The National quarterly review, ed. by E.I. SearsEdward Isidore Sears 1873 |
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... century to be a source of delight to him . If upon the other hand he felt many a bitter pang , it is certain that his experience in this respect was not so painful as that of Dante , Tasso , or Ariosto ; for , with the exception that he ...
... century to be a source of delight to him . If upon the other hand he felt many a bitter pang , it is certain that his experience in this respect was not so painful as that of Dante , Tasso , or Ariosto ; for , with the exception that he ...
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... century , in affairs of the heart , than they were at the beginning of the fourteenth century . Leaving this problem to be solved by those who have more time and inclination to discuss it than we have , we proceed to show that , however ...
... century , in affairs of the heart , than they were at the beginning of the fourteenth century . Leaving this problem to be solved by those who have more time and inclination to discuss it than we have , we proceed to show that , however ...
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... century . For many years the generous churchman had the poet to reside with him , invariably treating him with all possi- ble kindness and consideration . When Petrarch left him even to visit a friend he was impatient for his return ...
... century . For many years the generous churchman had the poet to reside with him , invariably treating him with all possi- ble kindness and consideration . When Petrarch left him even to visit a friend he was impatient for his return ...
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... century . A close calculation has been made of late years of the observations of the transit of the last century , collated with results from these other methods , the supposed distance being reduced from 95,000,000 miles to about ...
... century . A close calculation has been made of late years of the observations of the transit of the last century , collated with results from these other methods , the supposed distance being reduced from 95,000,000 miles to about ...
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... century ago . These results proceed from the employment of four or five instrumentalities , of which the most important in this investigation are new to astronomical research . These are the telescope , the polariscope , the ther ...
... century ago . These results proceed from the employment of four or five instrumentalities , of which the most important in this investigation are new to astronomical research . These are the telescope , the polariscope , the ther ...
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Page 305 - it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal. 4. That levying money for, or to the use of the crown, by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time, or in other manner, than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal, and
Page 142 - general assembly have the sole right and power to lay taxes and impositions upon the inhabitants of this colony, and that every attempt to vest such power in any person or persons whatsoever, other than the general assembly, has a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom.
Page 305 - King James the Second having abdicated the government, and the throne being thereby vacant, his Highness, the Prince of Orange (whom it hath pleased Almighty God to make the glorious instrument of delivering this kingdom from popery and arbitrary power), did cause letters to be
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Page 142 - upon the inhabitants of this colony, and that every attempt to vest such power in any person or persons whatsoever, other than the general assembly, has a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom. This resolution
Page 305 - declare: 1. That the pretended power of suspending of laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal. 4. That levying money for, or to the use of the crown, by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time, or in other manner, than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal,
Page 27 - in terms of y ; then we find the value of y in terms of x; and so on we may continue forever without coming nearer to a solution. The antithesis of subject and object, never to be transcended while consciousness lasts, renders impossible all knowledge of that ultimate reality in which subject and object are
Page 305 - counties, cities, universities, boroughs and cinque-ports for the choosing of such persons to represent them as were of right to be sent to parliament to meet and sit at Westminster, upon the two and
Page 217 - This is true liberty, when free-bom men, Having to advise the public, may speak free/ Which he who can and will, deserves high praise : Who neither can, nor will, may hold his peace.