The English Review, Or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature, Volume 9J. Murray, 1787 |
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... discover , in a heap of ruins , the head or the limb of an antique Apollo , be not curious about the other parts , but reft affured that they all were conformable to thofe of a God . Let not this comparison be attributed to enthufiafm ...
... discover , in a heap of ruins , the head or the limb of an antique Apollo , be not curious about the other parts , but reft affured that they all were conformable to thofe of a God . Let not this comparison be attributed to enthufiafm ...
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... discover in the rich and powerful Romans the fame plunderers collected by Romulus to live by rapine ; and , in our days , the French , docile and polished , perhaps to excefs , ftill preferve the traces of the feudal fpirit ; whilft the ...
... discover in the rich and powerful Romans the fame plunderers collected by Romulus to live by rapine ; and , in our days , the French , docile and polished , perhaps to excefs , ftill preferve the traces of the feudal fpirit ; whilft the ...
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... discover the natural ten- dency of a nation , not only muft we examine its actual legislation , but the oppofitions which may exift between the government and prejudices , between the laws and habits ; the re - action , in fhort , which ...
... discover the natural ten- dency of a nation , not only muft we examine its actual legislation , but the oppofitions which may exift between the government and prejudices , between the laws and habits ; the re - action , in fhort , which ...
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... discover its etymology , and to fix its proper fignification . At one of these meetings they were defirous of defining the word virtue ; they analyzed every definition of it which both the ancient and modern philofophers have given ...
... discover its etymology , and to fix its proper fignification . At one of these meetings they were defirous of defining the word virtue ; they analyzed every definition of it which both the ancient and modern philofophers have given ...
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... discover to be adorers of fire , and in whose cottage they are received with hofpitality . They proceed to the ancient habitation of Leo , where the latter finds his . beloved Camilla ; they are married , and return with Numa to the ...
... discover to be adorers of fire , and in whose cottage they are received with hofpitality . They proceed to the ancient habitation of Leo , where the latter finds his . beloved Camilla ; they are married , and return with Numa to the ...
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Página 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...
Página 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!
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 229 - Wherefore, if that ye could be content with that good and my poor person, I would be the merriest maiden on ground...
Página 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.
Página 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.