The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volumen34A. Constable, 1820 |
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... never seriously endangered . All Europe , and even the United States of America , have since experienced unexampled commercial and manufacturing dis- tresses , and France has had her share ; yet complaints were comparatively less there ...
... never seriously endangered . All Europe , and even the United States of America , have since experienced unexampled commercial and manufacturing dis- tresses , and France has had her share ; yet complaints were comparatively less there ...
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... never was so bad afterwards ; but the great im- provement did not take place till within fifteen or twenty years . The sick are now placed single in a bed ; the space of air al- lowed for each is equal to 10 or 12 cubic toises of 6 feet ...
... never was so bad afterwards ; but the great im- provement did not take place till within fifteen or twenty years . The sick are now placed single in a bed ; the space of air al- lowed for each is equal to 10 or 12 cubic toises of 6 feet ...
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... never was so bad afterwards ; but the great im- provement did not take place till within fifteen or twenty years . The sick are now placed single in a bed ; the space of air al- lowed for each is equal to 10 or 12 cubic toises of 6 feet ...
... never was so bad afterwards ; but the great im- provement did not take place till within fifteen or twenty years . The sick are now placed single in a bed ; the space of air al- lowed for each is equal to 10 or 12 cubic toises of 6 feet ...
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... never known the indulgences of wealth , and the former never felt the pride of independence , they would bear their evils in silence , like the poor and the oppressed of other countries . Foreigners are apt to be misled by what they ...
... never known the indulgences of wealth , and the former never felt the pride of independence , they would bear their evils in silence , like the poor and the oppressed of other countries . Foreigners are apt to be misled by what they ...
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... never yet been found ; and , we may add , never will . 6 But it is fruitless to examine further into this scene of confu- sion , which , under all the parade of logical arrangement , de- scribes imaginary substances , and omits existing ...
... never yet been found ; and , we may add , never will . 6 But it is fruitless to examine further into this scene of confu- sion , which , under all the parade of logical arrangement , de- scribes imaginary substances , and omits existing ...
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Página 200 - 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...
Página 152 - 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.
Página 149 - 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.
Página 150 - 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...
Página 154 - ... 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.
Página 200 - 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...
Página 154 - 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.
Página 148 - 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.
Página 151 - ... 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...
Página 150 - 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...