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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... means completely gratifying the public curiosity , which the present notice will perhaps contribute to increase . : Dr. John Moore was the son of a clergyman , a native of Scotland having lost his father , when only five years , old ...
... means completely gratifying the public curiosity , which the present notice will perhaps contribute to increase . : Dr. John Moore was the son of a clergyman , a native of Scotland having lost his father , when only five years , old ...
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... means in his power . Indeed , in a medical work † which he published a few years after his re- turn from the continent , he shewed himself deserving of an extensive practice ; and proved , by this masterly perform- ance , which was very ...
... means in his power . Indeed , in a medical work † which he published a few years after his re- turn from the continent , he shewed himself deserving of an extensive practice ; and proved , by this masterly perform- ance , which was very ...
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... means mortally offended many illustrious persons of both sexes who had no pretensions of that nature . Fonder of entertainments than her husband , she had often private suppers , where the usual topics of Parisian conversation , with ...
... means mortally offended many illustrious persons of both sexes who had no pretensions of that nature . Fonder of entertainments than her husband , she had often private suppers , where the usual topics of Parisian conversation , with ...
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... mean , " said the south Briton , " that Scotland would have conquered England . " - " Sir , " replied the other , " I think the English as brave a nation as ever existed , and therefore I will not say that the Scotch are braver ; but I ...
... mean , " said the south Briton , " that Scotland would have conquered England . " - " Sir , " replied the other , " I think the English as brave a nation as ever existed , and therefore I will not say that the Scotch are braver ; but I ...
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... different periods has produced men , who , by one means or another , have distinguished them- selves so eminently from their cotemporaries of other nations . E 3 77 curiosity, and pass a certain portion of his life ...
... different periods has produced men , who , by one means or another , have distinguished them- selves so eminently from their cotemporaries of other nations . E 3 77 curiosity, and pass a certain portion of his life ...
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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.