The Retrospective Review, and Historical and Antiquarian MagazineHenry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas C. and H. Baldwyn, 1827 |
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... individual of that nation which accused the English ( teste Sterne ) of appealing from the heart to the head , before they gave way to a soft or benevolent impulse . How much more justly would the charge be against those who require big ...
... individual of that nation which accused the English ( teste Sterne ) of appealing from the heart to the head , before they gave way to a soft or benevolent impulse . How much more justly would the charge be against those who require big ...
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... individual characters , being always of a mixed quality , injure the unity ( again ! ) of the impression . But truth is probably somewhat sacrificed in our system . The question continually arises , What would these heroes be , if they ...
... individual characters , being always of a mixed quality , injure the unity ( again ! ) of the impression . But truth is probably somewhat sacrificed in our system . The question continually arises , What would these heroes be , if they ...
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... individuals have not had an improper influence , we cheerfully bear testimony to the highly important benefits which have been conferred upon historical researches . It is gratifying to find that the energy of the Commission has rather ...
... individuals have not had an improper influence , we cheerfully bear testimony to the highly important benefits which have been conferred upon historical researches . It is gratifying to find that the energy of the Commission has rather ...
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... individual character and conduct , property , and , in a word , on every thing relating to society , from about the middle of the thirteenth to the close of the fifteenth century , the rolls of parliament are of unequalled value . When ...
... individual character and conduct , property , and , in a word , on every thing relating to society , from about the middle of the thirteenth to the close of the fifteenth century , the rolls of parliament are of unequalled value . When ...
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... individuals who enjoyed the privilege or were subjected to the duty of attendance . The fact , however , of such attendance is evinced by documents ex- isting in a series which , although not entirely unbroken , is sufficiently complete ...
... individuals who enjoyed the privilege or were subjected to the duty of attendance . The fact , however , of such attendance is evinced by documents ex- isting in a series which , although not entirely unbroken , is sufficiently complete ...
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Page 29 - Over the mountains And over the waves, Under the fountains And under the graves ; Under floods that are deepest, Which Neptune obey ; Over rocks that are steepest Love will find out the way.
Page 370 - Well then ; I now do plainly see, This busy world and I shall ne'er agree ; The very honey of all earthly joy Does of all meats the soonest cloy, And they, methinks, deserve my pity, Who for it can endure the stings, The crowd, and buzz, and murmurings Of this great hive, the city. Ah, yet, ere I descend to th...
Page 374 - The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again. The plants suck in the earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair. The sea itself, which one would think Should have but little need of drink, Drinks twice ten thousand rivers up, So fill'd that they o'erflow the cup. The busy sun (and one would guess...
Page 448 - And whereas the Senate of the United States have approved of the said arrangement and recommended that it should be carried into effect, the same having also received the sanction of 'His Royal Highness, the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His...
Page 376 - Tis filled wherever thou dost tread, Nature self's thy Ganymede. Thou dost drink and dance and sing, Happier than the happiest king! All the fields which thou dost see, All the plants, belong to thee, All that summer hours produce, Fertile made with early juice. Man for thee does sow and plow Farmer he, and landlord thou!
Page 376 - Prophet of the ripen'd year ! Thee Phoebus loves, and does inspire ; Phoebus is himself thy sire. To thee, of all things upon earth, Life is no longer than thy mirth. Happy insect, happy thou ! Dost neither age nor winter know; But, when thou'st drunk, and danc'd, and sung Thy fill, the flowery leaves among, (Voluptuous and wise withal, Epicurean animal !) Sated with thy summer feast, Thou retir'st to endless rest.
Page 523 - Atkinson; such arms being first duly exemplified according to the laws of arms, and recorded in the Herald's Office...
Page 352 - As far as my memory can return back into my past life, before I knew or was capable of guessing what the world, or glories, or business of it were, the natural affections of my soul gave me a secret bent of aversion from them...
Page 358 - Gideon's miracle* was shown ; " For every tree and every herb around " With pearly dew was crown'd, " And upon all the quicken'd ground " The fruitful seed of heaven did brooding lie, " And nothing but the Muse's fleece was dry.
Page 376 - Tis fill'd wherever thou dost tread, Nature's self's thy Ganymede. Thou dost drink, and dance, and sing, Happier than the happiest king ! All the fields which thou dost see, All the plants belong to thee ; All that summer hours produce, Fertile made with early juice.