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... fame opinion , has given a ftill more moral and religious turn to the fubject , and very properly confiders the plague as a vifitation for the fins of the people : he has fo well defcribed his ideas , that we shall quote his words ; for ...
... fame opinion , has given a ftill more moral and religious turn to the fubject , and very properly confiders the plague as a vifitation for the fins of the people : he has fo well defcribed his ideas , that we shall quote his words ; for ...
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... fame when an officer draws his fword to head his of condemnation ; and in a number of troop ; when a judge puts on the cap other little acts , which are thus cal- culated to affect the mind , and to which , therefore , every poet will ...
... fame when an officer draws his fword to head his of condemnation ; and in a number of troop ; when a judge puts on the cap other little acts , which are thus cal- culated to affect the mind , and to which , therefore , every poet will ...
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... fame time to make an alliance with him . This Prince was at the time occupied about the marriage of his daughter Gyptis , and was about cele- brating the custom which required , that when any Nobleman would efpoufe the Princes , they ...
... fame time to make an alliance with him . This Prince was at the time occupied about the marriage of his daughter Gyptis , and was about cele- brating the custom which required , that when any Nobleman would efpoufe the Princes , they ...
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... fame medium , to ftate , for the fatisfaction of the numerous and liberal Subfcribers , the following particulars ; namely , the fums that have been received ; the various purposes to which they have been applied ; the cash remaining in ...
... fame medium , to ftate , for the fatisfaction of the numerous and liberal Subfcribers , the following particulars ; namely , the fums that have been received ; the various purposes to which they have been applied ; the cash remaining in ...
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... fame time we must observe , that this blemish , as we have termed it , is the only one of the fame nature that we have discovered in the work . We now see our author afloat upon the political ocean , whereon , ( leaving the tranctions ...
... fame time we must observe , that this blemish , as we have termed it , is the only one of the fame nature that we have discovered in the work . We now see our author afloat upon the political ocean , whereon , ( leaving the tranctions ...
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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...