The English Review, Or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature, Band 9J. Murray, 1787 |
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... lived with a certain number of mankind to know how to live well in one's own family . To abridge the queftion , Shall I content myself with expreffing to you my wishes ? Ifhould defire that each ftate of America , as far as it is ...
... lived with a certain number of mankind to know how to live well in one's own family . To abridge the queftion , Shall I content myself with expreffing to you my wishes ? Ifhould defire that each ftate of America , as far as it is ...
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... lived in the ftate of nature , but fell an easy prey to a handful of foldiers who carried with them the va- lour , the difcipline , and the arms of Europe . * Lib . xvii , † Annal . lib . ii . In In the following letters M. Savary ...
... lived in the ftate of nature , but fell an easy prey to a handful of foldiers who carried with them the va- lour , the difcipline , and the arms of Europe . * Lib . xvii , † Annal . lib . ii . In In the following letters M. Savary ...
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... lived eleven hundred years ago , fpeaks of it as a rich and happy kingdom , un- difturbed by those bloody wars which haraffed the rest of the world during the barbarous ages ; as the land to which the nobility and gentry of Britain ...
... lived eleven hundred years ago , fpeaks of it as a rich and happy kingdom , un- difturbed by those bloody wars which haraffed the rest of the world during the barbarous ages ; as the land to which the nobility and gentry of Britain ...
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... lived in all the fplen- dour of an Afiatic prince , fays our author , that Fingal , Offian , and all the heroes of Mr. Macpherson , figured and flourished , ' Let us now turn to Fin , the brighteft ornament of Cormac's court , and the ...
... lived in all the fplen- dour of an Afiatic prince , fays our author , that Fingal , Offian , and all the heroes of Mr. Macpherson , figured and flourished , ' Let us now turn to Fin , the brighteft ornament of Cormac's court , and the ...
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... lived not far from our habitation ; she had a par- ticular averfion to my mother , occafioned by the difference of their art ; for , as my mother delighted in , and practifed , that part of en- chantment wholly Good - fo her fole skill ...
... lived not far from our habitation ; she had a par- ticular averfion to my mother , occafioned by the difference of their art ; for , as my mother delighted in , and practifed , that part of en- chantment wholly Good - fo her fole skill ...
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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.