The Edinburgh Review, Volume 75A. and C. Black, 1842 - English literature |
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... enquiry whether they are not in truth British vessels violating ' British laws . No such right has ever been claimed , nor can it ' be exercised without oppressing and harassing the lawful navi- " 6 * See the instructions given to the ...
... enquiry whether they are not in truth British vessels violating ' British laws . No such right has ever been claimed , nor can it ' be exercised without oppressing and harassing the lawful navi- " 6 * See the instructions given to the ...
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... enquiry , no slaver would sail without a stock of such flags , and all the declarations and laws of Europe and America against slave - trading would become waste paper . When a vessel under suspicious circumstances displayed the ...
... enquiry , no slaver would sail without a stock of such flags , and all the declarations and laws of Europe and America against slave - trading would become waste paper . When a vessel under suspicious circumstances displayed the ...
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... enquiry . The slow- ness with which the enquiry proceeded was very painful to the accused ; the successful opposition of the local authorities to the view taken by the Federal Government , showed great defects in the institutions of ...
... enquiry . The slow- ness with which the enquiry proceeded was very painful to the accused ; the successful opposition of the local authorities to the view taken by the Federal Government , showed great defects in the institutions of ...
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... enquiry or sugges- tion is not altogether a new one . Twenty years ago the ques- tion of the ancient extension of glaciers was already agitated ; and indeed we might have carried our citation of authors much further back , only that ...
... enquiry or sugges- tion is not altogether a new one . Twenty years ago the ques- tion of the ancient extension of glaciers was already agitated ; and indeed we might have carried our citation of authors much further back , only that ...
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... enquiry is , What is ' the precise relation of the glacier to the supporting rocks ? ' No doubt MM . De Charpentier and Agassiz have stated several reasons for supposing that the contact surface of the ice and rock will be always at a ...
... enquiry is , What is ' the precise relation of the glacier to the supporting rocks ? ' No doubt MM . De Charpentier and Agassiz have stated several reasons for supposing that the contact surface of the ice and rock will be always at a ...
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Page 462 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below.
Page 172 - But, gracious God, how well dost Thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O teach me to believe Thee thus concealed, And search no farther than Thyself revealed ; But her alone for my director take, Whom Thou hast promised never to forsake...
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Page 169 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Page 254 - Yitruvius of ruin. He has bequeathed to us not a single doctrine to be called by his name — not a single addition to the stock of our positive knowledge. But no human teacher ever left behind him so vast and terrible a wreck of truths and falsehoods — of things noble and things base — of things useful and things pernicious.
Page 172 - Above it stood the Seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
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