Travels Through the Alps of Savoy: And Other Parts of the Pennine Chain, with Observations on the Phenomena of Glaciers1844 - Glaciers - 29 pages |
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Page 485 - whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors;—a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit—acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human
Page 387 - Time at last sets all things even : And if we do but watch the hour, There never yet was human power Which could evade, if unforgiven, The patient search and vigil long Of him who treasures up a wrong.
Page 485 - to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to. What wants there to such a
Page 415 - Lib. VI. cap. substituted a similar shell for the more soapy associations of the ' chosen vessel,' in which he had formerly embarked his Highland boy :— ' And, as a coracle that braves On Vaga's breast the fretful waves, This shell upon the deep would swim, And gaily lift its fearless brim Above the tossing- surge.
Page 523 - In another and more serious passage, we are informed on the same authority, that ' Conservatism is an attempt to carry on af' fairs by substituting the fulfilment of the duties of office for the ' performance of the functions of government; and to maintain ' this negative system by the mere influence of property,
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Page 557 - are inclined to think, on the whole, that the worst administration which has governed England since the Revolution was that of George Grenville. His public acts may be classed under two heads, outrages on the liberty of the people, and outrages on the dignity of the
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Page 159 - We must now take leave of this most interesting work ; and we cannot do so more appropriately, than by extracting the following striking passage with which it closes. ' Poets and philosophers have delighted to compare the course of human life to that of a river ; perhaps a still apter simile
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