The Quarterly Review, Volume 109William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1861 - English literature |
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Page 57
... object of the Bard is to describe the follies , vices , and crimes of the human race , more especially those of the natives of the British Isles . In his sleep he imagines that he is carried away by fairies , and is in danger of ...
... object of the Bard is to describe the follies , vices , and crimes of the human race , more especially those of the natives of the British Isles . In his sleep he imagines that he is carried away by fairies , and is in danger of ...
Page 59
... objects , the Bard perceives two feet of enormous magnitude , reaching to the roof of the whole infernal firmament , and inquires of his companion what those horrible things may be , but is told to be quiet for the present , as on his ...
... objects , the Bard perceives two feet of enormous magnitude , reaching to the roof of the whole infernal firmament , and inquires of his companion what those horrible things may be , but is told to be quiet for the present , as on his ...
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... object of his life , by applying to them the same policy of repression , and , if necessary , of extermination , which in fact did succeed in crushing the nascent Protestantism of Spain . He had a thorough and relent- less purpose to ...
... object of his life , by applying to them the same policy of repression , and , if necessary , of extermination , which in fact did succeed in crushing the nascent Protestantism of Spain . He had a thorough and relent- less purpose to ...
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... object to be pursued ; and the Netherlands profited for the moment by this under - current of intrigue , inasmuch as Parma was left ill - supplied with men and money , while Philip was employing all his energies in fomenting the ...
... object to be pursued ; and the Netherlands profited for the moment by this under - current of intrigue , inasmuch as Parma was left ill - supplied with men and money , while Philip was employing all his energies in fomenting the ...
Page 89
... object on the Spanish side must have been to lull suspicion , to embarrass the Queen with her new allies , and to gain time for the final conquest of the Low Countries , and for the great attempt upon England . The insidious letters ...
... object on the Spanish side must have been to lull suspicion , to embarrass the Queen with her new allies , and to gain time for the final conquest of the Low Countries , and for the great attempt upon England . The insidious letters ...
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Page 64 - With a, full View of the English-Dutch Struggle against Spain, and of the Origin and Destruction of the Spanish Armada. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, LL.D., DCL Portraits.
Page 267 - O fools, and slow of heart, to believe all that the prophets have spoken ! Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory ? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them, in all the Scriptures, the things concerning himself.
Page 283 - But I have greater witness than that of John : for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me that the Father hath sent me.
Page 337 - Monsieur, tell those who sent you that we are here by the will of the People, and that nothing but the force of bayonets...
Page 333 - ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY !" It was received throughout the fleet with a shout of answering acclamation, made sublime by the spirit which it breathed, and the feeling which it expressed. "Now," said Lord Nelson, "I can do no more.
Page 327 - ... regard to the construction of clocks and watches ; and having found, after repeated trials, that he could not bring any two of them to go exactly alike, he reflected, it is said, with a mixture of surprise as well as regret, on his own folly, in having bestowed so much time and labour on the more vain attempt of bringing mankind to a precise uniformity of sentiment concerning the profound and mysterious doctrines of religion.
Page 210 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Page 327 - It was necessary, on all these accounts, to soothe passions which he could no longer command, and to give way to a torrent too impetuous to be checked. He promised solemnly to his men that he would comply with their request, provided they would accompany him, and obey his command for three days longer, and if, during that time, land were not discovered, he would then abandon the enterprise, and direct his course towards Spain.
Page 374 - I thought inimitable Spenser a mean poet in comparison of Sylvester's Du Bartas, and was rapt into an ecstasy when I read these lines : — ' Now when the winter's keener breath began To crystallize the Baltic ocean, To glaze the lakes, to bridle up the floods, And periwig with snow -(- the baldpate woods.' I am much deceived if this be not abominable fustian.
Page 327 - He was particularly curious with regard to the construction of clocks and watches ; and having found, after repeated trials, that he could not bring any two of them to go exactly alike, he reflected, it is said, with a mixture of surprise...