Mooriana: Or, Selections from the Moral, Philosophical, and Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr.John Moore, Volume 1J. Cundee, 1803 - Scottish literature |
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... composition , of a very old date . The Greeks who were al- ways considered as our masters in every polite art and science ; the Greeks , so refined in , and celebrated for their literature , far from disdain- ing , a 3 5 PREFACE. ...
... composition , of a very old date . The Greeks who were al- ways considered as our masters in every polite art and science ; the Greeks , so refined in , and celebrated for their literature , far from disdain- ing , a 3 5 PREFACE. ...
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... considered merely as a Canvas on which this skilful observer of life and manners delineates , with an exquisite touch , and high colouring , the fatal effects resulting from uncontrolled passion on the part of a dar- ling son , and ...
... considered merely as a Canvas on which this skilful observer of life and manners delineates , with an exquisite touch , and high colouring , the fatal effects resulting from uncontrolled passion on the part of a dar- ling son , and ...
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... considered as the most powerful in Europe , seems now more pre - eminent in wretchedness than ever she was in rank and splendor . She was not only a queen , but a beautiful woman ; not only accustomed to the interested and ostentatious ...
... considered as the most powerful in Europe , seems now more pre - eminent in wretchedness than ever she was in rank and splendor . She was not only a queen , but a beautiful woman ; not only accustomed to the interested and ostentatious ...
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... considered by some as too vast for the pencil ; but among the sweet hills and vallies of Italy her features are brought nearer the eye , are fully seen and understood , and appear in all the bloom of rural loveliness . Tivoli , Albano ...
... considered by some as too vast for the pencil ; but among the sweet hills and vallies of Italy her features are brought nearer the eye , are fully seen and understood , and appear in all the bloom of rural loveliness . Tivoli , Albano ...
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... considered that picture simply as the representation of a blooming country wench hugging her child , I admired the art of the painter , and thought it one of the truest copies of nature I ever saw ; yet I confess my admiration is much ...
... considered that picture simply as the representation of a blooming country wench hugging her child , I admired the art of the painter , and thought it one of the truest copies of nature I ever saw ; yet I confess my admiration is much ...
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Page 182 - Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Page 234 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 131 - ... with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication; 5and on her forehead was written a name of mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth's abominations." 6And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.
Page 102 - When we had driven a few miles, I perceived a genteel-looking young fellow, dressed in an old uniform. He sat under a tree on the grass, at a little distance from the road, and amused himself by playing on the violin. As we came nearer we perceived he had a wooden leg, part of which lay in fragments by his side. " ' What do you do there, soldier? ' said the Marquis. ' I am on my way home to my own village, mon officier,
Page 130 - And the Woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations and filthiness of her whoredom.
Page 215 - Dans l'adversité de nos meilleurs amis, nous trouvons toujours quelque chose qui ne nous déplaît pas.
Page 109 - And, like th' old Hebrews, many years did stray, In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last : The barren wilderness he past ; Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land ; And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it.
Page 182 - ... that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone.
Page 182 - It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil by losing all its grossness.
Page 17 - A Journal, during a Residence in France, from the beginning of August to the middle of December, 1792. To which is added, an Account of the most remarkable Events that happened at Paris, from that time to the death of the late King of France.