The London Quarterly Review, Volume 17Theodore Foster, 1817 |
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... situation more comfortable , and that it was in her power to procure for him whatever he might reasonably desire . Her conduct towards him was , from that time , as if he had been her own child . Power and ambition , and the habits of ...
... situation more comfortable , and that it was in her power to procure for him whatever he might reasonably desire . Her conduct towards him was , from that time , as if he had been her own child . Power and ambition , and the habits of ...
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... situation , and from time to time groaned hor- ribly . No time was lost in strangling one of his children by a female attendant , as a sacrifice for his recovery , according to the horrible superstition of these unhappy islanders , and ...
... situation , and from time to time groaned hor- ribly . No time was lost in strangling one of his children by a female attendant , as a sacrifice for his recovery , according to the horrible superstition of these unhappy islanders , and ...
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... situation in the history of modern philosophy , that we shall be under the necessity of bestowing much more attention upon him than the intrinsic value of his philoso- phical writings would perhaps seem to require . The power of ...
... situation in the history of modern philosophy , that we shall be under the necessity of bestowing much more attention upon him than the intrinsic value of his philoso- phical writings would perhaps seem to require . The power of ...
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... situation . With the expectation of being shortly gratified by the fulfilment of this promise , we shall now bring our remarks to a close . We owe Mr. Stewart many thanks for the amusement which he has afforded us to make any apologies ...
... situation . With the expectation of being shortly gratified by the fulfilment of this promise , we shall now bring our remarks to a close . We owe Mr. Stewart many thanks for the amusement which he has afforded us to make any apologies ...
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... situation of the internal trade of India , the still increasing and exorbitant rates of the expenses , the incessant want of cash , the mass of paper money in circulation , the unrestrained peculations and faithlessness of many of the ...
... situation of the internal trade of India , the still increasing and exorbitant rates of the expenses , the incessant want of cash , the mass of paper money in circulation , the unrestrained peculations and faithlessness of many of the ...
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Page 341 - 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 357 - 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 155 - 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 class of society upon which his habits of life have enabled him to make the most accurate observations, and to the improvement of which his labours are most likely to contribute. We are happy to have it in our power to state, that the objects of his most sedulous care are of the softer sex. It is not indeed the sex...
Page 290 - I never addressed myself, in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden and frozen Lapland, rude and...
Page 351 - Taking the whole earth, instead of this island, emigration would of course be excluded; and, supposing the present population equal to a thousand millions, 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.
Page 125 - TWO FEMALE PRENTICES TO DEATH, AND HID THEM IN THE COAL-HOLE. For her mind Shaped strictest plans of discipline. Sage schemes ! Such as Lycurgus taught, when at the shrine Of the Orthyan goddess he bade flog The little Spartans ; such as erst chastised Our Milton, when at college.
Page 12 - ... uncomfortable, and did not feel his own personal identity, as it were, but seemed to have a mind different from his own natural mind, his thoughts wandering upon strange and unusual subjects, although perfectly sensible of surrounding objects. He next asked him how he knew it was the spirit of Toogoo Ahoo ? His answer was, " There's a fool ! How can I tell you how I knew it ? I felt and knew it was so by a kind of consciousness ; my mind told me that it was Toogoo Ahoo
Page 118 - To dispense justice to millions of people of various languages, manners, usages, and religions ; to administer a vast and complicated system of revenue, through districts equal in extent to some of the most considerable kingdoms in Europe ; to maintain civil order in one of the most populous and litigious regions in the world ; these are now the duties of the larger portion of the civil servants of the Company.
Page 351 - ... 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 290 - 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.