The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 59Tobias Smollett R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row, 1785 - Books |
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... faid , had we divested ourselves of our baggage , he would likewife have fent us on without the leaft hazard , at the time when the other gentlemen went . The only method he could now advise , with any degree of fafety , was to return ...
... faid , had we divested ourselves of our baggage , he would likewife have fent us on without the leaft hazard , at the time when the other gentlemen went . The only method he could now advise , with any degree of fafety , was to return ...
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... faid to have given orders for re - building the Temple of Jerufalem . The fame year he marched against the Perfians , and in a skir- mish received a mortal wound , of which he died the fucceed- ing night , aged 32 . The conduct of this ...
... faid to have given orders for re - building the Temple of Jerufalem . The fame year he marched against the Perfians , and in a skir- mish received a mortal wound , of which he died the fucceed- ing night , aged 32 . The conduct of this ...
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... faid , oppofed thofe of Julian . Sometimes the foundations could not be laid ; fometimes the earth threw them up again . And at length the Aructure , carried to fome height , with much time and labour , was fuddenly thrown down , fo ...
... faid , oppofed thofe of Julian . Sometimes the foundations could not be laid ; fometimes the earth threw them up again . And at length the Aructure , carried to fome height , with much time and labour , was fuddenly thrown down , fo ...
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... faid , " Behold , Ju- piter , one who has ambition enough to endeavour to dethrone you : he is , you fee , ftrong and handfome , and , if he refem- bles me in nothing elfe , his head , at least , is certainly the fel- low of mine ...
... faid , " Behold , Ju- piter , one who has ambition enough to endeavour to dethrone you : he is , you fee , ftrong and handfome , and , if he refem- bles me in nothing elfe , his head , at least , is certainly the fel- low of mine ...
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... faid he , " to invite your defcendant without his freed- men , Narciffus and Pallas . But , befides them , you should also fend for his wife Meffalina , for without them , he appears like guards in a tragedy , mute and inanimate ...
... faid he , " to invite your defcendant without his freed- men , Narciffus and Pallas . But , befides them , you should also fend for his wife Meffalina , for without them , he appears like guards in a tragedy , mute and inanimate ...
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Page 24 - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me ; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
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Page 427 - To quell the mighty of the earth, the oppressor, The brute and boisterous force of violent men, Hardy and industrious to support Tyrannic power, but raging to pursue The righteous, and all such as honour truth!
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Page 164 - ... near to each other, as probably to be liable to be affected sensibly by their mutual gravitation: and it is therefore not unlikely, that the periods of the revolutions of some of these about their principals (the smaller ones being, upon this hypothesis, to be considered as satellites to the others) may some time or other be discovered.
Page 262 - Where hopelefs anguifh pour'd his groan, And lonely want retir'd to die. No fummons mock'd by chill delay, No petty gain difdain'd by pride ; The modeft wants of every day The toil of every day fupply'd. His virtues walk'd their narrow round, Nor made a paufe, nor left a void ; And fure th' Eternal Mafter found The fingle talent well employ'd.
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Page 136 - ... and under the regulation of the heart, than the members of this body of musicians under that of the conductor and leader. The totality of sound seemed to proceed from one voice and one instrument ; and its powers produced not only new and exquisite sensations in judges and lovers of the art, but were felt by those who never received pleasure from music before.