The Quarterly Review, Volume 71William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir John Murray (IV), William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1843 - English literature |
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... soon awaits him . occasion for so large a proportion of ' These lazy fathers of the industrious hive ' The is yet an unsolved riddle . One author fancied them the water- carriers of the commonwealth . Some have supposed that the drones ...
... soon awaits him . occasion for so large a proportion of ' These lazy fathers of the industrious hive ' The is yet an unsolved riddle . One author fancied them the water- carriers of the commonwealth . Some have supposed that the drones ...
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... soon cleared up ; the sun came upon his hives an hour or two sooner by this movement , and his bees were up and stirring , and had secured a large share of the morning's honey , before his neigh- bours ' bees had roused themselves for ...
... soon cleared up ; the sun came upon his hives an hour or two sooner by this movement , and his bees were up and stirring , and had secured a large share of the morning's honey , before his neigh- bours ' bees had roused themselves for ...
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... soon as the honey - season varied . ' Sometimes he sends them to the moors , sometimes to the meadows , sometimes to the forest , and sometimes to the hills . ' He also speaks of it being no uncommon sight in Switzerland to see a man ...
... soon as the honey - season varied . ' Sometimes he sends them to the moors , sometimes to the meadows , sometimes to the forest , and sometimes to the hills . ' He also speaks of it being no uncommon sight in Switzerland to see a man ...
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... soon make themselves at home , and walk in and out in the most cool , amusing manner possible . As an instance of the extent to which their intrusion may be carried , there was sent to the Entomological Entomological Society , in July ...
... soon make themselves at home , and walk in and out in the most cool , amusing manner possible . As an instance of the extent to which their intrusion may be carried , there was sent to the Entomological Entomological Society , in July ...
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... soon thickened ; I tried every means I could think of to disperse them , but in vain I threw dust into the air among the thickest ; and read them the passage in Virgil , which makes the throwing of the dust in the air equivalent to the ...
... soon thickened ; I tried every means I could think of to disperse them , but in vain I threw dust into the air among the thickest ; and read them the passage in Virgil , which makes the throwing of the dust in the air equivalent to the ...
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Page 54 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor; Who, busied in his majesty, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold, The civil citizens kneading up the honey, The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate, The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum,...
Page 469 - They gave him of the corn-land, That was of public right, As much as two strong oxen Could plough from morn till night ; And they made a molten image, And set it up on high — And there it stands unto this day To witness if I lie.
Page 52 - Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
Page 470 - And still his name sounds stirring Unto the men of Rome, As the trumpet-blast that cries to them To charge the Volscian home; And wives still pray to Juno For boys with hearts as bold As his who kept the bridge so well In the brave days of old.
Page 469 - Tiber! father Tiber! To whom the Romans pray, A Roman's life, a Roman's arms Take thou in charge this day!" So he spake, and speaking, sheathed The good sword by his side, And with his harness on his back Plunged headlong in the tide.
Page 470 - And in the nights of winter, When the cold north winds blow, And the long howling of the wolves Is heard amidst the snow ; When round the lonely cottage Roars loud the tempest's din, And the good logs of Algidus Roar louder yet within...
Page 476 - Then leave the poor Plebeian his single tie to life — The sweet, sweet love of daughter, of sister, and of wife, The gentle speech, the balm for all that his vexed soul endures, The kiss, in which he half forgets even such a yoke as yours. Still let the maiden's beauty swell the father's breast with pride ; Still let the bridegroom's arms infold an unpolluted bride.
Page 475 - With her small tablets in her hand, and her satchel on her arm, Home she went bounding from the school, nor dreamed of shame or harm...
Page 254 - They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger ; for these pine away stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Page 227 - ... keeps the word of promise to our ear and breaks it to our hope.