side . The peasantry were open - mouthed about it ; they consulted the English officials , and if there were any deep secret the people at large were ...
Pagina 26
... passage is extracted Mr. Lecky was dis- cussing the problem of the legitimate sphere of government action , his remark applies as well to the suitability of political forms . We believe that among the intelligent classes of the Indian ...
... passage is extracted Mr. Lecky was dis- cussing the problem of the legitimate sphere of government action , his remark applies as well to the suitability of political forms . We believe that among the intelligent classes of the Indian ...
Pagina 33
... passage of extraordi- nary power , or on some scene which is presented with wonderful felicity . We are delighted by a brilliant epigram , or enlivened by a startling paradox . It strikes us as matter of regret that Mr. Meredith did not ...
... passage of extraordi- nary power , or on some scene which is presented with wonderful felicity . We are delighted by a brilliant epigram , or enlivened by a startling paradox . It strikes us as matter of regret that Mr. Meredith did not ...
Pagina 38
... passages in which Meredith excels : there are the feats of wild chivalry and reckless adventure , that fire the blood as we follow them , although they go beyond the limits of the credible . The young author , evidently fresh from a ...
... passages in which Meredith excels : there are the feats of wild chivalry and reckless adventure , that fire the blood as we follow them , although they go beyond the limits of the credible . The young author , evidently fresh from a ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 491 - Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea : I am become a name ; For always roaming with a hungry heart Much have I seen and known ; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but...
Pagina 491 - We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Pagina 491 - In offices of tenderness, and pay Meet adoration to my household gods, When I am gone. He works his work, I mine. There lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail: There gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners...
Pagina 490 - THERE is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass, Or night-dews on still waters between walls Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass; Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes; Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies. Here are cool mosses deep, And thro...
Pagina 491 - I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethro' Gleams that untravell'd world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move. How 'dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use! As tho
Pagina 527 - Maenad, even from the dim verge Of the horizon to the zenith's height, The locks of the approaching storm. Thou dirge Of the dying year, to which this closing night Will be the dome of a vast...
Pagina 506 - And bore him to a chapel nigh the field, A broken chancel with a broken cross, That stood on a dark strait of barren land. On one side lay the Ocean, and on one Lay a great water, and the moon was full.
Pagina 259 - I expected to find a contest between a government and a people: I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single state: I found a struggle, not of principles, but of races; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions until we could first succeed in terminating the deadly animosity that now separates the inhabitants of Lower Canada into the hostile divisions of French and English.
Pagina 490 - All things are taken from us, and become Portions and parcels of the dreadful Past. Let us alone. What pleasure can we have To war with evil? Is there any peace In ever climbing up the climbing wave? All things have rest, and ripen toward the grave In silence; ripen, fall and cease: Give us long rest or death, dark death, or dreamful ease.