The Quarterly Review, Volume 92John Murray, 1853 - English literature |
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... Hungarian contest , we shall follow the more unpretending path of personal narrative ; and we select the volume that heads our list as by far the most authentic and interesting memoir which has yet reached us . Arthur Görgei was , with ...
... Hungarian contest , we shall follow the more unpretending path of personal narrative ; and we select the volume that heads our list as by far the most authentic and interesting memoir which has yet reached us . Arthur Görgei was , with ...
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... Hungarian Noble Guard at Vienna . He had been promoted within five years to a Lieutenancy in the Palatine Hussars : but then , hav- ing married a French governess whom he met at Prague , he suddenly resolved to quit the service , and ...
... Hungarian Noble Guard at Vienna . He had been promoted within five years to a Lieutenancy in the Palatine Hussars : but then , hav- ing married a French governess whom he met at Prague , he suddenly resolved to quit the service , and ...
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... Hungarian capital . At this time Görgei was sent with his small contingent to the isle of Czepel , below Pesth , with orders to hinder , if possible , the junction of these commanders , but especially to prevent them from crossing the ...
... Hungarian capital . At this time Görgei was sent with his small contingent to the isle of Czepel , below Pesth , with orders to hinder , if possible , the junction of these commanders , but especially to prevent them from crossing the ...
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... Hungarian aristocracy to join the ranks of the insurgents , for it seemed less dangerous to take up arms than to retain a neutral position : -it was this terrible example that first drove many to a course which allowed of no retreat ...
... Hungarian aristocracy to join the ranks of the insurgents , for it seemed less dangerous to take up arms than to retain a neutral position : -it was this terrible example that first drove many to a course which allowed of no retreat ...
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... Hungarian territory . The advance of the Hungarian army to the relief of the capital , which was then in the power of the revolutionary Aula , with their gang of armed students and navvies , though Prince Windischgrätz still threatened ...
... Hungarian territory . The advance of the Hungarian army to the relief of the capital , which was then in the power of the revolutionary Aula , with their gang of armed students and navvies , though Prince Windischgrätz still threatened ...
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Page 188 - The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air ; And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there.
Page 160 - Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be, In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due.
Page 200 - There are in the piece those profound touches of the human heart which I find three or four times in " The Robbers " of Schiller, and often in Shakespeare, but in Wordsworth there are no inequalities.
Page 128 - The thing that hath been is that which shall be ; and that which is done is that which shall be done ; and there is no new thing under the sun.
Page 187 - I was called upon, among other scholars, to write verses upon the completion of the second centenary from the foundation of the school in 1585 by Archbishop Sandys. These verses were much admired — far more than they deserved, for they were but a tame imitation of Pope's versification, and a little in his style.
Page 545 - The history of a battle is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events, of which the great result is the battle won or lost ; but no individual can recollect the order in which, or the exact moment at which, they occurred, which makes all the difference as to their value or importance.
Page 48 - ... rusticus expectat, dum defluat amnis: at ille labitur et labetur in omne volubilis aevum.
Page 328 - With shining ringlets the smooth ivory neck. Love in these labyrinths his slaves detains, And mighty hearts are held in slender chains. With hairy springes we the birds betray, Slight lines of hair surprise the finny prey, Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare, And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Page 475 - Call on a business man at business times only, and on business ; transact your business, and go about your business, in order to give him time to finish his business.
Page 517 - Tis enough to make one thoughtful ; but no matter : my die is cast, they may overwhelm me, but I don't think they will outmanoeuvre me. First, because I am not afraid of them, as everybody else seems to be ; and secondly, because if what I hear of their system of manoeuvres be true, I think it a false one as against steady troops. I suspect all the continental armies were more than half beaten before the battle was begun. I, at least, will not be frightened beforehand.