Analectic Magazine: Comprising Original Reviews, Biography, Analytical Abstracts of New Publications, Translations from French Journals, and Selections from the Most Esteemed British Review, Volume 12James Maxwell, 1818 |
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... ancient literature and history , though constituents of their education , are rarely so taught and studied with them , as to create a spirit of philosophical inves- tigation , or perpetuate a liberal curiosity . We have many reasons for ...
... ancient literature and history , though constituents of their education , are rarely so taught and studied with them , as to create a spirit of philosophical inves- tigation , or perpetuate a liberal curiosity . We have many reasons for ...
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... ancient literature and history , though constituents of their education , are rarely so taught and studied with them , as to create a spirit of philosophical inves- tigation , or perpetuate a liberal curiosity . We have many reasons for ...
... ancient literature and history , though constituents of their education , are rarely so taught and studied with them , as to create a spirit of philosophical inves- tigation , or perpetuate a liberal curiosity . We have many reasons for ...
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... ancients , produces one of her own , not unworthy of them , or of being compared with the best of the modern . In her present reprobate state of morals and politics , hers is still the empire of the arts ; she cultivates the exact ...
... ancients , produces one of her own , not unworthy of them , or of being compared with the best of the modern . In her present reprobate state of morals and politics , hers is still the empire of the arts ; she cultivates the exact ...
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... ancient grandeur , she is exempt from the miseries which follow in the train of arbitrary power . If no ancient fortresses , no ruined convents , crown the tops of its hills , or frown upon the sum- mits of its mountains , it is because ...
... ancient grandeur , she is exempt from the miseries which follow in the train of arbitrary power . If no ancient fortresses , no ruined convents , crown the tops of its hills , or frown upon the sum- mits of its mountains , it is because ...
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... ancient renown . How proudly she bore the trident , and challenged the fears and the admiration of Europe before the sixteenth century ! With what a grand array of resources and resolution she withstood the famous league of that ...
... ancient renown . How proudly she bore the trident , and challenged the fears and the admiration of Europe before the sixteenth century ! With what a grand array of resources and resolution she withstood the famous league of that ...
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Page 81 - Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i
Page 166 - The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre, Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office, and custom, in all line of order...
Page 349 - Cataraguy to be surveyed and marked according to the said provisions ; the said commissioners shall make a map of the said boundary, and annex to it a declaration under their hands and seals, certifying it to be the true map of the said boundary, and particularizing the latitude and longitude of the north-west angle of Nova Scotia, of the north-westernmost head of Connecticut river, and of such other points of the said boundary as they may deem proper.
Page 186 - He look'd, and saw a sable Sorc'rer rise, Swift to whose hand a winged volume flies: All sudden, Gorgons hiss, and Dragons glare, And ten-horn'd fiends and Giants rush to war. Hell rises, Heav'n descends, and dance on Earth, Gods, imps, and monsters, music, rage, and mirth, A fire, a jig, a battle, and a ball, Till one wide Conflagration swallows all.
Page 349 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 165 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Page 107 - England! with all thy faults I love thee still.' I said at Calais, and have not forgot it; I like to speak and lucubrate my fill; I like the government (but that is not it); I like the freedom of the press and quill; I like the Habeas Corpus (when we've got it); I like a parliamentary debate, Particularly when 'tis not too late...
Page 402 - Should peace arrive after another campaign or two, and afford us a little leisure, I should be happy to see your Excellency in Europe, and to accompany you, if my age and strength would permit, in visiting some of its ancient and most famous kingdoms. You would, on this side of the sea, enjoy the great reputation you have...