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... Author of these Poems is known to the literary world by a pretty defcriptive piece , called Holkham , the cele- brated feat of Lord Leicester ; by Kymber , an encomium on the Wodehouse family , in the ftyle and taste of Milton's Lyci ...
... Author of these Poems is known to the literary world by a pretty defcriptive piece , called Holkham , the cele- brated feat of Lord Leicester ; by Kymber , an encomium on the Wodehouse family , in the ftyle and taste of Milton's Lyci ...
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... Author informs us , that if a Scotchman , in the laft age , had ventured to fufpect that the al- liance between the emperor Charlemagne and Achaius King of Scotland was a filly fable , he would have been deemed an enemy of his country ...
... Author informs us , that if a Scotchman , in the laft age , had ventured to fufpect that the al- liance between the emperor Charlemagne and Achaius King of Scotland was a filly fable , he would have been deemed an enemy of his country ...
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... Author , in his dedication , has carried his encomium upon the excellencies of the Hebrew tongue to the very highest point to which the fubje & t could be raised . The preface contains a number of judicious ftrictures on the language ...
... Author , in his dedication , has carried his encomium upon the excellencies of the Hebrew tongue to the very highest point to which the fubje & t could be raised . The preface contains a number of judicious ftrictures on the language ...
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... Author is a zealous ad- vocate for fubfcriptions to articles of faith , for the doctrine of the trinity , for our present ecclefiaftical establishment , & c . Of his can- dour our readers may form föme tolerable judgment from the follow ...
... Author is a zealous ad- vocate for fubfcriptions to articles of faith , for the doctrine of the trinity , for our present ecclefiaftical establishment , & c . Of his can- dour our readers may form föme tolerable judgment from the follow ...
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... authors ; or he may perhaps escape it , by falling into the hands of an honeft bookfeller , who will not think it quite an equitable diftribution to give his author all the fame , and pocket all the profits himfelf - Era Sofiis - longum ...
... authors ; or he may perhaps escape it , by falling into the hands of an honeft bookfeller , who will not think it quite an equitable diftribution to give his author all the fame , and pocket all the profits himfelf - Era Sofiis - longum ...
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Page 536 - Chose admirable ! la religion chrétienne, qui ne semble avoir d'objet que la félicité de l'autre vie, fait encore notre bonheur dans celle-ci.
Page 271 - And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Page 392 - It is not our duty to leave wealth to our children, but it is our duty to leave liberty to them. No infamy, iniquity, or cruelty can exceed our own, if we, born and educated in a country of freedom, entitled to its blessings and knowing their value...
Page 446 - With the woman one loves, with the friend of one's heart, and a good ftudy of books, one might pals an age there, and think it a day.
Page 190 - Superior to the power Of all the warring winds of heaven they rise, And from the stormy promontory tower, And toss their giant arms amid the skies, While each assailing blast increase of strength supplies.
Page 81 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ; Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown...
Page 192 - Or scorch'd on rocks, he pines from day to day; But science gives the word; and lo! he braves The surge and tempest, lighted by her ray, And to a happier land wafts merrily away.
Page 30 - Paris ; amounting in all to sixteen or seventeen thousand pounds a year ? Was it his birth ? No, a Dutch gentleman only. Was it his estate ? No, he had none. Was it his learning, his parts, his political abilities and application ? You can answer these questions as easily...
Page 457 - I he island, for at high water it is divided into two, makes a kind of a cone, the pillars converging together towards the centre ; on the other, they are in general laid down flat, and in the front next to the main...
Page 100 - It is no more than justice, quoth the Farmer, to be sure : But, what did I say ? — I mistake. It is your bull that has killed one of my oxen. Indeed ! says the Lawyer ; that alters the case : I must inquire into the affair ; and if — And IF ! said the Farmer — the business, I find, would have been concluded without an IF, had you been as ready to do justice to others as to exact it from them.