Daniel De Foe and Charles ChurchillLongman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1855 - 267 Seiten |
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... matter if Lucy Walters was his mother ? He knew him to be a sincere Protestant , and a lover of civil freedom ; and he remembered the more kindly his disgrace in the reign just passed , for having vainly striven to moderate Episcopal ...
... matter if Lucy Walters was his mother ? He knew him to be a sincere Protestant , and a lover of civil freedom ; and he remembered the more kindly his disgrace in the reign just passed , for having vainly striven to moderate Episcopal ...
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... matter of pride did he state this , but to intimate that he had not failed in duty . The dis- charge of law could not discharge the conscience . " The obligation of an honest mind can never die . " He did not return to Freeman's Court ...
... matter of pride did he state this , but to intimate that he had not failed in duty . The dis- charge of law could not discharge the conscience . " The obligation of an honest mind can never die . " He did not return to Freeman's Court ...
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... matter - of - fact and reality , is not always in these things a divine god . But there was a manliness and courage well worthy of him , in the gene- ral tone he took , and the game at which he flew . He re- presented in his Essay , the ...
... matter - of - fact and reality , is not always in these things a divine god . But there was a manliness and courage well worthy of him , in the gene- ral tone he took , and the game at which he flew . He re- presented in his Essay , the ...
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... matter how deeply affecting their common interests , could the Dissenters afterwards bring themselves to act cordially with De Foe . Pious Presbyterian ministers took his moral treatises into their pulpits with them , cribbed from them ...
... matter how deeply affecting their common interests , could the Dissenters afterwards bring themselves to act cordially with De Foe . Pious Presbyterian ministers took his moral treatises into their pulpits with them , cribbed from them ...
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... matter of history , that toast of " William's horse " which had lightened their festivities since his accident : - " ' twould lessen much our woe , had Sorrel stumbled thirteen years ago . " And he closed with eloquent mention of the ...
... matter of history , that toast of " William's horse " which had lightened their festivities since his accident : - " ' twould lessen much our woe , had Sorrel stumbled thirteen years ago . " And he closed with eloquent mention of the ...
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admiration appeared assailed better Bishop Bonnell Thornton Bute called character CHARLES CHURCHILL Church Churchill's Colman court Daniel De Foe death Dissenters doubt Duke earnest effect England English Essay fear Foe's Garrick genius gentleman Godolphin grave Halifax hand Harley heart High Church Hogarth honest honour Horace Walpole House of Commons Joseph Addison justice King knew labours later less libel liberty lived Lloyd London Lord Lord Bute Lord Halifax Lord Haversham Lord Sandwich manly masterly matter Medmenham Abbey minister Ministry moral nature never North Briton party pillory poem poet poetry political popular praise pride principles printer published reason reign remarkable Review Robert Harley Robinson Crusoe Rosciad satire satirist says scene Scotch spirit tell things thought tion told took Tory truth verse Walpole Warburton Westminster Whigs Whilst Wilkes William writings wrote
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Seite 71 - he is a middle.sized, spare man, about forty years old, of a brown complexion, and dark-brown coloured hair, but wears a wig ; a hooked nose, a sharp chin, grey eyes, and a large mole near his mouth...
Seite 101 - ... a careless writer for the most part, but where shall we find in any of those authors, who finish their works with the exactness of a Flemish pencil, those bold and daring strokes of fancy, those numbers so hazardously ventured upon, and so happily finished, the matter so compressed, and yet so clear, and the colouring so sparingly laid on, and yet with such a beautiful effect...
Seite 27 - WITH that low cunning, which in fools supplies, And amply too, the place of being wise, Which Nature, kind, indulgent parent ! gave To qualify the blockhead for a knave...
Seite 31 - That sense may kindly end with every line ? Some dozen lines, before the ghost is there, Behold him for the solemn scene prepare. See how he frames his eyes, poises each limb, Puts the whole body into proper trim, — From whence we learn, with no great stretch of art, Five lines hence comes a ghost, and lo ! a start.
Seite 54 - Broad is the road, nor difficult to find, Which to the house of Satire leads mankind; Narrow and unfrequented are the ways, Scarce found out in an age, which lead to praise.
Seite 109 - Vast were his bones, his muscles twisted strong, His face was short, but broader than 'twas long, His features, though by nature they were large, Contentment had...
Seite 54 - Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there: And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation.
Seite 101 - A TRUE RELATION OF THE APPARITION OF ONE MRS VEAL THE NEXT DAY AFTER HER DEATH TO ONE MRS BARGRAVE AT CANTERBURY, THE 8TH OF SEPTEMBER 1705...
Seite 106 - To match for speed one feather 'gainst another, To make one leg run races with his brother; 'Gainst all the rest to take the northern wind, Bute to ride first, and he to ride behind; To coin newfangled wagers, and to lay 'em, Laying to lose, and losing not to pay 'em; Lothario, on that stock which Nature gives, Without a rival stands, though March yet lives.
Seite 32 - His eyes, in gloomy socket taught to roll, Proclaim'd the sullen ' habit of his soul :' Heavy and phlegmatic he trod the stage, Too proud for tenderness, too dull for rage.