The Devonshire adventurer, conducted by G.J. FreemanGeorge John Freeman |
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... presents himself to the Public with- out feeling the difficulty of his satuation , and dread- ing the weight of his subject . In this case , should a friend step forward to relieve him of part of the load , that person must be ...
... presents himself to the Public with- out feeling the difficulty of his satuation , and dread- ing the weight of his subject . In this case , should a friend step forward to relieve him of part of the load , that person must be ...
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... and of course materially influence the con- ceptions of an Author . Many things that were excellent in former ages , have lost much of their estimation at the present time , 1 time , through a gradual improvement of taste , and 38.
... and of course materially influence the con- ceptions of an Author . Many things that were excellent in former ages , have lost much of their estimation at the present time , 1 time , through a gradual improvement of taste , and 38.
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... present state of science , appears a wholly inadequate idea . There is a simili- tude between this , and a passage in the first book of Paradise Lost , when the Poet represents Satan in hell , As far removed from God , and the light of ...
... present state of science , appears a wholly inadequate idea . There is a simili- tude between this , and a passage in the first book of Paradise Lost , when the Poet represents Satan in hell , As far removed from God , and the light of ...
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... present year 1814 . Probably an extract from Dr. Robertson's History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V , relative to the laws and manners of this singular and once powerful body of men , may not be unacceptable to my readers . The ...
... present year 1814 . Probably an extract from Dr. Robertson's History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V , relative to the laws and manners of this singular and once powerful body of men , may not be unacceptable to my readers . The ...
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... present day , I will leave to the experience of my readers to deter- mine . I only assume the position , that whenever private quiet and private virtue are destroyed , the public welfare rests on a very uncertain foundation . Few , if ...
... present day , I will leave to the experience of my readers to deter- mine . I only assume the position , that whenever private quiet and private virtue are destroyed , the public welfare rests on a very uncertain foundation . Few , if ...
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Page 201 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth : But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil : but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Page 156 - Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 156 - Commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Page 81 - There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Page 30 - The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven; And , as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shape , and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.
Page 45 - ... from the court of Rome, to trade with the nations which they laboured to convert. In consequence of this, they engaged in an extensive and lucrative commerce, both in the East and West Indies. They opened warehouses in different parts of Europe, in which they vended their commodities. Not satisfied with trade alone, they imitated the example of other commercial societies, and aimed at obtaining settlements. They acquired possession accordingly of a large and fertile province in the southern continent...
Page 83 - Boundless the deep, because I am who fill Infinitude, nor vacuous the space. Though I uncircumscribed myself retire, And put not forth my goodness, which is free To act or not, Necessity and Chance Approach not me, and what I will is Fate.
Page 78 - It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale ; look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops; I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
Page 201 - For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world ; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ...
Page 46 - They have published such tenets concerning the duty of opposing princes who were enemies of the catholic faith, as countenanced the most atrocious crimes, and tended to dissolve all the ties which connect subjects with their rulers. As the order derived both reputation and authority from the zeal with which it stood forth in defence of the Romish church against the attacks of the reformers, its members, proud of this distinction, have considered it as their peculiar function to combat the opinions,...