The British Critic: A New Review, Volume 18F. and C. Rivington, 1801 - English literature |
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... must alfo oppofe ; but not fo much in the character of enemies with whom we are to contend , as in that of delinquents whom it is our office to punith . Not that infidelity and fedition difdain even these affociates ; but ftill , what ...
... must alfo oppofe ; but not fo much in the character of enemies with whom we are to contend , as in that of delinquents whom it is our office to punith . Not that infidelity and fedition difdain even these affociates ; but ftill , what ...
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... must take their turns . Happy are they whofe amufe- ments are not uninftructive , and whofe ftudies are a fource of the beft amusement to their minds . No. I. p . 103 . No. VI . p . 631 . + No. VI . p . 657 . || No. VI . p . 679 . + No ...
... must take their turns . Happy are they whofe amufe- ments are not uninftructive , and whofe ftudies are a fource of the beft amusement to their minds . No. I. p . 103 . No. VI . p . 631 . + No. VI . p . 657 . || No. VI . p . 679 . + No ...
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... must drop and be forgot . But it has been too strongly to have no ground reported , that the Irish ( to fhew they have und . rtandings ) have determined to make an i reconcileable quarrel of it ; and that a dozen or fourteen had en ...
... must drop and be forgot . But it has been too strongly to have no ground reported , that the Irish ( to fhew they have und . rtandings ) have determined to make an i reconcileable quarrel of it ; and that a dozen or fourteen had en ...
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... must be wanted to direct these vegetable amourettes to find each other ; one probably analogous to our fenfe of fmell , which in the ani- mal world directs the new - born infant to its fource of nourishment ; and in some animals directs ...
... must be wanted to direct these vegetable amourettes to find each other ; one probably analogous to our fenfe of fmell , which in the ani- mal world directs the new - born infant to its fource of nourishment ; and in some animals directs ...
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... must be unneceflary to expatiate , readers of all defcrip- tions being agreed that it is the most arduous effort of poetical kill , and requires the co - operating favour of all the Mufes . How How far Mr. Pye is qualified for fuch an ...
... must be unneceflary to expatiate , readers of all defcrip- tions being agreed that it is the most arduous effort of poetical kill , and requires the co - operating favour of all the Mufes . How How far Mr. Pye is qualified for fuch an ...
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Page 373 - Parliament that the King our sovereign lord, his heirs and successors kings of this realm, shall be taken, accepted and reputed the only supreme head in earth of the Church of England called Anglicana Ecclesia...
Page 544 - The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The Power, the Beauty, and the Majesty, That had their haunts in dale, or piny mountain, Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms and wat'ry depths ; all these have vanished. They live no longer in the faith of reason...
Page 497 - On every occasion his bravery and skill procured him the warmest praise of the commander in chief, and of the army. In the unfortunate retreat from Holland, in the winter of 1794, the guards as well as the sick were left under his care, whom, he conducted with the utmost humanity, amidst many painful scenes, during the disastrous march from Deventer to Oldensall. In 1795, he was made knight of the Bath, and appointed commander in chief of the forces in the West Indies.
Page 545 - ... faith of reason ! But still the heart doth need a language, still Doth the old instinct bring back the old names, And to yon starry world they now are gone, Spirits or gods, that used to share this earth With man as with their friend ; and to the lover Yonder they move, from yonder visible sky Shoot influence down : and even at this day 'Tis Jupiter who brings whate'er is great, And Venus who brings everything that's fair ! Thek.
Page 460 - Mongalls never accounted it worth cultJvating, but that the world is obliged to the marmots for the quantities fcattered at random in many parts of this country ; for whatever part of the ripe feed happens to be blown among the thick grafs can very feldom reach the ground, but muft there wither and die ; whereas...
Page 68 - That the penalty for the violent contravention of this right is the confiscation of the property so withheld from visitation and search. For the proof of this I need only refer to Vattel, one of the most correct and certainly not the least indulgent of modern professors of public law.
Page 315 - For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
Page 633 - Governor-General shall be the patron and visitor of the college. V. The members of the Supreme Council, and the judges of the sudder dewanny adawlut, and of the nizamut adawlut, shall be the governors of the college. VI. The Governor-General in Council shall be trustee for the management of the funds of the college, and shall regularly submit his proceedings in that capacity to the Honourable the Court of Directors.
Page 575 - Bokhara, and cast his eyes around, he shall not see anything but beautiful green and luxuriant verdure on every side of the country ; so that he would imagine the green of the earth and the azure of the heavens were united : and as there are green fields in every quarter, so there are villas interspersed among the green fielda.
Page 5 - This elevated point, which crowns the summit of the four hills, is an insulated ridge, about a quarter of a mile in length, and two hundred yards in breadth, with broken crags starting up amid the moss and heath with which it is covered.