Bentley's quarterly review. [with variant title-leaf to vol. 1]., Volume 21860 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 41
Page 18
... officers of the transport service was obviously absurd as a practical measure at a time when the season for invasion was almost past ; but as a shake of the fist it was very effective . Very little advantage would probably be derived by ...
... officers of the transport service was obviously absurd as a practical measure at a time when the season for invasion was almost past ; but as a shake of the fist it was very effective . Very little advantage would probably be derived by ...
Page 30
... officer of rank turned out incompetent ; a splendid army was annihilated by sheer blundering ; and half - a - dozen impreg- nable fortresses fell one after another like a pack of cards , without a blow being struck in their defence ...
... officer of rank turned out incompetent ; a splendid army was annihilated by sheer blundering ; and half - a - dozen impreg- nable fortresses fell one after another like a pack of cards , without a blow being struck in their defence ...
Page 71
... officer was noble and in the interest of the Crown , the army had not been able to save the monarchy : under Charles X. , out of twenty thou sand commissioned officers , not five hundred in all were of noble birth , and not a thousand ...
... officer was noble and in the interest of the Crown , the army had not been able to save the monarchy : under Charles X. , out of twenty thou sand commissioned officers , not five hundred in all were of noble birth , and not a thousand ...
Page 83
... officer . An attempt on the part of the manufacturers to cancel the obnoxious edict was met by an open revolt of the operatives . Lyons was then garrisoned by only three thousand troops , and this little handful of men could do nothing ...
... officer . An attempt on the part of the manufacturers to cancel the obnoxious edict was met by an open revolt of the operatives . Lyons was then garrisoned by only three thousand troops , and this little handful of men could do nothing ...
Page 98
... officers were annually chosen by the corporation , under a penalty of 208. in case they declined to serve , to superintend the baiting of the bull , ' an amusement first promoted by William de Warrenne , Earl of Surrey , and which was ...
... officers were annually chosen by the corporation , under a penalty of 208. in case they declined to serve , to superintend the baiting of the bull , ' an amusement first promoted by William de Warrenne , Earl of Surrey , and which was ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action admirable Alpine Club Alps ancient beauty believe Ben Jonson Cæsar called Capefigue century character Cochrane's common connexion course Doncaster doubt England English eyes fact favour feeling force France French George Sand give glaciers Gothic Greek hand Herodotus honour horse human influence interest Italian Italy Jonson King King Arthur knight labour ladies land less liberty light literature living London Lord Cochrane Lord Gambier Lough Foyle Madame Du Barry matter measure ment mind modern moral mountain nation nature never object observations opinion party passed Peper Harow perhaps phenomena philosophy physical poet poetry political present probably question readers reason Roman Rome scene seems seen Sejanus sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's society style success Surrey things thought Tiberius Gracchus tion travellers truth Vercingetorix whole words writing
Popular passages
Page 165 - Camelot; And up and down the people go Gazing where the lilies blow Round an island there below, The island of Shalott. Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk and shiver Thro...
Page 58 - Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James...
Page 193 - Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the verge; So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.
Page 40 - O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand ; 5 And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand...
Page 442 - ... inclination, except for what is customary. Thus the mind itself is bowed to the yoke: even in what people do for pleasure, conformity is the first thing thought of; they like in crowds; they exercise choice only among things commonly done: peculiarity of taste, eccentricity of conduct, are shunned equally with crimes: until by dint of not following their own nature they have no nature to follow...
Page 227 - If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, Without my stir. Ban. New honours come upon him Like our strange garments ; cleave not to their mould, But with the aid of use. Macb. Come what come may ; Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
Page 88 - The imagination of a boy is healthy, and the mature imagination of a man is healthy. But there is a space of life between in which the soul is in a ferment, the character undecided, the way of life uncertain, the ambition thick-sighted.
Page 429 - ... perhaps, who, indeed, are dispersed over the face of the whole earth. But as for them, there are no greater friends to Englishmen and England, when they are out on't, in the world, than they are. And for my...
Page 189 - Well is it that no child is born of thee. The children born of thee are sword and fire, Red ruin, and the breaking up of laws, The craft of kindred and the Godless hosts Of heathen swarming o'er the Northern Sea...