The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 123A. Constable, 1866 |
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... interest in each of them . There is some such supreme moment in every battle , and no battle - painting is complete without a reference to it . The idea that a painter is bound to give a general view of the combat is too idle to be ...
... interest in each of them . There is some such supreme moment in every battle , and no battle - painting is complete without a reference to it . The idea that a painter is bound to give a general view of the combat is too idle to be ...
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... interest is well preserved . The noisy exultation of Blücher chimes in with the insouciance with which the Prussian trumpets bray out God Save the King ' over the bodies of dead and wounded . But the English salute is silence , and ...
... interest is well preserved . The noisy exultation of Blücher chimes in with the insouciance with which the Prussian trumpets bray out God Save the King ' over the bodies of dead and wounded . But the English salute is silence , and ...
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... interest which the Republic had in maintaining peace , he claimed his co - operation in a settlement which would liberate Italy from foreign invaders . At this juncture , such a policy , however , did not find favour with 1866 . 41 The ...
... interest which the Republic had in maintaining peace , he claimed his co - operation in a settlement which would liberate Italy from foreign invaders . At this juncture , such a policy , however , did not find favour with 1866 . 41 The ...
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... interests , directed the counsels of Louis XIII . On reaching Milan the secretary found despatches from his chiefs at Bologna , which , after approving what he had done , enjoined him to visit the Duke of Savoy , who professed a ...
... interests , directed the counsels of Louis XIII . On reaching Milan the secretary found despatches from his chiefs at Bologna , which , after approving what he had done , enjoined him to visit the Duke of Savoy , who professed a ...
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... kind , to assure her own and her allies ' interests . The investiture of the Duchies should be conferred on Charles of Gonzaga without delay ; his title should be placed under the protection 1866 . 45 The Youth of Cardinal Mazarin .
... kind , to assure her own and her allies ' interests . The investiture of the Duchies should be conferred on Charles of Gonzaga without delay ; his title should be placed under the protection 1866 . 45 The Youth of Cardinal Mazarin .
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Page 177 - This royal infant, (heaven still move about her !) Though in her cradle, yet now promises Upon this land a thousand thousand blessings, Which time shall bring to ripeness: She shall be (But few now living can behold that goodness,) A pattern to all princes living with her, And all that shall succeed...
Page 168 - Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Page 381 - Every thing that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads, and then lay by. In sweet music is such art, Killing care and grief of heart Fall asleep, or hearing die.
Page 367 - Of his chamber in the east. Meanwhile, welcome joy and feast, Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance and jollity.
Page 368 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Page 371 - We will return no more;" And all at once they sang, "Our island home Is far beyond the wave; we will no longer roam.
Page 380 - SHE dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love. A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye ! — Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be; But she is in her grave, and, oh, The difference to me...
Page 381 - Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing: To his music plants and flowers Ever sprung ; as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring.
Page 80 - Of these the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, and the Speaker of the House of Commons are termed the Principal Trustees.
Page 152 - Cade. Nay, that I mean to do. Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment ? that parchment, being scribbled o'er, should undo a man ? Some say, the bee stings ; but I say, 'tis the bee's wax, for I did but seal once to a thing, and I was never mine own man since.