The English Review, Or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature, Band 9J. Murray, 1787 |
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... animal and vegetable nature . " . These discoveries are altogether new . Upon the whole , though the good intentions of Dr. Beat- tie are not to be difputed , and though his work may , in many respects , prove ufeful to the caufe he ...
... animal and vegetable nature . " . These discoveries are altogether new . Upon the whole , though the good intentions of Dr. Beat- tie are not to be difputed , and though his work may , in many respects , prove ufeful to the caufe he ...
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... animal fpirits , and refreshes the imagination . Venus has had votaries who never felt her power till their locks were grey ; and much mortal and ever - dying verfe has been compofed on the bor → ders of threefcore . In external nature ...
... animal fpirits , and refreshes the imagination . Venus has had votaries who never felt her power till their locks were grey ; and much mortal and ever - dying verfe has been compofed on the bor → ders of threefcore . In external nature ...
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... animal . Hence Theo- critus , in the ode , reprefents him not only as dying , but as returning to life * . The Idyllia of Bion and Mofchus are more cafily tranf- lated than thofe of Theocritus . The following tranflation of a much ...
... animal . Hence Theo- critus , in the ode , reprefents him not only as dying , but as returning to life * . The Idyllia of Bion and Mofchus are more cafily tranf- lated than thofe of Theocritus . The following tranflation of a much ...
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... animals , thofe of the four - footed kind feem not to abound here , either in number or variety ; for , during the ... animal whofe foot refembled that of a polecat or weafel . The woods here abound every where with birds of exquifite ...
... animals , thofe of the four - footed kind feem not to abound here , either in number or variety ; for , during the ... animal whofe foot refembled that of a polecat or weafel . The woods here abound every where with birds of exquifite ...
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... animal , and confiders only what " will fatten him . " This objection has been long fince removed . Heroic nature exifts no more . The enthusiasm for martial conquefts and military glory , which , when it pervades a nation , may lift ...
... animal , and confiders only what " will fatten him . " This objection has been long fince removed . Heroic nature exifts no more . The enthusiasm for martial conquefts and military glory , which , when it pervades a nation , may lift ...
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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.