The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 101A. Constable, 1855 |
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... . The objector is perhaps reminded that inquiry had , at some pre- vious period , been recommended by his own friends . Nothing daunted by this reminiscence , he falls back upon the 12 Jan. Parliamentary Opposition .
... . The objector is perhaps reminded that inquiry had , at some pre- vious period , been recommended by his own friends . Nothing daunted by this reminiscence , he falls back upon the 12 Jan. Parliamentary Opposition .
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... periods , to arrange and classify the various grades of animal life which prevailed in each , and even to describe the structure and the habits by which they were respectively distinguished . It is true that in many cases the estimate ...
... periods , to arrange and classify the various grades of animal life which prevailed in each , and even to describe the structure and the habits by which they were respectively distinguished . It is true that in many cases the estimate ...
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... period in the biblical studies of the time . The Complutensian Polyglot ( 1517 ) though the first , is a most creditable example of the zeal with which the study of Oriental literature was even then pursued . It is not our purpose ...
... period in the biblical studies of the time . The Complutensian Polyglot ( 1517 ) though the first , is a most creditable example of the zeal with which the study of Oriental literature was even then pursued . It is not our purpose ...
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... period ; nor can there be much doubt that , if his career had been prolonged to the usual term of human life , his reputation might have equalled that of almost any of the scholars , whether of the ancient or the modern world . He was ...
... period ; nor can there be much doubt that , if his career had been prolonged to the usual term of human life , his reputation might have equalled that of almost any of the scholars , whether of the ancient or the modern world . He was ...
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... period of Mezzofanti's career , that the interesting series of notices compiled by Mr. Watts * , may be said to commence . It would be impossible , by any observations of our own , to place him before our readers in a more curious light ...
... period of Mezzofanti's career , that the interesting series of notices compiled by Mr. Watts * , may be said to commence . It would be impossible , by any observations of our own , to place him before our readers in a more curious light ...
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Page 155 - So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community. If a new road, for instance, were to be made through the grounds of a private person, it might perhaps be extensively beneficial to the public, but the law permits no man, or set of men, to do this without consent of the owner of the land.
Page 452 - Pythian's mystic cave of yore, Those oracles which set the world in flame, Nor ceased to burn till kingdoms were no more : Did he not this for France?
Page 232 - I am forced, with all humility, and yet plainly, to profess, that I cannot with safe conscience, and without the offence of the majesty of God, give my assent to the suppressing of the said exercises: much less can I send out any injunction for the utter and universal subversion of the same.
Page 349 - I know a citizen who adds or alters a letter in his name, with every plum he acquires; he now wants only the change of a vowel* to be allied to a sovereign prince in Italy ;f and that perhaps he may contrive to be done by a mistake of the graver upon his tomb-stone.
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Page 313 - The court does not recognize their application. There is no likeness between the cases. They are in opposition to each other, and there is an impassable gulf between them. The difference is that . which exists between freedom and slavery; and a greater cannot be imagined.
Page 313 - Such services can only be expected from one who has no will of his own, who surrenders his will in implicit obedience to that of another. Such obedience is the consequence only of uncontrolled authority over the body. There is nothing else which can operate to produce the effect. The power of the master must be absolute to render the submission of the slave perfect.