The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]., Bände 1-2Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1807 |
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... kind of supplement to each pa- per . The arts of building and music , so singularly united in the person of Am- phion , will not be neglected . I once had the honour of being a scraper , and when occasion may serve , shall take the ...
... kind of supplement to each pa- per . The arts of building and music , so singularly united in the person of Am- phion , will not be neglected . I once had the honour of being a scraper , and when occasion may serve , shall take the ...
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... kind of divinity on the efforts of genius . IN BRITAIN , at the present era , there are certainly no circumstances of equal brilliancy or magnificence ; none so capable of exalting and purifying art . We have undoubtedly beauty of per ...
... kind of divinity on the efforts of genius . IN BRITAIN , at the present era , there are certainly no circumstances of equal brilliancy or magnificence ; none so capable of exalting and purifying art . We have undoubtedly beauty of per ...
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... kind as the earths of the soil in which they grow . He mentioned an original expe- riment , which seemed to shew that corn would not grow vigorously if wholly deprived of silicious earth , which , in the state of nature , constitutes ...
... kind as the earths of the soil in which they grow . He mentioned an original expe- riment , which seemed to shew that corn would not grow vigorously if wholly deprived of silicious earth , which , in the state of nature , constitutes ...
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... kind , that this country has produced . Knowing the interest which every Englishman must take in the pre - eminence of an English artist , I make no apology for laying before the reader the following K description of it in detail ...
... kind , that this country has produced . Knowing the interest which every Englishman must take in the pre - eminence of an English artist , I make no apology for laying before the reader the following K description of it in detail ...
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... is not only required , but usually found . -From this digression , it may be proper to go back a little . It is more than probable , that the first rewards bestowed on merit of whatever kind , were donations 104 On the Connexion.
... is not only required , but usually found . -From this digression , it may be proper to go back a little . It is more than probable , that the first rewards bestowed on merit of whatever kind , were donations 104 On the Connexion.
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Seite 21 - HALLELUJAH, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Seite 231 - Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once ; • And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy : How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are ? O, think on that ; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Seite 94 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Seite 83 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Seite 92 - How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung! Still break the benches, Henley! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain.
Seite 235 - With half-shut eyes, and pucker'd cheeks, and teeth Presented bare against the storm, plods on. One hand secures his hat, save when with both He brandishes his pliant length of whip, Resounding oft, and never heard in vain.
Seite 209 - The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made, The Muse attends thee to thy silent shade ; 'Tis hers the brave man's latest steps to trace, Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. When Interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all th...
Seite 231 - That skins the vice o' the top. Go to your bosom ; Knock there ; and ask your heart what it doth know That's like my brother's fault ; if it confess A natural guiltiness such as is his, Let it not sound a thought upon your tongue Against my brother's life.
Seite 42 - All contrast, therefore, of one figure to another, or of the limbs of a single figure, or even in the folds of the drapery, must be sparingly employed. In short, whatever partakes of fancy or caprice, or goes under the denomination of Picturesque...
Seite 220 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maidservant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.