The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 191A. Constable, 1900 |
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... party criticism on its value ; and there is nothing whatever to show that a debate in the House of Commons on such an issue has any tendency to lead to a settlement . It would seem , therefore , that for influencing the course of great ...
... party criticism on its value ; and there is nothing whatever to show that a debate in the House of Commons on such an issue has any tendency to lead to a settlement . It would seem , therefore , that for influencing the course of great ...
Page 79
... party ' combinations which continued throughout the next fifteen ' years . ' It is with the story of these fifteen years that Mr. Trevelyan is chiefly concerned . He has chosen to call his essay the Age of Wycliffe ; ' but though the ...
... party ' combinations which continued throughout the next fifteen ' years . ' It is with the story of these fifteen years that Mr. Trevelyan is chiefly concerned . He has chosen to call his essay the Age of Wycliffe ; ' but though the ...
Page 80
... party , ' and who excluded the great lords not only from the administration , but from the patronage . To the Duke of Lancaster and a coterie of lords , ' eager to share the spoils of office , this seemed a most undesirable state of ...
... party , ' and who excluded the great lords not only from the administration , but from the patronage . To the Duke of Lancaster and a coterie of lords , ' eager to share the spoils of office , this seemed a most undesirable state of ...
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... party . The one element of opposition to the Duke's will was the presence of the bishops as peers and in Convocation , where they insisted on the attendance of William of Wykeham , in spite of the Duke's prohibition , and summoned ...
... party . The one element of opposition to the Duke's will was the presence of the bishops as peers and in Convocation , where they insisted on the attendance of William of Wykeham , in spite of the Duke's prohibition , and summoned ...
Page 87
... party politics of the present censuring the Government for its tardiness in passing what was virtually a Navigation Act . This was not passed till 1381 , when it was ordered that none of the King's liege people do from henceforth ship ...
... party politics of the present censuring the Government for its tardiness in passing what was virtually a Navigation Act . This was not passed till 1381 , when it was ordered that none of the King's liege people do from henceforth ship ...
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Page 178 - An' on which one he felt the wust He couldn't ha' told ye nuther. Says he, "I'd better call agin," Says she, "Think likely, Mister;" Thet last word pricked him like a pin, An' — wal, he up an
Page 178 - An* yit she gin her cheer a jerk Ez though she wished him furder, An' on her apples kep' to work, Parin
Page 511 - BROTHER, thou art gone before us, and thy saintly soul is flown Where tears are wiped from every eye, and sorrow is unknown ; From the burden of the flesh, and from care and fear released, Where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest.
Page 178 - An' leetle flames danced all about The chiny on the dresser. Agin the chimbley crook-necks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole queen's-arm thet gran'ther Young Fetched back f'om Concord busted. The very room, coz she was in, Seemed warm f'om floor to ceilin', An' she looked full ez rosy agin Ez the apples she was peelin'.
Page 287 - Greenwich,) the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude; from this last-mentioned point, the line of demarcation shall follow the summit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast as far as the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude...
Page 178 - An' peeked in thru' the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side With half a cord o' wood in — There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To bake ye to a puddin'. The wa'nut logs shot sparkles out Towards the pootiest, bless her, An' leetle flames danced all about The chiny on the dresser.
Page 128 - Adverse holding or prescription during a period of fifty years shall make a good title. The arbitrators may deem exclusive political control of a district, as well as actual settlement thereof, sufficient to constitute adverse holding or to make title by prescription.
Page 167 - Tippin' with fire the bolt of men Thet rived the Rebel line asunder ? " 'Tain't right to hev the young go fust, All throbbin...
Page 296 - It is understood that the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, from whatever quarter they may arrive, whether from the ocean, or from the interior of the continent, shall forever enjoy the right of navigating freely, and without any hindrance whatever, all the rivers and streams which, in their course towards the Pacific Ocean, may cross the line of demarcation upon the line of coast described in Article III of the present Convention.
Page 74 - Not easily have we three come to this, We three who now are dead. Unwillingly They loved, unwillingly I slew them. Now I kiss them on the forehead quietly.