The Quarterly Review, Volum 141John Murray, 1876 |
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Pàgina 136
... return to the ' style ' of the eighteenth century ; but this is entirely to misconceive the drift of our argu- ments . Much as we admire the genius of the century which produced the poetry of Pope and the criticism of Addison , for ...
... return to the ' style ' of the eighteenth century ; but this is entirely to misconceive the drift of our argu- ments . Much as we admire the genius of the century which produced the poetry of Pope and the criticism of Addison , for ...
Pàgina 137
... return to it at any interval of time with such certainty as to be sure of her position within half a mile . This has been done time and again by the ships engaged in laying telegraph cables between England and America . Many times it ...
... return to it at any interval of time with such certainty as to be sure of her position within half a mile . This has been done time and again by the ships engaged in laying telegraph cables between England and America . Many times it ...
Pàgina 145
... return to it by a dotted line , is the same thing as marking the length of one of the legs on the vertical . When the ship is swung , her observations for deviation are laid down upon the diagram , by taking from the scale of degrees ...
... return to it by a dotted line , is the same thing as marking the length of one of the legs on the vertical . When the ship is swung , her observations for deviation are laid down upon the diagram , by taking from the scale of degrees ...
Pàgina 162
... return of the vessel to England the instrument was but 54 seconds in error , allowing for its declared rate . A committee was then appointed by the Board of Longi- tude to take the machine to pieces and report on its construc- tion ...
... return of the vessel to England the instrument was but 54 seconds in error , allowing for its declared rate . A committee was then appointed by the Board of Longi- tude to take the machine to pieces and report on its construc- tion ...
Pàgina 191
... return ; and that if I had the means of subsisting elsewhere , I would plunge into the austere sadness of exile and regret . . Read , talk , visit beautiful places , associate them with regretted or hoped - for senti- " * A full account ...
... return ; and that if I had the means of subsisting elsewhere , I would plunge into the austere sadness of exile and regret . . Read , talk , visit beautiful places , associate them with regretted or hoped - for senti- " * A full account ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 505 - Pale as his shirt ; his knees knocking each other ; And with a look so piteous in purport, As if he had been loosed out of hell, To speak of horrors, — he comes before me.
Pàgina 529 - For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
Pàgina 518 - And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
Pàgina 541 - And when there is a Communion, the Priest shall then place upon the Table so much Bread and Wine, as he shall think sufficient.
Pàgina 7 - I am in presence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly as God made the world...
Pàgina 529 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Pàgina 127 - He spake of love, such love as Spirits feel In worlds whose course is equable and pure; No fears to beat away — no strife to heal — The past unsighed for, and the future sure; 100.
Pàgina 253 - O good old man ; how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed!
Pàgina 129 - For a multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind; and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor. The most effective of these causes are the great national events which are daily taking place, and the increasing accumulation of men in cities, where the uniformity of their occupations produces a craving for extraordinary incident which the rapid communication of intelligence...
Pàgina 49 - I knew her from six years old, and had some share in her education, by directing what books she should read, and perpetually instructing her in the principles of honour and virtue ; from which she never swerved in any one action or moment of her life.