The Quarterly Review, Volume 17John Murray, 1817 |
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Page 13
... remains still , with his eyes cast down , and frequently will not answer a word till the repast is finished , and the cava too . When he begins to speak , it is in a low and unusual voice , which gradually rises to its natural pitch ...
... remains still , with his eyes cast down , and frequently will not answer a word till the repast is finished , and the cava too . When he begins to speak , it is in a low and unusual voice , which gradually rises to its natural pitch ...
Page 83
... remains of a su- perstition derived from their Hindoo ancestors , abstain from the flesh of the bull or the cow . Rice is in fact the chief article of their subsistence ; they use no milk nor any preparation from it : white ants , grubs ...
... remains of a su- perstition derived from their Hindoo ancestors , abstain from the flesh of the bull or the cow . Rice is in fact the chief article of their subsistence ; they use no milk nor any preparation from it : white ants , grubs ...
Page 87
... remains at his disposal , and may , together with its cultivators , be parcelled out by his order among the officers of his household , the members of his family , the ministers of his pleasures , or the useful servants of the state ...
... remains at his disposal , and may , together with its cultivators , be parcelled out by his order among the officers of his household , the members of his family , the ministers of his pleasures , or the useful servants of the state ...
Page 89
... remains to make their Hindoo origin sufficiently apparent in their drama - their wayangs , or scenic shadows , a sort of Ombres Chinoises — in their dalangs , or ancient bards , their dancing girls , & c . One generic language prevails ...
... remains to make their Hindoo origin sufficiently apparent in their drama - their wayangs , or scenic shadows , a sort of Ombres Chinoises — in their dalangs , or ancient bards , their dancing girls , & c . One generic language prevails ...
Page 94
... remains of former art and grandeur , which exist in the ruins of temples and other edifices ; the abundant treasures of sculpture and statuary with which some parts of the island are covered ; and the evidences of a former state of ...
... remains of former art and grandeur , which exist in the ruins of temples and other edifices ; the abundant treasures of sculpture and statuary with which some parts of the island are covered ; and the evidences of a former state of ...
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Page 355 - John. It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humour, than advis'd respect.
Page 371 - Population invariably increases where the means of subsistence increase, unless prevented by some very powerful and obvious checks. 3. These checks, and the checks which repress the superior power of population, and keep its effects on a level with the means of subsistence, are all resolvable into moral restraint, vice, and misery.
Page 302 - I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship to a woman, whether civilized or savage, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise.
Page 145 - He appears also to have experienced some vile treatment from his intimate friends ; as he is induced to protest that he ' cannot help exclaiming against the gross and villainous trick which some people have when they wish to get rid of their company, of letting their fires go down and their candles run to seed.'* That he has sufficient reasons therefore for directing his talents to the amelioration of manners, there can be no doubt : — the next point of importance is to ascertain the particular...
Page 302 - Men, to perform a generous action : in so free and kind a manner did they contribute to my relief, that if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught ; and if hungry, I ate the coarsest morsel with a double relish.
Page 444 - God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness : because that which may be known of God is manifest in them ; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead : so that they are without excuse.
Page 364 - He professes to have read some of the speculations on the future improvement of society in a temper very different from a wish to find them visionary, but he has not acquired that command over his understanding which would enable him to believe what he wishes, without evidence, or to refuse his assent to what might be unpleasing, when accompanied with evidence.
Page 365 - ... the human species would increase as the numbers, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256; and subsistence as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. In two centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence as 256 to 9; in three centuries as 4096 to 13, and in two thousand years the difference would be almost incalculable.
Page 302 - ... plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden, frozen Lapland, rude and churlish Finland, unprincipled Russia, and the wide-spread regions of the wandering Tartar, if hungry, dry, cold, wet, or sick, woman has ever been friendly to me, and uniformly so ; and to add to this virtue, so worthy of the appellation of benevolence, these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that if I was dry I drank the sweet draught, and if hungry ate the coarse morsel, with a double...
Page 369 - ... to be found in the Essay, nor legitimately to be inferred from any part of it, it has been continually repeated in various quarters for fourteen years, and now appears in the pages of Mr. Grahame. For the last time I will now notice it; and should it still continue to be brought forward, I think I may be fairly excused from paying the slightest further attention either to the imputation itself, or to those who advance it. 'If I had merely stated that the tendency of the human race to increase...