The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 117A. Constable, 1863 |
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Page 62
... French , the entire separation of England from the Continent , ' & c . , & c . This , if a strange , is by no means a dishonourable position for a man who had just been held up to public contempt by an emperor for selling his pen to ...
... French , the entire separation of England from the Continent , ' & c . , & c . This , if a strange , is by no means a dishonourable position for a man who had just been held up to public contempt by an emperor for selling his pen to ...
Page 65
... French . The Austrians had their usual luck ; on the 13th of May their capital was again occupied by the French ; and Gentz was once more a fugitive in strangely mixed , highly distinguished , and extremely interesting society , by ...
... French . The Austrians had their usual luck ; on the 13th of May their capital was again occupied by the French ; and Gentz was once more a fugitive in strangely mixed , highly distinguished , and extremely interesting society , by ...
Page 69
... French , and gives a memorable proof of his independence by openly supporting it against his chief patron : - ' February 12th . - At nine o'clock with Metternich . In translating Castlereagh's letter I felt my ideas cleared and ...
... French , and gives a memorable proof of his independence by openly supporting it against his chief patron : - ' February 12th . - At nine o'clock with Metternich . In translating Castlereagh's letter I felt my ideas cleared and ...
Page 71
... French Revolution of 1830 star- tled him ; but he was amongst the first to deprecate a recur- rence to the fatal course pursued by Germany in 1793 , and to point out that there was nothing menacing to the peace of the world in the ...
... French Revolution of 1830 star- tled him ; but he was amongst the first to deprecate a recur- rence to the fatal course pursued by Germany in 1793 , and to point out that there was nothing menacing to the peace of the world in the ...
Page 76
... French . How far I have gone in this favourite occupation , you shall judge by one example , the particular circumstances of which cannot be without interest for you . ' After mentioning how Heine's poems had fallen in his way and ...
... French . How far I have gone in this favourite occupation , you shall judge by one example , the particular circumstances of which cannot be without interest for you . ' After mentioning how Heine's poems had fallen in his way and ...
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Page 472 - We declare it to be our royal will and pleasure that none be in any wise favoured, none molested or disquieted by reason of their religious faith or observances, but that all shall alike enjoy the equal and impartial protection of the law; and we do strictly charge and enjoin all those who may be in authority under us, that they abstain from all interference with the religious belief or worship of any of our subjects, on pain of our highest displeasure.
Page 481 - The Crown of England stands forth the unquestioned ruler and paramount power in all India, and is for the first time brought face to face with its feudatories. There is a reality in the suzerainty of the Sovereign of England which has never existed before, and which is not only felt but eagerly acknowledged by the Chiefs.
Page 39 - Council is of opinion that the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India; and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education alone.
Page 502 - the Bible is none other than the voice of Him that sitteth upon the throne ! Every book of it, every chapter of it, every verse of it, every word of it, every syllable of it (where are we to Stop?), every letter of it, is the direct utterance of the Most High...
Page 475 - Other conquerors, when they have succeeded in overcoming resistance, have excepted a few persons as still deserving of punishment, but have, with a generous policy, extended their clemency to the great body of the people. ' You have acted upon a different principle ; you have reserved a few as deserving of special favour, and you have struck, with what they will feel as the severest of punishment, the mass of the inhabitants of the country.
Page 81 - They call me nothing but Jonathan ; and I said, I believed they would leave me Jonathan as they found me, and that I never knew a ministry do anything for those whom they make companions of their pleasures ; and I believe you will find it so ; but I care not.
Page 558 - Their posterior developement is so marked that anatomists have assigned to that part the character of a third lobe ; it is peculiar to the genus Homo, and equally peculiar is the "posterior horn of the " lateral ventricle " and the hippocampus minor which characterise the hind lobe of each hemisphere.
Page 566 - ... if any process of physical causation can be discovered by which the genera and families of ordinary animals have been produced, that process of causation is amply sufficient to account for the origin of Man.
Page 481 - Be assured that nothing shall disturb the engagement thus made to you, so long as your House is loyal to the Crown and faithful to the conditions of the Treaties, grants or engagements which record its obligations to the British Government.
Page 482 - The proposed measure will not debar the Government of India from stepping in to set right such serious abuses in a Native Government as may threaten any part of the country with anarchy or disturbance, nor from assuming temporary charge of a Native State when there shall be sufficient reason to do so.