The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, المجلد 34 |
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الصفحة 76
Surely it is now high time to endeavour to devise some less partial and less
oppressive means of providing for the support of the Establishment . For upwards
of sixty years — from the era of the Whiteboys down to that of the Ribbonmen ...
Surely it is now high time to endeavour to devise some less partial and less
oppressive means of providing for the support of the Establishment . For upwards
of sixty years — from the era of the Whiteboys down to that of the Ribbonmen ...
الصفحة 77
But we incline to think , that the proposal for a commutation by means of a
poundage on rents , would , on the whole , be more eligible . Were this plan
adopted , some such machinery as that by which the Income tax was collected ,
would ...
But we incline to think , that the proposal for a commutation by means of a
poundage on rents , would , on the whole , be more eligible . Were this plan
adopted , some such machinery as that by which the Income tax was collected ,
would ...
الصفحة 79
It would give the clergy every fair benefit to which they are entitled ; and would
save the public from the scourge of a system of taxation which must necessarily
increase in a greater ratio than the means of paying it . That there would be many
...
It would give the clergy every fair benefit to which they are entitled ; and would
save the public from the scourge of a system of taxation which must necessarily
increase in a greater ratio than the means of paying it . That there would be many
...
الصفحة 120
... 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 means of observing ; and appears to be in general so moderate
...
... 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 means of observing ; and appears to be in general so moderate
...
الصفحة 220
... it would by no means follow that this price was not a cheap one for the benefit
purchased , unless it were shown that any other means existed of securing the
same benefit ; and this consideration belongs to the other head of the argument .
... it would by no means follow that this price was not a cheap one for the benefit
purchased , unless it were shown that any other means existed of securing the
same benefit ; and this consideration belongs to the other head of the argument .
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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...