The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 44Tobias Smollett W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1777 - English literature Each number includes a classified "Monthly catalogue." |
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... appears a light , elegant portico , taken from a drawing of the temple of Thefeus , covered behind by a deep , dark plantation of Scotch firs , extending and fhewing itself in great power down the precipitate fides of the hill in front ...
... appears a light , elegant portico , taken from a drawing of the temple of Thefeus , covered behind by a deep , dark plantation of Scotch firs , extending and fhewing itself in great power down the precipitate fides of the hill in front ...
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... appear from the door of this moffy cell , two per- fpective peeps at the diftant country ; one of them over the fpreading branches of the trees in front , and the other under them - little fancies of this fort , in places fo folitary ...
... appear from the door of this moffy cell , two per- fpective peeps at the diftant country ; one of them over the fpreading branches of the trees in front , and the other under them - little fancies of this fort , in places fo folitary ...
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... appear to be chiefly wanted . In the fucceeding chapter , the author examines with equal accuracy the fituation and ftructure of the spleen ; and from the experiments related , proceeds , in the next division of the Inquiry , to give an ...
... appear to be chiefly wanted . In the fucceeding chapter , the author examines with equal accuracy the fituation and ftructure of the spleen ; and from the experiments related , proceeds , in the next division of the Inquiry , to give an ...
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... appear with the greatest splendor and magnificence in his firft inter- view with the ftrangers , the preparations for this were fo tedious , that the day was far advanced before he began his march . Even then , left the order of the ...
... appear with the greatest splendor and magnificence in his firft inter- view with the ftrangers , the preparations for this were fo tedious , that the day was far advanced before he began his march . Even then , left the order of the ...
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... appears here both as a very fevere and relentlefs critic of Mr. Brotier the late French editor and tranflator of Taci- tus ; and as a very indifferent tranflator himself , who often mistakes the fenfe of his original in his translation ...
... appears here both as a very fevere and relentlefs critic of Mr. Brotier the late French editor and tranflator of Taci- tus ; and as a very indifferent tranflator himself , who often mistakes the fenfe of his original in his translation ...
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Page 37 - As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes. And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 57 - The tenure by which the great body of the people held their property, was very different. In every district a certain quantity of land was measured out in proportion to the number of families. This was cultivated by the joint labour of the whole ; its produce was deposited in a common storehouse, and divided among them according to their respective exigencies.
Page 455 - So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Page 60 - ... the wrath of their gods, and the Mexicans never approached their altars without sprinkling them with blood drawn from their own bodies. But, of all offerings, human sacrifices were deemed the most acceptable. This religious belief mingling with the implacable spirit of vengeance, and adding new force to it, every captive taken in war was brought to the temple, was devoted as a victim to the deity, and sacrificed with rites no less solemn than cruel.
Page 309 - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me ; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
Page 56 - Pizarro, at the head of his chosen band, advanced directly towards the inca; and though his nobles crowded around him with officious zeal, and fell in numbers at his feet, while they vied one with another in sacrificing their own lives, that they might cover the sacred person of their sovereign, the Spaniards soon penetrated to the royal seat; and Pizarro...
Page 210 - At the last of those towns were several of our ship's crew, and my servant. I had sufficient evidence of their being treated with such barbarity, that many hundreds had perished ; and that thirty-six were buried...
Page 154 - February, 1704, and educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he took the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Soon after his return to...
Page 374 - Foote corporally, and have made him feel that your wooden leg which he mimicked had an avenging arm to protect it; but you scorned so inglorious a victory, and called justice and the laws of your country to punish the criminal, and to avenge your cause. You triumphed ; and I heartily join my weak voice to the loud acclamations of the good citizens of Dublin upon this occasion.
Page 60 - They presented to him choice specimens of those works of ingenuity which his light had guided the hand of man in forming. But the Incas never stained his altars with human blood, nor could they conceive that their beneficent father the Sun would be delighted with such horrid victims fj£J.