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... must fhun the day . - O ftray not far From the remains of Aunac's failing line . Nor was the lefs happy in the following exquifite lines : Alas my father ! Pale and cold he lies On the bare ground , beneath the chilly . blast That howls ...
... must fhun the day . - O ftray not far From the remains of Aunac's failing line . Nor was the lefs happy in the following exquifite lines : Alas my father ! Pale and cold he lies On the bare ground , beneath the chilly . blast That howls ...
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... must pay my fhil- ling . Thus did he artfully turn the tables on his antagonist , and for twelve - penny- worth of punch , entitle himfelf to feven pounds of prime English roafting beef . Some days ago Lady Mary D , the patronefs of ...
... must pay my fhil- ling . Thus did he artfully turn the tables on his antagonist , and for twelve - penny- worth of punch , entitle himfelf to feven pounds of prime English roafting beef . Some days ago Lady Mary D , the patronefs of ...
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... must have its courfe , and that he had no room to hope God would fhew him any favour . Job combated thefe dejecting tenets with afferting that the judgments which happened to mankind , were not a rule whereby to judge of their ...
... must have its courfe , and that he had no room to hope God would fhew him any favour . Job combated thefe dejecting tenets with afferting that the judgments which happened to mankind , were not a rule whereby to judge of their ...
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... must be added , that apprehenfions of this kind cannot be reafonabiy entertained against men of a liberal and generous turn of mind ; for every one of that defcription will defpife the pitiful and vile conduct of complying with vulgar ...
... must be added , that apprehenfions of this kind cannot be reafonabiy entertained against men of a liberal and generous turn of mind ; for every one of that defcription will defpife the pitiful and vile conduct of complying with vulgar ...
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... must not only fhew his hearers that it is in vain to enquire concerning what they are ; but must point out to them what they are not . By these means he will gratify curiofity , prevent injudi- cious enquiry , and remove all occafion to ...
... must not only fhew his hearers that it is in vain to enquire concerning what they are ; but must point out to them what they are not . By these means he will gratify curiofity , prevent injudi- cious enquiry , and remove all occafion to ...
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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.