 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1818 - 600 pages
...completely effected what it was designed to do. ' While Britain,' says Mr. D'Israeli, ' retains her aweful situation among the nations of Europe, the Sylva of...Evelyn will endure with her triumphant oaks. It was an author in his studious retreat, who, casting a prophetic eye on the age we live in, secured the... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1818 - 622 pages
...completely effected what it was designed to do. ' While Britain,' says Mr. D'Israeli, ' retains her aweful situation among the nations of Europe, the Sylva of...Evelyn will endure with her triumphant oaks. It was an author in his studious retreat, who, casting a prophetic eye on the age we live in, secured the... | |
 | 1819 - 630 pages
...world which completely effected what it was designed to do. ' While Britain,' says Mr. D'Israeli, ' retains her awful situation among the nations of Europe,...Evelyn will endure with her triumphant oaks. It was an author in his studious retreat, who, casting a prophetic eye on the age we live in, secured the... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors, English - 1822 - 344 pages
...— in all these changes of a studious life, the better part of his history has not yet been told. While Britain retains her awful situation among the...Sylva" of EVELYN will endure with her triumphant oaks. In the third edition of that work the heart of the patriot expands at its result : he tells Charles... | |
 | Amédée Pichot - England - 1825 - 454 pages
...Evelyn ought to have a place therein. " While Britain," says d' Israeli, "retains her awful situations among the nations of Europe, the Sylva of Evelyn will...endure with her triumphant oaks. * * * # * * * It was an author in his studious retreat, who casting a prophetic eye on the age we live in, secured the late... | |
 | Joseph Jean M.C. Amédée Pichot - 1825 - 450 pages
...Evelyn ought to have a place therein. " While Britain," says d'Israeli, "retains her awful situations among the nations of Europe, the Sylva of Evelyn will...endure with her triumphant oaks. * # * * * * * It was an author in his studious retreat, who casting a prophetic eye on the age we live in, secured the late... | |
 | Richard Brindley Hone - 1833 - 414 pages
...importance of keeping up their woods and groves ; and as an elegant writer (Mr. D'Israeli) observes, " while Britain retains her awful situation among the...Evelyn will endure with her triumphant oaks It was an author," he adds, " in his studious retreat, who, casting a prophetic eye on the age we live in,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1834 - 394 pages
...this work, because your majesty has been pleased to own it publicly for my encouragement." And surely while Britain retains her awful situation among the...a prophetic eye towards the age in which we live, contributed to secure our sovereignty of the seas. The present navy of Great Britain has been constructed... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 pages
...Than when it bites, but lanceth not the sore ! Ib. 161. And surely while Britain retains her ample situation among the nations of Europe, the " Sylva"...a prophetic eye towards the age in which we live, contributed to secure our sovereignty of the seas. The present navy of Great Britain has been constructed... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 528 pages
...studious life, the better part of ha history has not yet been told. While Britain retail» 482 4S3 her awful situation among the nations of Europe, the...Sylva" of EVELYN will endure with her triumphant oaks. In the third edition of that work the heart of the patriot expands at its result ; he tells Charles... | |
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And surely while Britain retains her awful situation among the nations of Europe, the " Sylva" of Evelyn will endure with her triumphant oaks. It was a retired philosopher who aroused the genius of... 
