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But one may protest against criticising the Bible, or Homer, by methods like those which prove Shakspeare to have been Bacon. One must protest, too, against the presentation of inconsistent and probably baseless critical hypotheses in the dogmatic brevity of cheap handbooks. Yet again, whence comes the moral element in Jehovah? Mr.

The only way to prevent it is to vaccinate, so to speak, with two or three houses, and wait; then it is not so likely to spread." Laughing and criticising and admiring, the party strolled along the shaded avenue to the Ocean House.

The car stood in the middle of the yard, quite unattended, the stable-helps and other hangers-on being all at their dinner. Toad walked slowly round it, inspecting, criticising, musing deeply. "I wonder," he said to himself presently, "I wonder if this sort of car starts easily?" Next moment, hardly knowing how it came about, he found he had hold of the handle and was turning it.

Cobbett an opportunity of criticising the proceedings of the meeting, and of giving Sir John Cox Hippisley a severe and well-merited castigation, for the inconsistent and hypocritical conduct of the Whigs in uniting with the Tories against the people.

"You don't think he would have abstained from telling you, because he might have thought you would have considered it a rash speculation." "Certainly not," Cuthbert said, warmly, "I should no more have thought of criticising anything he chose to do with his money, than I should of flying." "Well, at any rate, you may take it that there is no proof whatever that Mr.

In criticising American hotels, it must not be forgotten that the rapid process of change that is so characteristic of America operates in this sphere with especial force.

His loyalty to his more brilliant brother never permitted him the luxury of criticising his decisions in public, and he had gone farther than he intended in allowing his feelings to appear. "The escort will be sufficient, of course. Charley Cowper goes in command has special leave for the purpose. They start next week." "Then I shall have to hurry back to Darwan," said Charteris.

A fool would have gone next day to amuse himself with Julius II at Raphael's house or in the delightful Villa Madama; but Belvidéro went to see him officiate in his pontifical capacity, in order to convince himself of his suspicions. Under the influence of wine della Rovere would have been capable of forgetting himself and criticising the Apocalypse.

I have had a good many years with my lads, and they are pretty well in hand. If you come to criticising, you will set me doing the same with your methods. I shouldn't have let that French chap Count, as he calls himself go off so easy as you did the other day." "What could I do, sir? He is a friend of Rajah Suleiman, and his guest.

O'Connell, criticising the King's speech at vast length, and passing in turns through every mood from the most exquisite pathos to downright and undisguised ferocity, at once plunged the House into a discussion on Ireland, which alternately blazed and smouldered through four livelong nights.