The portrait of a Christian gentleman, a memoir of P. F. TytlerJ. Murray, 1859 - 356 strán (strany) |
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... months of the date of pub- lication , must be chiefly owing to the exceeding favour which it has experienced at the hands of all its Reviewers , and for which the author is very grateful . He has availed himself of the opportunity to ...
... months of the date of pub- lication , must be chiefly owing to the exceeding favour which it has experienced at the hands of all its Reviewers , and for which the author is very grateful . He has availed himself of the opportunity to ...
Strana 15
... months , a neatly - written MS . was modestly put into my hands . It was the transcribed result of many patient pencillings , through the long days of summer , when feeble health had kept the writer , for the most part , a prisoner at ...
... months , a neatly - written MS . was modestly put into my hands . It was the transcribed result of many patient pencillings , through the long days of summer , when feeble health had kept the writer , for the most part , a prisoner at ...
Strana 22
... month to Waterloo : it was her hands that girded on his sword on the eve of the battle . He left her at Brussels , and she never saw him again till she was told he had been carried off the field mortally wounded , and no one knew ...
... month to Waterloo : it was her hands that girded on his sword on the eve of the battle . He left her at Brussels , and she never saw him again till she was told he had been carried off the field mortally wounded , and no one knew ...
Strana 40
... months . Three years were generally necessary for those trials ; but , nothing daunted , he instantly applied himself to an entirely new line of study , and at the end of the six months took his degree with honour . Having just ...
... months . Three years were generally necessary for those trials ; but , nothing daunted , he instantly applied himself to an entirely new line of study , and at the end of the six months took his degree with honour . Having just ...
Strana 42
... months , than I usually have done in twice that time . " At the close of the year 1796 , he gratefully records that his chief occupation during the most painful twelve- month of his life had been the preparing for the press the ...
... months , than I usually have done in twice that time . " At the close of the year 1796 , he gratefully records that his chief occupation during the most painful twelve- month of his life had been the preparing for the press the ...
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Strana 82 - For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground...
Strana 5 - Answers by reverends and right reverends came out two or three in a year; and I found by Dr Warburton's railing, that the books were beginning to be esteemed in good company.
Strana 82 - I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
Strana 356 - A pre-eminently useful book. To the youthful student, to the man who cannot read many volumes, we should commend it as the one history which will convey the latest views and most extensive information. The style is simple, clear, and explanatory .... Our opinion is, that there is no other work at present existing which so ably supplies " a History of Rome" suited to the wants of general readers of the present day.
Strana 165 - Yesterday being Hogmanay, there was a constant succession of Guisards — ie boys dressed up in fantastic caps, with their shirts over their jackets, and with wooden swords in their hands. These players acted a sort of scene before us, of which the hero was one Goloshin, who gets killed in a ' battle for love,' but is presently brought to life again by u doctor of the party.
Strana 356 - STUDENT'S HISTORY OF ROME. From the EARLIEST TIMES to the ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EMPIRE, With Chapters on the History of Literature and Art. By Dean LIDDELL.
Strana 118 - Considerations on the present Political State of India, embracing Observations on the Character of the Natives, on the Civil and Criminal Courts, the Administration of Justice, the State of the Land...
Strana 356 - Smith haa proceeded, and the careful, scholar-like manner in which he has carried it out. The great distinctive feature, however, is the chapters on Literature and Art. This gives it a decided advantage over all previous works o/the kind.— Atlienaeum.
Strana 26 - Cum semel occideris et de te splendida. Minos Fecerit arbitria, Non, Torquate, genus, non te facundia, non te Restituet pietas.
Strana 199 - But as we descended the vale of the Gala he began to gaze about him, and by degrees it was obvious that he was recognizing the features of that familiar landscape. Presently he murmured a name or two, — Gala Water, surely, — Buckholm, — Torwoodlee.