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... say he has been at Salon without taking a look at it . This tomb is to be seen in the church of the Cordeliers , in going in by the door of the cloister at the right hand against the wall . It is nothing more than a projection of about ...
... say he has been at Salon without taking a look at it . This tomb is to be seen in the church of the Cordeliers , in going in by the door of the cloister at the right hand against the wall . It is nothing more than a projection of about ...
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... say a word or two more before we conclude . As we would wish to make this fpe- culation , like the work which , with fee- ble fteps , it attempts to follow , both in- G Kructive structive and entertaining ; and as there are no fubjects ...
... say a word or two more before we conclude . As we would wish to make this fpe- culation , like the work which , with fee- ble fteps , it attempts to follow , both in- G Kructive structive and entertaining ; and as there are no fubjects ...
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... Say , what but Senfibility ? What renders man creation's lord ? What is the foul's harmonious chord ? What Htays full oft th ' uplifted sword ? Say , what but Sensibility ? What gives the youth his glowing fire ? The fparkling flame of ...
... Say , what but Senfibility ? What renders man creation's lord ? What is the foul's harmonious chord ? What Htays full oft th ' uplifted sword ? Say , what but Sensibility ? What gives the youth his glowing fire ? The fparkling flame of ...
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... say which was moft to be admired , the able manner in which the cafe was opened , the judicious arrangement of the proofs , or the very luminous and forcible expofition of the law as ap- plied to that cafe . It feemed difficult to fay ...
... say which was moft to be admired , the able manner in which the cafe was opened , the judicious arrangement of the proofs , or the very luminous and forcible expofition of the law as ap- plied to that cafe . It feemed difficult to fay ...
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... say , and that they may quarrel as much as they pleafe : and this makes them friends . In short , both Pylas and Alcea know what they are about , and the parts they are to act . They are both fond of amufement , and their genius has ...
... say , and that they may quarrel as much as they pleafe : and this makes them friends . In short , both Pylas and Alcea know what they are about , and the parts they are to act . They are both fond of amufement , and their genius has ...
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Page 44 - The Pythagorean scale of numbers' was at once discovered to be perfect; but the poems of Homer we yet know not to transcend the common limits of human intelligence, but by remarking, that nation after nation, and century after century, has been able to do little more than transpose his incidents, new name his characters, and paraphrase his sentiments.
Page 173 - Shakespeare engaged in dramatic poetry with the world open before him. The rules of the ancients were yet known to few; the public judgment was unformed ; he had no example of such fame as might force him upon imitation, nor critics of such authority as might restrain his extravagance.
Page 72 - Could I have rewarded these services I would not now call upon my Country ; but as that has not been in my power, I leave Emma Lady Hamilton, therefore, a Legacy to my King and Country, that they will give her an ample provision to maintain her rank in life.
Page 41 - Horatio — heavens, what a transition! — it seemed as if a whole century had been stept over in the transition of a single scene; old things were done away, and a new order at once brought forward, bright and luminous, and clearly destined to dispel the barbarisms and bigotry of a tasteless age, too long attached to the prejudices of custom, and superstitiously devoted to the illusions of imposing declamation.
Page 295 - Essay, which, they said, was a book they always kept by them ; and the King said he had one copy of it at Kew, and another in town, and immediately went and took it down from a shelf. I found it was the second edition. ' I never stole a book but one,' said his Majesty, ' and that was yours (speaking to me); I stole it from the Queen, to give it to Lord Hertford to read.
Page 107 - ... that you cannot but by active force get down to the egg. Thus you feel the power of the water to support you, and learn to confide in that power ; while your endeavours to overcome it, and...
Page 86 - The labour and fatigue of the navy have been continued and excessive ; it has not been of one day or of one week, but for months together. In the bay of Aboukir, on the New Inundation, and on the Nile, for 160 miles, they have been employed without intermission ; and have submitted to many privations, with a cheerfulness and patience highly creditable to them, and advantageous to the public service.
Page 27 - ... that all books of history concerning the state of this realm, or other books concerning any affairs of state, shall be licensed by the Principal Secretaries of State for the time being or one of them, or by their or one of their appointments...
Page 294 - The Doctor told me, that he had not seen the King yesterday, but had left a note in writing, to intimate, that I was to be at his house today ; and that one of the King's pages had come to him this morning, to say, ' that his Majesty would see me a little after twelve.
Page 236 - Maldonado and other assailable points. Our progress up the river was very much retarded by the shoalness of the water, adverse winds and currents, continual fogs, and the great inaccuracy of the charts; but by the unremitting, and laborious exertions of the officers and men I had the honour to command, these difficulties were surmounted, and the squadron anchored on the afternoon of the 25th off Point Quelmey a Pouichin, about twelve miles from Buenos Ayres. As it was impossible for the Narcissus...