The Rear-guard of the RevolutionD. Appleton, 1888 - 317 sayfa |
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Sayfa 184 - As I was within that distance at which, in the quickest firing, I could have lodged half a dozen balls in or about him, before he was out of my reach, I had only to determine; but it was not pleasant to fire at the back of an unoffending individual, who was acquitting himself very coolly of his duty; so I let him alone.
Sayfa 315 - So vast Is the field Mr. Lecky Introduces us to, so varied and extensive the Information he has collected In It, fetching it from far beyond the limits of his professed subject, that it is impossible in any moderate space to do more than indicate the line he follows. . . . The work is a valuable contribution to our higher English literature, as well as an admirable guide for those who may care to go in person to the distant fountains from which Mr. Lecky has drawn for them so freely."— London Timet.
Sayfa 315 - Bagehot is not so much a partisan or an advocate as a cool philosophical inquirer, with large knowledge, clear insight, independent opinions, and great freedom from the bias of what he terms ' that territorial sectarianism called patriotism.