The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volumen34A. Constable, 1820 |
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... considered as falling exclusively on the landlords and occupiers of the soil ; and the existence of this burden is now urged as a valid reason why they should be protected from foreign competition . We believe we shall be able to show ...
... considered as falling exclusively on the landlords and occupiers of the soil ; and the existence of this burden is now urged as a valid reason why they should be protected from foreign competition . We believe we shall be able to show ...
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... considered as increasing the price of raw produce to the consumers ; but as diverting a portion of the rent of the soil , to which the landlord has no just claim , into the pockets of its rightful owners , the clergymen and lay ...
... considered as increasing the price of raw produce to the consumers ; but as diverting a portion of the rent of the soil , to which the landlord has no just claim , into the pockets of its rightful owners , the clergymen and lay ...
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... considered . All that was possible had been formerly done for art in Italy , so that nothing more was left to be done . That is not the case with us yet . Perfection is not the insurmountable obstacle to our success : we have enough to ...
... considered . All that was possible had been formerly done for art in Italy , so that nothing more was left to be done . That is not the case with us yet . Perfection is not the insurmountable obstacle to our success : we have enough to ...
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... considered an Academy as a school for servile mediocrity , a hotbed for cabal and dirty competition , and a vehicle for the display of idle pre- tensions and empty parade . Secondly , we agree with the writer as to the deplorable state ...
... considered an Academy as a school for servile mediocrity , a hotbed for cabal and dirty competition , and a vehicle for the display of idle pre- tensions and empty parade . Secondly , we agree with the writer as to the deplorable state ...
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... considered him as the same man of active mind and talents , and with the same habits for busi- ness , which he had then appeared to possess . It was , therefore , naturally a great object with him , to place me , on my first going to ...
... considered him as the same man of active mind and talents , and with the same habits for busi- ness , which he had then appeared to possess . It was , therefore , naturally a great object with him , to place me , on my first going to ...
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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...