The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 5Philological Society of London, 1784 - English literature |
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... Such is the following ; it is a woman who speaks , " Si j'avois la vivacitè Qui fait briller Coulange ; Si je poffédois la bautè Qui fait régner Fontange ; Ou fi j'etois comme Conty , Des graces le modèle Tout cela feroit pour Créqui ...
... Such is the following ; it is a woman who speaks , " Si j'avois la vivacitè Qui fait briller Coulange ; Si je poffédois la bautè Qui fait régner Fontange ; Ou fi j'etois comme Conty , Des graces le modèle Tout cela feroit pour Créqui ...
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... Such is the difference be- tween a fpeaker and a writer , that every trait of the first fhall be forgot , while the Right ft memorial of the latter , as a man and a writer , will be handed to pofterity with the highest veneration . The ...
... Such is the difference be- tween a fpeaker and a writer , that every trait of the first fhall be forgot , while the Right ft memorial of the latter , as a man and a writer , will be handed to pofterity with the highest veneration . The ...
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... such an act . When we recollect the fair one yielded to the embraces of an ad- mirer in the vale of years , at a period when youth gave a brilliancy to her attractions , this anecdote appears the coinage of her own brain , or one of ...
... such an act . When we recollect the fair one yielded to the embraces of an ad- mirer in the vale of years , at a period when youth gave a brilliancy to her attractions , this anecdote appears the coinage of her own brain , or one of ...
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... Such are the fubjects of the first part . Laft year was published at Cremona , the fecond part of thefe letters , in which he exhibits the furprizing conformity in certain primitive cuftoms , and prejudices of the inhabitants of both ...
... Such are the fubjects of the first part . Laft year was published at Cremona , the fecond part of thefe letters , in which he exhibits the furprizing conformity in certain primitive cuftoms , and prejudices of the inhabitants of both ...
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... such a conclusion , it will be a falfe one : for our meaning is , that the perfon who fhall be difpofed to read fuch a work , may be at pains previoully to bring his mind to fuch a train of thinking , that he may be able to perufe it ...
... such a conclusion , it will be a falfe one : for our meaning is , that the perfon who fhall be difpofed to read fuch a work , may be at pains previoully to bring his mind to fuch a train of thinking , that he may be able to perufe it ...
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Page 245 - Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux. Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes. The...
Page 245 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled and the white.
Page 129 - That lost in long futurity expire. Fond impious man, think'st thou yon sanguine cloud Raised by thy breath, has quench'd the orb of day? To-morrow he repairs the golden flood And warms the nations with redoubled ray. Enough for me : with joy I see The different doom our fates assign : Be thine Despair and sceptred Care, To triumph and to die are mine.
Page 329 - Gray should have entertained suspicions with regard to the authenticity of these fragments of our Highland poetry. The first time I was shown the copies of some of them in manuscript, by our friend John Home, I was inclined to be a little incredulous on that head; but Mr. Home removed my scruples, by informing me of the manner in which he procured them from Mr. Macpherson, the translator. These two gentlemen were drinking the waters together at Moffat last autumn, when their conversation fell upon...
Page 427 - Performed Under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery.
Page 330 - Lochaber, who, he says, can recite a great number of them, but never committed them to writing; as indeed the orthography of the Highland language is not fixed, and the natives have always employed more the sword than the pen. This surgeon has by heart the epic poem mentioned by Mr Macpherson in his preface; and as he is somewhat old, and is the only person living that has it entire, we are in the more haste to recover a monument, which will certainly be regarded as a curiosity in the Republic of...
Page 169 - ... plaintiff; but, far from coveting your acquaintance, I never dreamed of exchanging a word with you on that or any other subject : you might therefore have spared your invidious declaration, until I had put it in your power to mortify me with a repulse, which, upon my honour, would never .have been the case, were you a much greater man than you really are. Yet this was not the only expedient you used to prepossess the jury against me. You...
Page 23 - The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Page 329 - ... asked whether he had ever translated any of them ? Mr. Macpherson replied, that he never had attempted any such thing; and doubted whether it was possible to transfuse such beauties into our language; but for Mr. Home's satisfaction, and in order to give him a general notion of the strain of that wild poetry, he would endeavour to turn one of them into English. He accordingly brought him one next day ; which our friend was so much pleased with, that he never ceased soliciting Mr. Macpherson till...
Page 172 - ... fallen together upon my grave. The men were used to say, that no woman had so many graces as Eliza: the women said so too. They all praised her candour; they all extolled her sensibility; they were all ambitious of the honour of her acquaintance. The stings of envy were never pointed against unconscious merit.