The North British Review, Volume 14W. P. Kennedy, 1851 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 79
Page 10
... believe , he reaches an absolutely heroic standard , the contemplation of which might shame many of us . Much as it might vex some of his critics to be told so , he , we verily believe , does not send out for the Mecca Gazette , nor ...
... believe , he reaches an absolutely heroic standard , the contemplation of which might shame many of us . Much as it might vex some of his critics to be told so , he , we verily believe , does not send out for the Mecca Gazette , nor ...
Page 14
... which it does not appear possible to controvert him , and to select those in connexion with which we really believe that Classification of the Pamphlets . 15 something may be advanced 14 Carlyle's Latter - Day Pamphlets .
... which it does not appear possible to controvert him , and to select those in connexion with which we really believe that Classification of the Pamphlets . 15 something may be advanced 14 Carlyle's Latter - Day Pamphlets .
Page 26
... believe to be historically just and accurate ; or into his defence of Capital Punishments , which appears to us to want something ; or into his restatement , against the Simple - prevention School , of the true theory of Punishments in ...
... believe to be historically just and accurate ; or into his defence of Capital Punishments , which appears to us to want something ; or into his restatement , against the Simple - prevention School , of the true theory of Punishments in ...
Page 27
... by their own experience , believe to be abso- lutely reclaimable . Our recollection of one positive statement of this kind made in our hearing by a prison - governor , leads us to conclude that much might be made of such an.
... by their own experience , believe to be abso- lutely reclaimable . Our recollection of one positive statement of this kind made in our hearing by a prison - governor , leads us to conclude that much might be made of such an.
Page 28
... believe , no small degree of argumenta- tive value in the consideration that a large proportion of the mass of crime is hereditary and transmitted , and therefore less chargeable upon individuals than on society itself . But what we ...
... believe , no small degree of argumenta- tive value in the consideration that a large proportion of the mass of crime is hereditary and transmitted , and therefore less chargeable upon individuals than on society itself . But what we ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Academy Adolphe Monod assertion Association Boccaccio British called Carlyle century character Christ Christian Church colleges Confession consistories constitution Crusca Decameron divine doctrine Doddridge duties Edinburgh effect England English Ethics existence fact faith farmers favour feeling flax France Frédéric Monod free-trade friends genius geology gold Government heart honour human interest Italian Italian language Italy John Stoddart Kew Observatory labour language learning less literary literature living London matter means ment mind moral nature Neander never object observations opinion Oxford pamphlet Pellegrino Rossi persons philosophers Pius IX poet political practical present principles produce Professor Low question readers reform Rome Schleiermacher scientific silver Sir Charles Lyell social society soul speech spirit theology thing thought tion true truth Tuscany University Vincenzo Gioberti whole woman words writings
Popular passages
Page 323 - Neither do men put new wine into old bottles : else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish : but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
Page 505 - Behold, I stand at the door, and knock : if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he with me.
Page 507 - Nor thro' the questions men may try, The petty cobwebs we have spun : If e'er when faith had fallen asleep, I heard a voice, 'Believe no more,' And heard an ever-breaking shore That tumbled in the Godless deep ; A warmth within the breast would melt The freezing reason's colder part, And like a man in wrath the heart Stood up and answer'd,
Page 451 - The name of the first is Pison : that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold ; and the gold of that land is good : there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Page 356 - No more fatigue, no more distress ; Nor sin nor hell shall reach the place ; No groans to mingle with the songs Which warble from immortal tongues.
Page 483 - Come then, pure hands, and bear the head That sleeps or wears the mask of sleep, And come, whatever loves to weep, And hear the ritual of the dead. Ah yet, ev'n yet, if this might be, I, falling on his faithful heart, Would breathing thro...
Page 482 - O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a...
Page 422 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 510 - Sleep sweetly, tender heart, in peace : Sleep, holy spirit, blessed soul, While the stars burn, the moons increase, And the great ages onward roll. Sleep till the end, true soul and sweet. Nothing comes to thee new or strange. Sleep full of rest from head to feet ; Lie still, dry dust, secure of change.
Page 357 - But sacred, high, eternal noon ! 5 0 long-expected day, begin ! Dawn on these realms of woe and sin ; Fain would we leave this weary road, And sleep in death, to rest with God.