The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, المجلد 34 |
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الصفحة 77
It is extremely difficult to reconcile the two characters of a good farmer and a
zealous and attentive clergyman . However , if there were no other method of
getting rid of this odious and oppressive burden , the objections against
commuting ...
It is extremely difficult to reconcile the two characters of a good farmer and a
zealous and attentive clergyman . However , if there were no other method of
getting rid of this odious and oppressive burden , the objections against
commuting ...
الصفحة 79
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds ; with some Obscrvations on his
Talents and Character . By JOSEPH FARINGTON , R . A . London , Cadell &
Davies . 1819 . This , with regard to its main object , must certainly be re1 garded
as a ...
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds ; with some Obscrvations on his
Talents and Character . By JOSEPH FARINGTON , R . A . London , Cadell &
Davies . 1819 . This , with regard to its main object , must certainly be re1 garded
as a ...
الصفحة 87
outline of the head the criterion of a corresponding difference of character , and
yet reject all distinction in the original conformation of the soul ? Has he never
been struck with family likenesses ? And is there not an inherent , indestructible ...
outline of the head the criterion of a corresponding difference of character , and
yet reject all distinction in the original conformation of the soul ? Has he never
been struck with family likenesses ? And is there not an inherent , indestructible ...
الصفحة 92
Why then will he insist upon engrafting the fine upon the domestic arts , as an
indispensable consummation of the national character ? We may indeed cultivate
them as an experiment in natural history , and produce specimens of them , and ...
Why then will he insist upon engrafting the fine upon the domestic arts , as an
indispensable consummation of the national character ? We may indeed cultivate
them as an experiment in natural history , and produce specimens of them , and ...
الصفحة 120
A dreadful picture is drawn , in these Travels , of the Africans : they are
treacherous , false , vindictive , intemperate , cruel ; markcd with every vice which
can degrade the human character , Mr Burckhardt lived long among them ; had
great ...
A dreadful picture is drawn , in these Travels , of the Africans : they are
treacherous , false , vindictive , intemperate , cruel ; markcd with every vice which
can degrade the human character , Mr Burckhardt lived long among them ; had
great ...
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الصفحة 194 - O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth; That I might drink, and leave the world unseen, And with thee fade away into the forest dim...
الصفحة 148 - He now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn. But it, too, was gone. A large, rickety wooden building stood in its place, with great gaping windows, some of them broken and mended with old hats and petticoats, and over the door was painted, "The Union Hotel, by Jonathan Doolittle.
الصفحة 145 - For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third.
الصفحة 146 - Rip Van Winkle ! Rip Van Winkle!" At the same time, Wolf bristled up his back, and giving a low growl, skulked to his master's side, looking fearfully down into the glen. Rip now felt a vague apprehension stealing over him. He looked anxiously in the same direction and perceived a strange figure slowly toiling up the rocks, and bending under the weight of something he carried on his back. He was surprised to see any human being in this lonely and unfrequented place ; but supposing it to be some one...
الصفحة 150 - ... dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned, however, he shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, and cast up his eyes ; which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived at Mr. Doolittle's hotel.
الصفحة 194 - Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn...
الصفحة 150 - Ah, poor man, Rip Van Winkle was his name, but it's twenty years since he went away from home with his gun, and never has been heard of since,— his dog came home without him; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl.
الصفحة 144 - Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill mountains. They are a dismembered branch of the great Appalachian family, and are seen away to the west of the river, swelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the surrounding country.
الصفحة 147 - ... round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and, whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence...
الصفحة 146 - On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd-looking personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion : some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long...