A New Review: With Literary Curiosities and Literary Intelligence, Volume 1author, 1782 |
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... nature of it very bad , not to be read through , not if poffible to be begun . Having faid thus much in commendation of the utility of Dr. Warton's defign , I fhall now proceed to observe that no man ever fat down to examine the works ...
... nature of it very bad , not to be read through , not if poffible to be begun . Having faid thus much in commendation of the utility of Dr. Warton's defign , I fhall now proceed to observe that no man ever fat down to examine the works ...
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... nature , and indeed al- most confine themfelves to the tales and traditions of their refpective countries ; whereas our Mufes have feldom been Playing on the fteep Where our old Bards the famous Druids lie , Nor Nor on the fhaggy top of ...
... nature , and indeed al- most confine themfelves to the tales and traditions of their refpective countries ; whereas our Mufes have feldom been Playing on the fteep Where our old Bards the famous Druids lie , Nor Nor on the fhaggy top of ...
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... nature se'ft accrue pour moi ; nor his fine critique on Pindar , not more distinguished as well as his common place friend Gray ( forgive the imbelle telum of a Cambridge man , Dr. John- fon ) for impetuofity and fublimity of manner ...
... nature se'ft accrue pour moi ; nor his fine critique on Pindar , not more distinguished as well as his common place friend Gray ( forgive the imbelle telum of a Cambridge man , Dr. John- fon ) for impetuofity and fublimity of manner ...
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... nature of the God to whom it belonged ; and carries with it a barbarous and tre- mendous idea . The frame of burnish'd feel that cast a glare From far , and seem'd to thaw the freezing air . A ftrait long entry to the temple led , Blind ...
... nature of the God to whom it belonged ; and carries with it a barbarous and tre- mendous idea . The frame of burnish'd feel that cast a glare From far , and seem'd to thaw the freezing air . A ftrait long entry to the temple led , Blind ...
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... nature is thus faid to fympathize at the fecond appearance of The felon on his fable steed Arm'd with his naked fword that urg'd his dogs to fpeed . Thus it runs- The fiend's alarm began ; the hollow found Sung in the leaves , the ...
... nature is thus faid to fympathize at the fecond appearance of The felon on his fable steed Arm'd with his naked fword that urg'd his dogs to fpeed . Thus it runs- The fiend's alarm began ; the hollow found Sung in the leaves , the ...
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Page 347 - And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.
Page 346 - So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Page 348 - of every creature : for by him were all " things created that are in heaven, and " that are in earth, vifible and invifible, " whether they be thrones, or dominions, " or principalities, or powers ; all things " were created by him and for him...
Page 88 - Surely it is no narrow and niggardly encomium to say he is the great Poet of Reason, the first of ethical authors in verse. And this species of writing is, after all, the surest road to an extensive reputation. It lies more level to the general capacities of men than the higher flights of more genuine poetry.
Page 16 - All are but parts of one ftupendous whole, Whofe body Nature is, and God the foul : That, chang'd thro...
Page 348 - And whofoever was not found written in the book of life was caft into the lake of fire.
Page 347 - Father, who raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand, far above all principalities and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come, and put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church...
Page 87 - ... many proofs of this talent as of the other. This turn of mind led him to admire French models; he studied Boileau attentively, formed himself upon him as Milton formed himself upon the Grecian and Italian sons of fancy.
Page 348 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and fuch as are in the fea, and all that are in them, heard I, faying, Bleffing, and honour, and glory, and power be unto him that fitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.