The English Review, Or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature, Band 9J. Murray, 1787 |
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... she has no poor ; that every man in it enjoys a certain eafe and independence ; and that , if some have been able to obtain a smaller portion of them than others , they are fo furrounded by resources . that the future is more looked to ...
... she has no poor ; that every man in it enjoys a certain eafe and independence ; and that , if some have been able to obtain a smaller portion of them than others , they are fo furrounded by resources . that the future is more looked to ...
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... she have difbelieved the melancholy intelligence of the lofs of the Halfewell . But in vain did nature ftruggle . . . . in vain did her tender feelings ftrive .... in vain her attachment to her now loft . partner .... in vain her ...
... she have difbelieved the melancholy intelligence of the lofs of the Halfewell . But in vain did nature ftruggle . . . . in vain did her tender feelings ftrive .... in vain her attachment to her now loft . partner .... in vain her ...
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... er content the mind : She feeks the fanction of her kind . " But when Heav'n's awful verdict once is past , What can avail to her Fame's fondeft , loudest blait ? Or grant its notes could pierce the ear of Death 28 Fordyce's Poems .
... er content the mind : She feeks the fanction of her kind . " But when Heav'n's awful verdict once is past , What can avail to her Fame's fondeft , loudest blait ? Or grant its notes could pierce the ear of Death 28 Fordyce's Poems .
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... she makes her court abound With your aftrologers profound , Who , ev'n in error , boast their skill , Dupe - gulling knaves , yet trufted ftill . You there can never fail to fee Profeft adepts in Alchymy , Makers of gold , and yet whose ...
... she makes her court abound With your aftrologers profound , Who , ev'n in error , boast their skill , Dupe - gulling knaves , yet trufted ftill . You there can never fail to fee Profeft adepts in Alchymy , Makers of gold , and yet whose ...
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... She was greatly emaciated , had a violent cough , and fpit up matter : which at that time gave us reafon to ap- prehend the lungs were affected , and deterred us from any thoughts of ampu- amputation . Nevertheless , the pain which this ...
... She was greatly emaciated , had a violent cough , and fpit up matter : which at that time gave us reafon to ap- prehend the lungs were affected , and deterred us from any thoughts of ampu- amputation . Nevertheless , the pain which this ...
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Seite 272 - I retired, and stayed in the outer room to take him home. Upon his coming out, I asked him the result of his conversation: — 'His lordship...
Seite 99 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er! Such fate to suffering worth is giv'n, Who long with wants and woes has striv'n, By human pride or cunning driv'n To mis'ry's brink, Till wrench'd of ev'ry stay but Heav'n, He, ruin'd, sink!
Seite 96 - With future hope I oft would gaze Fond, on thy little early ways, Thy rudely caroll'd chiming phrase, In uncouth rhymes; Fir'd at the simple, artless lays Of other times. 'I saw thee seek the sounding shore, Delighted with the dashing roar; Or when the North his fleecy store Drove thro' the sky, I saw grim Nature's visage hoar Struck thy young eye.
Seite 9 - Brave without temerity, laborious without ambition, generous without prodigality, noble without pride, virtuous without severity ; he seems always to have confined himself within those limits, where the virtues, by clothing themselves in more lively, but more changeable and doubtful colours, may be mistaken for faults.
Seite 229 - Wherefore, if that ye could be content with that good and my poor person, I would be the merriest maiden on ground...
Seite 130 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Seite 9 - His stature is noble and lofty ; he is well made, and exactly proportioned, his physiognomy mild and agreeable, but such as to render it impossible to speak particularly of any of his features, so that in quitting him, you have only the recollection of a fine face. He has neither a grave nor a familiar air; his brow is sometimes marked with thought, but never with inquietude ; in inspiring respect, he inspires confidence, and his smile is always the smile of benevolence.