The Monthly Review, Or, Literary JournalR. Griffiths, 1817 |
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Side 68
... possessions left by the father among all his sons . In process of time , however , the law of primogeniture began to be adopted , but it was not in- troduced into the house of Saxe - Coburg till the reign of Francis Josias , in the ...
... possessions left by the father among all his sons . In process of time , however , the law of primogeniture began to be adopted , but it was not in- troduced into the house of Saxe - Coburg till the reign of Francis Josias , in the ...
Side 81
... the great stage of human affairs ; and that commencement was such as to dazzle the imagination and to exalt the hopes REV . MAY , 1817 . G of of men whose philanthropy possessed less ardour than that of Morgan's Memoirs of Dr. Price . 81.
... the great stage of human affairs ; and that commencement was such as to dazzle the imagination and to exalt the hopes REV . MAY , 1817 . G of of men whose philanthropy possessed less ardour than that of Morgan's Memoirs of Dr. Price . 81.
Side 114
... possessed of far superior learning and industry , has confided too implicitly in Anthony Wood ; a source from which , as a perennial stream , most modern English biographers have drawn with little compunction . Dr. Nott has been very ...
... possessed of far superior learning and industry , has confided too implicitly in Anthony Wood ; a source from which , as a perennial stream , most modern English biographers have drawn with little compunction . Dr. Nott has been very ...
Side 118
... possessions on the other side of the Channel in a proper state of defence , and acquitted himself well in that service . In 1542 , he was made a knight of the Garter , which was then a strong proof of royal favour . In the following ...
... possessions on the other side of the Channel in a proper state of defence , and acquitted himself well in that service . In 1542 , he was made a knight of the Garter , which was then a strong proof of royal favour . In the following ...
Side 122
... possessions ; and he procured the reversal of the act of attainder in the ensuing reign . In person , the noble poet is described as somewhat small of stature , but well made , active , and able to endure much fatigue : his eye , dark ...
... possessions ; and he procured the reversal of the act of attainder in the ensuing reign . In person , the noble poet is described as somewhat small of stature , but well made , active , and able to endure much fatigue : his eye , dark ...
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Side 128 - The turtle to her mate hath told her tale. Summer is come, for every spray now springs: The hart hath hung his old head on the pale; The buck in brake his winter coat he flings ; The fishes flete with new repaired scale.
Side 304 - The stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains. — Beautiful ! I linger yet with nature, for the night Hath been to me a more familiar face Than that of man ; and in her starry shade Of dim and solitary loveliness, I learned the language of another world.
Side 302 - When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things...
Side 301 - Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar, with our mixed essence, make A conflict of its elements, and breathe The breath of degradation and of pride, Contending with low wants and lofty will, Till our mortality predominates, And men are — what they name not to themselves, And trust not to each other.
Side 300 - Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; «° They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.
Side 20 - To get over this, my way is, to divide half a sheet of paper by a line into two columns; writing over the one pro, and over the other con; then during three or four days' consideration, I put down under the different heads short hints of the different motives, that at different times occur to me, for or against the measure. When I have thus got them all together in one view, I...
Side 284 - Nymph of a fair, but erring line ! " Gently he said — "One hope is thine. Tis written in the Book of Fate, The Peri yet may be forgiven Who brings to this Eternal Gate The Gift that is most dear to Heaven ! Go, seek it, and redeem thy sin — Tis sweet to let the Pardon'd in ! " Rapidly as comets run To th...
Side 286 - Cheer'd by this hope, she bends her thither ; — Still laughs the radiant eye of heaven, Nor have the golden bowers of even In the rich west begun to wither ; — When, o'er the vale of Balbec winging Slowly, she sees a child at play, Among the rosy wild-flowers singing, As rosy and as wild as they ; Chasing, with eager hands and eyes, The beautiful blue damsel-flies, That flutter'd round the jasmine stems, Like winged flowers or flying gems...
Side 287 - And how felt he, the wretched Man reclining there — while memory ran o'er many a year of guilt and strife, flew o'er the dark flood of his life, nor found one sunny resting-place, nor brought him back one branch of grace !
Side 304 - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watchdog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...