The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volumen34A. Constable, 1820 |
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... courts of justice in France present , from the number of judges who sit together , something like the exterior of a ... courts , and 3300 judges and assistant judges . An appeal lies from all these to the Cours d'Appel . Cours d'Appel ...
... courts of justice in France present , from the number of judges who sit together , something like the exterior of a ... courts , and 3300 judges and assistant judges . An appeal lies from all these to the Cours d'Appel . Cours d'Appel ...
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... Court , appealed to the people , by declaring themselves incompetent to sanction taxes . The words Etats Generaux were uttered for the first time within the walls of the Parlement of Paris , and gave un- doubtedly the signal of the ...
... Court , appealed to the people , by declaring themselves incompetent to sanction taxes . The words Etats Generaux were uttered for the first time within the walls of the Parlement of Paris , and gave un- doubtedly the signal of the ...
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... reformers could brook no delay . A cure without their specific , and otherwise than by their hands , was no cure to them ; and they found associates in a vicious court , where men of the first rank took a pride in 18 Aug. France .
... reformers could brook no delay . A cure without their specific , and otherwise than by their hands , was no cure to them ; and they found associates in a vicious court , where men of the first rank took a pride in 18 Aug. France .
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... perhaps on the old royalists , who show- ed themselves at court soon after the Restoration : -alluding to their antiquated dress and infirm figure . But the old regime received them with coldness and disdain 1820 . 21 France .
... perhaps on the old royalists , who show- ed themselves at court soon after the Restoration : -alluding to their antiquated dress and infirm figure . But the old regime received them with coldness and disdain 1820 . 21 France .
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... court ; the army was reorganized in a manner which left no hopes of advancement to an immense mass of young officers reduced to half - pay ; in short , most of the military party , or Bonapartists , inlisted ir- revocably under the ...
... court ; the army was reorganized in a manner which left no hopes of advancement to an immense mass of young officers reduced to half - pay ; in short , most of the military party , or Bonapartists , inlisted ir- revocably under the ...
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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...