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... these topics are treated with fo much fulness , fo much precifion , and fo much animation , as to leave us nothing to defire . The obfervations on the ftory of January and May , and that of the Wife of Bath , which come next , are pre ...
... these topics are treated with fo much fulness , fo much precifion , and fo much animation , as to leave us nothing to defire . The obfervations on the ftory of January and May , and that of the Wife of Bath , which come next , are pre ...
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... these three poems , and the reader must not think any obfervations on the character of Dryden , the con- ftant pattern of POPE , unconnected with the main fubject of this work . The picture of Arcite in the abfence of Emilia , is highly ...
... these three poems , and the reader must not think any obfervations on the character of Dryden , the con- ftant pattern of POPE , unconnected with the main fubject of this work . The picture of Arcite in the abfence of Emilia , is highly ...
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... these figures were fometimes painted red , particularly that of Jupiter , and it is from thence poffibly that Ceres may have gained her name of Phoinicoptera . Such were the arts in their infancy ; but clay was till used in modelling ...
... these figures were fometimes painted red , particularly that of Jupiter , and it is from thence poffibly that Ceres may have gained her name of Phoinicoptera . Such were the arts in their infancy ; but clay was till used in modelling ...
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... these ftatues composed of different materials , it appears by a curious ftory of one which was left unfinished on account of the troubles at the time of the Peloponefian war ; that they began with the head , which they finished , and ...
... these ftatues composed of different materials , it appears by a curious ftory of one which was left unfinished on account of the troubles at the time of the Peloponefian war ; that they began with the head , which they finished , and ...
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... These ran fo well into each other , and the whole work is done with fo much fkill , that the niceft eye can hardly distinguish where the pieces join . However , the most useful things in glafs belonging to the antique are , the moulds ...
... These ran fo well into each other , and the whole work is done with fo much fkill , that the niceft eye can hardly distinguish where the pieces join . However , the most useful things in glafs belonging to the antique are , the moulds ...
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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.