The Quarterly Review, Volume 5William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1811 - English literature |
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... fact is otherwise . Amidst the many splendid works , of a scientific or descriptive nature , poured forth from time to time by the Pa- risian press , though there are not a few , particularly in the descrip- tive department , which the ...
... fact is otherwise . Amidst the many splendid works , of a scientific or descriptive nature , poured forth from time to time by the Pa- risian press , though there are not a few , particularly in the descrip- tive department , which the ...
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... fact is , that it was originally composed as introductory to the historical sketches in Pausanias , of which author M. Clavier has prepared , and intends to publish , a translation . After all , however , as we are given to understand ...
... fact is , that it was originally composed as introductory to the historical sketches in Pausanias , of which author M. Clavier has prepared , and intends to publish , a translation . After all , however , as we are given to understand ...
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... fact has been * , questioned ; but no such question can be raised respecting the scheme of M. Clavier . It is not our purpose to expatiate on the confusedness and un- certainty , so long ago remarked by Pausanias , † of the old Greek ...
... fact has been * , questioned ; but no such question can be raised respecting the scheme of M. Clavier . It is not our purpose to expatiate on the confusedness and un- certainty , so long ago remarked by Pausanias , † of the old Greek ...
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... fact , supposes those successions to have been lineal ? This in- volves the very point in which its alleged falsehood consists ; and to urge this as an answer to the charge , is something like assuming the thing to be proved as part of ...
... fact , supposes those successions to have been lineal ? This in- volves the very point in which its alleged falsehood consists ; and to urge this as an answer to the charge , is something like assuming the thing to be proved as part of ...
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... facts in question , it is said , however wonderful , are at- tested by the conspiring voice of antiquity . Here again the point in dispute seems to be begged . That there is no fact so singular , provided only that it does not involve a ...
... facts in question , it is said , however wonderful , are at- tested by the conspiring voice of antiquity . Here again the point in dispute seems to be begged . That there is no fact so singular , provided only that it does not involve a ...
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Page 118 - And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Page 469 - Upon the top of all his loftie crest, A bunch of haires discolourd diversly, With sprincled pearle, and gold full richly drest, Did shake, and seemd to daunce for jollity; Like to an almond tree ymounted hye On top of greene Selinis all alone, With blossoms brave bedecked daintily; Whose tender locks do tremble every one At every little breath, that under heaven is blowne.
Page 398 - ... of life; either without books, or, like some of the Mahometan countries, with very few: men thus busied and unlearned, having only such words as common use requires, would perhaps long continue to express the same notions by the same signs.
Page 433 - We shall exult, if they who rule the land Be men who hold its many blessings dear, "Wise, upright, valiant; not a servile band, Who are to judge of danger which they fear, And honour which they do not understand.
Page 46 - ... thee, But Earth which is mine, Its fruits shall deny thee ; And Water shall hear me, And know thee and fly thee ; And the Winds shall not touch thee When they pass by thee, And the Dews shall not wet thee, When they fall nigh thee : And thou shalt seek Death To release thee, in vain ; Thou shalt live in thy pain, While Kehama shall reign, With a fire in thy heart, And a fire in thy brain ; And sleep shall obey me, And visit thee never, And the curse shall be on thee For ever and ever.
Page 45 - Quench'd in the unnatural light which might out-stare Even the broad eye of day ; And thou from thy celestial way Pourest, O Moon, an ineffectual ray ! For lo ! ten thousand torches flame and flare Upon the midnight air, Blotting the lights of heaven With one portentous glare. Behold the fragrant smoke in many a fold Ascending, floats along the fiery sky, And hangeth visible on high, A dark and waving canopy.
Page 470 - SIR, knowing how doubtfully all allegories may be construed, and this booke of mine, which I have entituled the Faery Queene, being a continued allegory, or darke conceit...
Page 476 - While gay saloons appeared on either side In splendid vista opening to her sight; And all with precious gems so beautified, And furnished with such exquisite delight, That scarce the beams of heaven emit such lustre bright. The amethyst was there of violet hue, And there the topaz shed its golden ray, The chrysoberyl, and the sapphire blue As the clear azure of a sunny day, Or the mild eyes where amorous glances play; The...
Page 480 - O'er which were shadowy cast Elysian gleams, That played in waving lights from place to place, And shed a roseate smile on nature's face.
Page 54 - He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the waterfalls of Elysian gardens.