 | 1819 - 808 pages
...said enough to awaken the meditations of our readers on the poetical character of our peasantry. Yet, it may not be amiss to say a few words on the difference of poetical feeling and genius in an agricultural and pastoral state of life, — exemplified... | |
 | 1821 - 522 pages
...deficient—the laying of pontoon and other bridges; the construction of field-works, sapping, mining, &c. It may not be amiss to say a few words on the alarm which is constantly sought to be excited by the bugbear of a standing army. When such a description... | |
 | William Hutchinson - 1823 - 798 pages
...into districts and parishes. After this brief account of the state of religion, and of the church, it may not be amiss to say a few words on the interior police of the Britons at this period. From the reign of Claudius, the Imperial Laws were common... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1825 - 238 pages
...might confer a benefit on posterity by publishing " Hints to Wives oil the Management of Husbands." It may not be amiss to say a few words on the two works which have appeared connected with his Lordship. The " Conversations" were advertised and... | |
 | Alexander Kilgour (M.D.) - 1825 - 234 pages
...might confer a benefit on posterity by publishing " Hints to Wives on the Management of Husbands." It may not be amiss to say a few words on the two works which have appeared connected with his Lordship. The " Conversations" were advertised and... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1846 - 746 pages
...this device completely misled the enemy ; but as wo are thus led to the description of horse-shoes, it may not be amiss to say a few words on the disputed question of their first introduction and history. The protection of horses' feet, by means... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - 1844 - 624 pages
...of the Court Circular has reduced the court in the apprehension of people in general ; and therefore it may not be amiss to say a few words on the origin of the Court Circular ; — the why and the wherefore for its invention, and to give some rather... | |
 | William Henry Rosser - 1862 - 322 pages
...the earthquake itself has not been noticed. , Having referred to the volcanic area near the Equator, it may not be amiss to say a few words on the various islands that lie scattered at great distances in the South Atlantic : the majority of these,... | |
 | 1863 - 830 pages
...threaten extreme measures to compel the poor fostermother to restore the foundling to its real parent. It may not be amiss to say a few words on the general condition of the foundling after he has passed his twentyfirst year. Like other men, he is... | |
 | Duncan Farquharson Gregory, Robert Leslie Ellis - 1865 - 309 pages
...differentiation and difference are subject to the same laws of combination as those of number. But it may not be amiss to say a few words on the effect of considering them in this light. Many theorems in the differential calculus, and that of finite... | |
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As this is the first passage, in which the names of patron and client occur, it may not be amiss to say a few words on the relative situation of two classes of men, which comprehended nearly all the citizens of Rome. 
