The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volym 238A. Constable, 1923 |
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Sida 326 - Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of Faith ; and there are times, I doubt not, when to you it doth impart Authentic tidings of invisible things; Of ebb and flow, and ever-during power; And central peace, subsisting at the heart Of endless agitation.
Sida 399 - Africa and certain of the South Pacific islands, which, owing to the sparseness of their population or their small size, or their remoteness from the...
Sida 324 - WHO shall decide, when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me...
Sida 271 - tis the lullaby Time is singing — Hush, and heed not, for all things pass, Hush, ah, hush! and the Scythes are swinging Over the clover, over the grass ! — Andrew Lang.
Sida 322 - What weight of ancient witness can prevail, If private reason hold the public scale ? But, gracious God, how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. 0 teach me to believe thee thus conceal'd, And search no farther than thyself reveal'd ; But her alone for my director take, 70 Whom thou hast promised never to forsake...
Sida 324 - Old Cato is as great a rogue as you/ Bless'd paper-credit ! last and best supply ! That lends corruption lighter wings to fly ! Gold, imp'd by thee, can compass hardest things, Can pocket states, can fetch or carry kings; A single leaf shall waft an army o'er, Or ship off senates to...
Sida 398 - Certain communities formerly belonging to the Turkish Empire have reached a stage of development where their existence as independent nations can be provisionally recognized subject to the rendering of administrative advice and assistance by a Mandatory until such time as they are able to stand alone.
Sida 322 - Followed false lights ; and, when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame!
Sida 399 - Mandatory must be responsible for the administration of the territory under conditions which will guarantee freedom of conscience and religion, subject only to the maintenance of public order and morals, the prohibition of abuses such as the slave trade, the arms traffic and the liquor traffic, and the prevention of the establishment of fortifications or military and naval bases and of military training of the natives for other than police purposes and the defence of territory, and will also secure...
Sida 326 - Possessions vanish, and opinions change, And passions hold a fluctuating seat : But, by the storms of circumstance unshaken, And subject neither to eclipse nor wane, Duty exists...