The London Quarterly Review, Volumes 111-112Theodore Foster, 1862 |
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Page 118
... Pitt , he invited Prussia to the left bank of the Rhine . But even if he had had the power , he was too wise to have at- tempted to manufacture empires on such a scale . He knew that to compress into an artificial unity the various ...
... Pitt , he invited Prussia to the left bank of the Rhine . But even if he had had the power , he was too wise to have at- tempted to manufacture empires on such a scale . He knew that to compress into an artificial unity the various ...
Page 123
... Pitt , Canning , Peel , wielded an authority over their friends that endured beyond the grave . Those who had served under them clung to the memory of that service as a bond among themselves which neither divergent opinions nor clash ...
... Pitt , Canning , Peel , wielded an authority over their friends that endured beyond the grave . Those who had served under them clung to the memory of that service as a bond among themselves which neither divergent opinions nor clash ...
Page 162
... Pitt , who translated Lucan and Vida , and who fills up a little interstice in Johnson's Lives between Pope and Thom- son , was the rector of Pimperne , near the banks of the Stour . As if to make up for the want of discern- ment with ...
... Pitt , who translated Lucan and Vida , and who fills up a little interstice in Johnson's Lives between Pope and Thom- son , was the rector of Pimperne , near the banks of the Stour . As if to make up for the want of discern- ment with ...
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... Pitt at the time of an apprehended rapture with the Em- press Catherine ; reduced to an official formula , in which all State wisdom devoted to our policy in the East is concentrated , it has been adopted ever since Mr. Pitt's ...
... Pitt at the time of an apprehended rapture with the Em- press Catherine ; reduced to an official formula , in which all State wisdom devoted to our policy in the East is concentrated , it has been adopted ever since Mr. Pitt's ...
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... Pitt's later years . There is nothing , it is true , in our parliamentary history that can equal in interest the strange vicissitudes of the stormy contest in the midst of which Pitt rose to power . But after this opening , the first ...
... Pitt's later years . There is nothing , it is true , in our parliamentary history that can equal in interest the strange vicissitudes of the stormy contest in the midst of which Pitt rose to power . But after this opening , the first ...
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Page 125 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 131 - Every state shall abide by the determinations of the United States in congress assembled, on all questions which, by this confederation, are submitted to them. And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state ; and the Union shall be perpetual.
Page 43 - They that go down to the sea in ships : and occupy their business in great waters; These men see the works of the Lord : and his wonders in the deep.
Page 125 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 178 - Joy of all the meek ! To those who fall, how kind thou art ! How good to those who seek...
Page 125 - States, including that of persons held to service. To avoid misconstruction of what I have said, I depart from my purpose not to speak of particular amendments, so far as to say that holding such a provision to now be implied constitutional law, I have no objection to its being made express and irrevocable.
Page 176 - Now let the heavens be joyful ; Let earth her song begin ; Let the round world keep triumph, And all that is therein...
Page 255 - Whatever fruits in different climes are found, That proudly rise, or humbly court the ground ; Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear, Whose bright succession decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die ; These here disporting, own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil ; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land.
Page 161 - MISERABLES. By VICTOR HUGO. AUTHORISED COPYRIGHT ENGLISH TRANSLATION. "The merits of *Les Miserables' do not merely consist in the conception of it as a whole; it abounds, page after page, with details of unequalled beauty.
Page 95 - Wouldst softly speak, and stroke my head and smile), Could those few pleasant days again appear, Might one wish bring them, would I wish them here? I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might.