Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 402 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 25
Page 3
... observation of the Sabbath , might , we think , have caused more just surprise . But we will not go into the discussion of these points . The book , were it far more orthodox or far more heretical than it is , would not much edify or ...
... observation of the Sabbath , might , we think , have caused more just surprise . But we will not go into the discussion of these points . The book , were it far more orthodox or far more heretical than it is , would not much edify or ...
Page 21
... observe certain phænomena . We cannot explain them into material causes . We therefore infer that there exists something which is not material . But of this something we have no idea . We can define it only by negatives . We can reason ...
... observe certain phænomena . We cannot explain them into material causes . We therefore infer that there exists something which is not material . But of this something we have no idea . We can define it only by negatives . We can reason ...
Page 37
... observe them ; and we are informed that he was accustomed to hear prayers at six o'clock in the morning ! It is to such considerations as these , together with his Vandyke dress , his handsome face , and his peaked beard , that he owes ...
... observe them ; and we are informed that he was accustomed to hear prayers at six o'clock in the morning ! It is to such considerations as these , together with his Vandyke dress , his handsome face , and his peaked beard , that he owes ...
Page 77
... observation , fertile invention , and profound knowledge of human nature . Such a prince as our Henry the Fifth would have been the idol of the North . The follies of his youth , the selfish ambi- tion of his manhood , the Lollards ...
... observation , fertile invention , and profound knowledge of human nature . Such a prince as our Henry the Fifth would have been the idol of the North . The follies of his youth , the selfish ambi- tion of his manhood , the Lollards ...
Page 81
... observing how powerfully circumstances influence the feelings and opinions of men , how often vices pass into virtues and paradoxes into axioms , learns to distinguish what is accidental and transitory in human nature from what is ...
... observing how powerfully circumstances influence the feelings and opinions of men , how often vices pass into virtues and paradoxes into axioms , learns to distinguish what is accidental and transitory in human nature from what is ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admire Antinomian army authority beauty believe Boswell Brahmin Catholic century character Charles Christian Church civilisation common conduct constitution contempt correct crime Croker Cromwell dæmons Dante death doctrines doubt effect eminent enemies England English evil executive government favour feeling genius Hallam honour House House of Commons human interest Italian Italy Jews Johnson King liberty literary lived Long Parliament Lord Byron Macaulay Machiavelli manner means ment military Milton mind moral nature never noble opinion Paradise Lost Parliament party passages passions peculiar persecution person Petition of Right Petrarch poems poet poetry political Pope Prince principles produced Puritans racter readers reason religion remarkable respect Revolution Robert Montgomery scarcely seems Shakspeare Sir Walter Scott society sophisms Southey Southey's spirit statesman Strafford talents thing thought tion tyrant wealth Whigs whole writer