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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... familiar let- ters , in delineating the characters of thofe by whom they are Written . Every other fpecies of literary compofition is cal- Gothe culated to display the genius , but this alone lays open the heart , and introduces us to ...
... familiar let- ters , in delineating the characters of thofe by whom they are Written . Every other fpecies of literary compofition is cal- Gothe culated to display the genius , but this alone lays open the heart , and introduces us to ...
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... to whom both languages are familiar , feems fometimes to have written in one , and some times in the other . But , while we are not informed of the 1 The original , we think the French language more ori- 178 Moral and Sentimental Effays .
... to whom both languages are familiar , feems fometimes to have written in one , and some times in the other . But , while we are not informed of the 1 The original , we think the French language more ori- 178 Moral and Sentimental Effays .
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... familiar to his mind with the pureft models of Greece and Rome ; and his commentator fhould not be lefs converfant with Gothic than with claffical know- ledge . The poet himself has felt all the virulence of political oppofition ; and ...
... familiar to his mind with the pureft models of Greece and Rome ; and his commentator fhould not be lefs converfant with Gothic than with claffical know- ledge . The poet himself has felt all the virulence of political oppofition ; and ...
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... familiar to him in French as in English , his labour muft be immenfc . To praife ourfelves , to depreciate others , and to inform the public of the fuperiority of our tranflation , would be to infult the public and degrade ourselves ...
... familiar to him in French as in English , his labour muft be immenfc . To praife ourfelves , to depreciate others , and to inform the public of the fuperiority of our tranflation , would be to infult the public and degrade ourselves ...
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... familiar to appeal to the fentiments of na- ture from the dictates of Ariftotle , and poets who were ignorant of his rules , or did not chufe to plan their works according to them , may at last expect a fair hearing ; after having been ...
... familiar to appeal to the fentiments of na- ture from the dictates of Ariftotle , and poets who were ignorant of his rules , or did not chufe to plan their works according to them , may at last expect a fair hearing ; after having been ...
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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.
Page 313 - My son, fear thou the LORD and the king : and meddle not with them that are given to change...
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!
Page 433 - And every charm of gentler eloquenceAll perifhable !— like th' electric fire, But ftrike the frame — and as they ftrike expire ; Incenfe too pure a bodied flame to bear, Its fragrance charms the fenfe, and blends with air...
Page 399 - Rondeau : By two black eyes my heart was won, Sure never wretch was more undone...
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.
Page 136 - The pulsations in every limb, and ramifications of veins and arteries in an animal, could not be more reciprocal...
Page 91 - Earl of Bristol, then being in waiting and lying there, he unbolted the door upon my knocking, and asked me, ' What news ? ' I told him I had a letter for the king. The earl then demanded the letter of me, which I told him I could deliver to none but the king himself.
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.