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Page 123
... Nature and Origin of the Courts of the Ancient English Com- mon Law , which are illustrated by much antiquarian research into the laws and legislative assemblies of the northern tribes . The inferences drawn from the history of these ...
... Nature and Origin of the Courts of the Ancient English Com- mon Law , which are illustrated by much antiquarian research into the laws and legislative assemblies of the northern tribes . The inferences drawn from the history of these ...
Page 125
... nature ; or to recommend to him the fertility and good humour of Walter Scott . Who would think of asking Fuseli to paint like Wilkie ? or of re- questing Lord Byron himself , as some critics have done , to come home and attend to his ...
... nature ; or to recommend to him the fertility and good humour of Walter Scott . Who would think of asking Fuseli to paint like Wilkie ? or of re- questing Lord Byron himself , as some critics have done , to come home and attend to his ...
Page 130
... natural courses to the Thames , at Staines and at Blackwall : but other parts of each of these streams have been ... natural outlets above - mentioned . The heights of two others of the be- fore - mentioned natural outlets of the chalk ...
... natural courses to the Thames , at Staines and at Blackwall : but other parts of each of these streams have been ... natural outlets above - mentioned . The heights of two others of the be- fore - mentioned natural outlets of the chalk ...
Page 140
... Nature's awful throne , Where grandeur frowns in terrors all his own ; Deep - rooted there , unnumber'd cedars throw Their giant shadows on the plains below ; There , loudly gushing from the mountain's side , Euphrates rolls his dark ...
... Nature's awful throne , Where grandeur frowns in terrors all his own ; Deep - rooted there , unnumber'd cedars throw Their giant shadows on the plains below ; There , loudly gushing from the mountain's side , Euphrates rolls his dark ...
Page 142
... natural turn to lite- rature . His reverses enabled him to judge better of men , inspiring him with more vigilance and solicitude to guard against cunning and insincerity . With such pretensions to the gifts of nature , no wonder that ...
... natural turn to lite- rature . His reverses enabled him to judge better of men , inspiring him with more vigilance and solicitude to guard against cunning and insincerity . With such pretensions to the gifts of nature , no wonder that ...
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Page 112 - The word VALUE, it is to be observed, has two different meanings, and sometimes expresses the utility of some particular object, and sometimes the power of purchasing other goods which the possession of that object conveys. The one may be called ' value in use;' the other, * value in exchange.
Page 428 - And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image ; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself; kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Page 250 - ... obtained, or if dead, of the guardian or guardians of the person of the party so under age, lawfully appointed, or one of them ; and in case there shall be no such guardian or guardians, then of the mother (if living and unmarried) or if there shall be no mother living and unmarried, then of a guardian or guardians of the person appointed by the court of Chancery; shall be absolutely null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever.
Page 428 - Dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man, kills a reasonable creature. God's image ; but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself ; killfe the image of God, as it were in the eye.
Page 256 - Tables of Logarithms of all Numbers, from 1 to 101000, and of the Sines and Tangents to every Second of the Quadrant...
Page 22 - David will I lay upon his shoulder ; so he shall open, and none shall shut ; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
Page 428 - For this is not the liberty which we can hope, that no grievance ever should arise in the commonwealth, that let no man in this world expect; but when complaints are freely heard, deeply considered, and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.
Page 551 - ... every suspected person or reputed thief, frequenting any river, canal, or navigable stream, dock, or basin, or any quay, wharf, or warehouse near or adjoining thereto, or any street, highway, or avenue leading thereto, or any place of public resort, or any avenue leading thereto, or any street, highway, or place adjacent, with intent to commit felony...
Page 247 - ... our Ally the British nation. It has been usual to make an annual attack upon the sultan of Johanna and the Comoro islands. Our good friend the Governor of Mauritius dissolved the meditated attack of last year ; and we now join with him in forbidding any further enmity to the King or inhabitants of the Comoro Archipelago, or other islands on the coast of Africa or north Archipelago, under the pain of our most severe displeasure, and of incurring the punishment due to pirates, of whatever nation...
Page 205 - As by their choice collections may appear, Of what is rare, in land, in sea in air ; Whilst they (as Homer's Iliad in a nut) A world of wonders in one closet shut ; These famous Antiquarians that had been Both...