Cavour and GaribaldiG. Manwaring, (Succ. to J. Chapman), 1861 - 30 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 34
Page 19
... poem from which we have just quoted , mention is made of runic spells . " One of the most remarkable characteristics of the ancient Scandi- navian mythology ( say the authors of the Literature and C 2 Ancient Danish Ballads . 19.
... poem from which we have just quoted , mention is made of runic spells . " One of the most remarkable characteristics of the ancient Scandi- navian mythology ( say the authors of the Literature and C 2 Ancient Danish Ballads . 19.
Page 27
... remarkable for pathetic beauty and imaginative truth . " Now hear me , dear Sir Ogey , The truth I pray thee tell , How under ground thou farest Down in thy cell . ' " " " Tis so down in that earth - house , Where I must tarry now ...
... remarkable for pathetic beauty and imaginative truth . " Now hear me , dear Sir Ogey , The truth I pray thee tell , How under ground thou farest Down in thy cell . ' " " " Tis so down in that earth - house , Where I must tarry now ...
Page 37
... remarkable work before us ; who state that they have been led to the inquiry into the effects of alcohol on the living body , by the study ( in which they have been for several years engaged ) of the modus operandi of anæsthetic agents ...
... remarkable work before us ; who state that they have been led to the inquiry into the effects of alcohol on the living body , by the study ( in which they have been for several years engaged ) of the modus operandi of anæsthetic agents ...
Page 42
... remarkable , and fully confirms the statements of those patholo- gists who assert that the habitual excessive use of alcoholic drinks produces such a notable increase in the fatty matter of the blood , as altogether to pervert the ...
... remarkable , and fully confirms the statements of those patholo- gists who assert that the habitual excessive use of alcoholic drinks produces such a notable increase in the fatty matter of the blood , as altogether to pervert the ...
Page 43
... remarkable than that of alcohol ; the proportional amounts yielded by equivalent quantities of blood and of cerebral tissue being 100 and 3'92 parts respectively , whilst the liver yielded 2:08 parts , and the muscular substance ...
... remarkable than that of alcohol ; the proportional amounts yielded by equivalent quantities of blood and of cerebral tissue being 100 and 3'92 parts respectively , whilst the liver yielded 2:08 parts , and the muscular substance ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
alcohol Alexander Carlyle army ballads blood Bohun called Canada character chloroform Christian Church Contemporary Literature Count Cavour critical Dante Dante's Divina Commedia Divine doctrine Duchess effect England English Europe fact feeling force France French Garibaldi GEORGE MANWARING give Government hand honour infallibility influence inspired interest Inveresk Italian Italy king knight labour Lady Lake Lake Huron Lake Ontario less London matter means ment miles mind minister Montreal moral Naples nature Neapolitan North novel opinion original party Paul Ferroll persons Piedmont Piedmontese poem poet political Ponsford Pope popular population possess present Prince de Ligne produced provinces reader religious remarkable result revolution Scripture seems sense Sicily Sir Tonné Slave South spirit story success Testament things tion translation truth Upper Canada Victor Emmanuel Voltaire volume whilst whole writings
Popular passages
Page 249 - Quale per li seren tranquilli e puri Discorre ad ora ad or subito fuoco, Movendo gli occhi, che stavan sicuri, E pare stella, che tramuti loco, Se non che dalla parte, onde s...
Page 159 - soil; in middle life, we exhaust our wealth, energies, and talents, in the dishonorable vocation of entailing our dependence on our children and on our children's children, and, to the neglect of our own interests and the interests of those around us, in giving aid and succor to every department of Northern power; in the decline of life we remedy our eye-sight with Northern spectacles...
Page 13 - Byzantine court; and they preserved, till the last age of the empire, the inheritance of spotless loyalty and the use of the Danish or English tongue. With their broad and double-edged battle-axes on their shoulders, they attended the Greek emperor to the temple, the senate, and the hippodrome ; he slept and feasted under their trusty guard ; and the keys of the palace, the treasury, and the capital were held by the firm and faithful hands of the Varangians...
Page 112 - Have you seen your uncle's Letters on Inspiration, which I believe are to be published? They are well fitted to break ground in the approaches to that momentous question which involves in it so great a shock to existing notions ; the greatest probably that has ever been given since the discovery of the falsehood of the doctrine of the Pope's infallibility. Yet it must come, and will end, in spite of the fears and clamours of the weak and bigoted, in the higher exalting and more sure establishing...
Page 98 - And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
Page 164 - The field-hand negro is, on an average, a very poor and very bad creature, much worse than I had supposed before I had seen him and grown familiar with his stupidity, indolence, duplicity, and sensuality. He seems to be but an imperfect man, incapable of taking care of himself in a civilized manner, and his presence in large numbers must be considered a dangerous circumstance to a civilized people.
Page 159 - In one way or another we are more or less subservient to the North every day of our lives. In infancy we are swaddled in Northern muslin ; in childhood we are humored with Northern gewgaws j in youth we are instructed out of Northern books ; at the age of maturity we sow our
Page 159 - We want Bibles, brooms, buckets and books, and we go to the North ; we want pens, ink, paper, wafers and envelopes, and we go to the North...
Page 266 - An earnestly respectful Letter to the Lord Bishop of St. David's, on the Difficulty of Bringing Theological Questions to an Issue ; with Special Reference to his Lordship's Charge of 1857, and his Forthcoming Charge of 1860.