The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volum 192A. Constable, 1900 |
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... colonies , and the conditions under which they won their independence . Mr. Smith's English ante- cedents , and long residence in America , have naturally led him to consider this chapter of our history with fuller knowledge than falls ...
... colonies , and the conditions under which they won their independence . Mr. Smith's English ante- cedents , and long residence in America , have naturally led him to consider this chapter of our history with fuller knowledge than falls ...
Side 20
... colonies , by religious or political ' exiles , who carried with them the spirit of resistance to ' oppression , ' there had always been a strong degree of repulsion to the authority of the English Government : - 6 ' In the north was ...
... colonies , by religious or political ' exiles , who carried with them the spirit of resistance to ' oppression , ' there had always been a strong degree of repulsion to the authority of the English Government : - 6 ' In the north was ...
Side 21
... colonies not been bound to the mother - country by a strong tie of another kind . ' This tie was the need of protection against the French . The English colonists outnumbered the French thirty to one , and were certainly not inferior to ...
... colonies not been bound to the mother - country by a strong tie of another kind . ' This tie was the need of protection against the French . The English colonists outnumbered the French thirty to one , and were certainly not inferior to ...
Side 23
... colonies were free . The loss , ' according to Mr. Smith , was a gain in ' disguise , so far as military strength , commercial profit , ' or real greatness was concerned . ' It is difficult to see where these advantages came in ; how ...
... colonies were free . The loss , ' according to Mr. Smith , was a gain in ' disguise , so far as military strength , commercial profit , ' or real greatness was concerned . ' It is difficult to see where these advantages came in ; how ...
Side 24
... Colonies during the present South African war , say that the rush of volunteers to the front has , in some cases at least , been prompted by a longing to fight some- body . It would be worth while for a philosopher to inquire , and ...
... Colonies during the present South African war , say that the rush of volunteers to the front has , in some cases at least , been prompted by a longing to fight some- body . It would be worth while for a philosopher to inquire , and ...
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Side 372 - What, silent still? and silent all? Ah! no — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, "Let one living head, But one arise — we come, we come!
Side 373 - falls into the yellow Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion, And the sad truth which hovers o'er my desk Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.
Side 371 - And canst not alter now. The love where Death has set his seal, Nor age can chill, nor rival steal, Nor falsehood disavow: And, what were worse, thou canst not see Or wrong, or change, or fault in me. The better days of life were ours; The worst can be but mine: The sun that cheers, the storm that lowers, Shall never more be thine. The silence of that dreamless sleep I envy now too much to weep; Nor need I to repine That all those charms have pass'd away, I might have watch'd through long decay.
Side 373 - Is it some yet imperial hope , That with such change can calmly cope ? Or dread of death alone ? To die a prince — or live a slave — Thy choice is most ignobly brave ! VI.
Side 384 - The total energy of any material system is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any action between the parts of the system, though it may be transformed into any of the forms of which energy is susceptible.
Side 270 - Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over SIXTY YEARS by MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their CHILDREN while TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS, , ALLAYS all PAIN; CURES WIND COLIC, and is the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup,
Side 103 - I had received from his Majesty, to add that, in the present instance, his Majesty does not intend to depart from the usual course of proceeding on such occasions. I am sorry to have delayed some hours this answer to your Grace's letter : but from the nature of the subject I did not like to forward it without having previously submitted it (together with your Grace's letter) to his Majesty.
Side 309 - Capacity for the nobler feelings is in most natures a very tender plant, easily killed, not only by hostile influences, but by mere want of sustenance; and in the majority of young persons it speedily dies away if the occupations to which their position in life has devoted them, and the society into which it has thrown them are not favorable to keeping that higher capacity in exercise.
Side 255 - The people of any race, other than the aboriginal race in any State for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws...
Side 262 - No appeal shall be permitted to the Queen in Council from a decision of the High Court upon any question, howsoever arising, as to the limits inter se...