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Page 64
... of the community ; -and truly there is no circumstance imder which we
contemplate the advocates for Mr. Malthus's principles with more pity , than when
they undertake to make out this propositiou with respect to the lower orders of
society .
... of the community ; -and truly there is no circumstance imder which we
contemplate the advocates for Mr. Malthus's principles with more pity , than when
they undertake to make out this propositiou with respect to the lower orders of
society .
Page 65
With respect to the exercise of charity , he fairly gives up the point as far as
practice is concerned , and does not pretend to desend the abstract argument by
any such subterfuge as we have somewhere seen , that general principles
should not ...
With respect to the exercise of charity , he fairly gives up the point as far as
practice is concerned , and does not pretend to desend the abstract argument by
any such subterfuge as we have somewhere seen , that general principles
should not ...
Page 144
In taking leave of Lord Selkirk , we shall just observe , that his Sketch of the Fur
Trade ' is in no respect equal , as to information , to the History of that trade , by
Sir Alexander Mackenzie . Its character , indeed , is less that of a history , than of
a ...
In taking leave of Lord Selkirk , we shall just observe , that his Sketch of the Fur
Trade ' is in no respect equal , as to information , to the History of that trade , by
Sir Alexander Mackenzie . Its character , indeed , is less that of a history , than of
a ...
Page 337
but our respect for Sir John induced us to desist from a comparison which he
does not deserve . Sir John was , it must be confessed , trivial and superficial , but
he was not , like Miss Plumptre , pedantic and dull ; his taste was not very good ...
but our respect for Sir John induced us to desist from a comparison which he
does not deserve . Sir John was , it must be confessed , trivial and superficial , but
he was not , like Miss Plumptre , pedantic and dull ; his taste was not very good ...
Page 396
All nature is before her , and it is her duty to point out the beauties of the great
pageant ; but it will not be required of her , that she should conduct the spectators
behind the scenes . With respect to Miss Porden , we must conclude by
confessing ...
All nature is before her , and it is her duty to point out the beauties of the great
pageant ; but it will not be required of her , that she should conduct the spectators
behind the scenes . With respect to Miss Porden , we must conclude by
confessing ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 16 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1817 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 10 Mar 2007 |
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