The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal, Volume 7J. Ridgeway and sons, 1838 - English periodicals |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 74
Page 27
... success . Of the theory that derives it from the imitation of an avenue of trees , " whose " majestic stems arise at equal and measured distances , and " whose branches meet and intertwine themselves with each " other in dense vaultings ...
... success . Of the theory that derives it from the imitation of an avenue of trees , " whose " majestic stems arise at equal and measured distances , and " whose branches meet and intertwine themselves with each " other in dense vaultings ...
Page 40
... successful valour , combined with politic moderation , placed Athens at the head of " all the islands , " - the centre and metro- polis of the Ionian League . A similar fortune befel the munici- pal institutions of Rome , when , from ...
... successful valour , combined with politic moderation , placed Athens at the head of " all the islands , " - the centre and metro- polis of the Ionian League . A similar fortune befel the munici- pal institutions of Rome , when , from ...
Page 43
... successful war or diplomacy is but the out - growth of the inner spirit of a people . Neither is it a just view of an illustrious race , and it narrows the broad spaces of history into the precincts of a stadium or a theatre , The Rise ...
... successful war or diplomacy is but the out - growth of the inner spirit of a people . Neither is it a just view of an illustrious race , and it narrows the broad spaces of history into the precincts of a stadium or a theatre , The Rise ...
Page 52
... success as a lawgiver may be measured by the complete attainment of his purpose of ren- dering the Spartan citizen a consummate machine , perfect in its obedience to certain springs , and unerring in the perform- ance of its appointed ...
... success as a lawgiver may be measured by the complete attainment of his purpose of ren- dering the Spartan citizen a consummate machine , perfect in its obedience to certain springs , and unerring in the perform- ance of its appointed ...
Page 53
... success- ful , the confederation of which Sparta was the head yielded in brilliancy of action and policy to the league of Athens and the maritime states , Under Agesilaus the Spartans opened the way to the Macedonian conquest of Asia ...
... success- ful , the confederation of which Sparta was the head yielded in brilliancy of action and policy to the league of Athens and the maritime states , Under Agesilaus the Spartans opened the way to the Macedonian conquest of Asia ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
appears archbishop arches Athenian Austria authority bedde Bill Bulwer Canada canal Caspian Sea Catholic character church civilization common consequence court Custody of Infants dapifer doctrine duty effect empire England English English Historical Society equal Europe existence fact father favour feelings female German give Greek honour husband immoral important interest Ireland Judge Khiva king king of Prussia king's labour legislation less living lord high steward lord steward Lower Canada marriage means ment mind Miss Pardoe moral mother nature navigation object opinion Parliament passed Pelasgians person political pope possess present prince prince Metternich principle produce prove readers respect river Roman roubles Russia seneschal separation Serjeant Talfourd society Sophocles Sparta style Sultan thing tion Transcaucasian provinces truth Turkey Turkish Turks versts VII.-Nº whole wife wives woman women words
Popular passages
Page 196 - His Britannic majesty, on his side, agrees to grant the liberty of the Catholic religion to the inhabitants of Canada, he will, consequently, give the most precise and most effectual orders, that his new Roman Catholic subjects may profess the worship of their religion, according to the rites of the Romish Church, as far as the laws of Great Britain permit.
Page 178 - King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Page 179 - ... to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors.
Page 364 - ... and every word importing the singular number only shall extend and be applied to several persons or things as well as one person or thing ; and every word importing the masculine gender only shall extend and be applied to a female as well as a male.
Page 316 - For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God : but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman ; but the woman for the man.
Page 319 - Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives, while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
Page 175 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Page 317 - Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Page 178 - God, and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better ordering and Preservation and Furtherance of the ends aforesaid; And by virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general Good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 196 - Majesty, in full right, Canada, with all its dependencies, as well as the Island of Cape Breton, and all the other islands and coasts in the Gulf and River of St. Lawrence...