Literary Amusements: In Verse and ProseJ. Dodsley, 1787 - 76 páginas |
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... first of all talents , a head for Finance : " For Finance - what is that ? " - ' Tis the Logic of State ; Which proves we must purchase the means to be great ; That , to make the machine with facility roll , A Part muft difpofe of the ...
... first of all talents , a head for Finance : " For Finance - what is that ? " - ' Tis the Logic of State ; Which proves we must purchase the means to be great ; That , to make the machine with facility roll , A Part muft difpofe of the ...
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... first of mankind . A Bigot , accustomed himself to revere , Thinks to dupe ev'n his God by the fervor of prayer , And , in fullness of power derived from his zeal , Dooms the reft of mankind without mercy to Hell . * There feem to be ...
... first of mankind . A Bigot , accustomed himself to revere , Thinks to dupe ev'n his God by the fervor of prayer , And , in fullness of power derived from his zeal , Dooms the reft of mankind without mercy to Hell . * There feem to be ...
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... first cause , although nothing be done ? Wit and folly thus fpring from one texture of brain ; How ingenious the proofs , the conclufion , how vain ! Such is Man ; thus divided , he fhuffles along , In the means , or the end , ever ...
... first cause , although nothing be done ? Wit and folly thus fpring from one texture of brain ; How ingenious the proofs , the conclufion , how vain ! Such is Man ; thus divided , he fhuffles along , In the means , or the end , ever ...
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... first principle of the Noble Author , Self - interest . His Doctrine on the Subject of Politenefs would divide Mankind into Knaves and Dupes : they had better continue as they are - Have nothing to do with it , like the English ; or ...
... first principle of the Noble Author , Self - interest . His Doctrine on the Subject of Politenefs would divide Mankind into Knaves and Dupes : they had better continue as they are - Have nothing to do with it , like the English ; or ...
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... first Rule , and that on which all the others depend , is this - You must not con- fider Right and Wrong , Truth and Falfhood , as things really and effentially differing in themselves , but embrace or reject them merely as they favour ...
... first Rule , and that on which all the others depend , is this - You must not con- fider Right and Wrong , Truth and Falfhood , as things really and effentially differing in themselves , but embrace or reject them merely as they favour ...
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abfolute Adieu againſt almoſt anſwer auffi becauſe beſt bien breaft c'eft called cauſe CHER confequence confiderable Connal courfe CRIMORA Dargo daughter Daura deferves defire Dermid diſtinguiſh Engliſh eſtabliſhed étui expreffion faid fair fait fame faut Fear-comhraic fenfe feven fhall fhield fhould filks Fingal firſt flain Florus fnow fome foon foul fpeak friends ftones ftorm ftream fubject fucceeded fuch fure fword good-breeding Goths greateſt happineſs heath hill himſelf Hippomenes homme Houſe King laft Lamderg language laſt learning leaſt LETTER DEAR BOY maid Maittaire Manners moft MORNA moſt muft Muirnin muſt myſelf neceffary obferve Ofcian Ofcur paffion Perfia perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure praiſe prefent profe qu'il raiſe reft rife rock Romans Ronnan Seventeen Provinces ſhall ſhe Shilric Spain ſpeak ſtyle thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tomb tout uſe verfes voice wind yourſelf
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Página 16 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Página 53 - RYNO The wind and the rain are past: calm is the noon of day. The clouds are divided in heaven. Over the green hills flies the inconstant sun. Red through the stony vale comes down the stream of the hill. Sweet are thy murmurs, O stream! but more sweet is the voice I hear. It is the voice of Alpin, the son of song, mourning for the dead!
Página 51 - ALONE, on the sea-beat rock, my daughter was heard to complain. Frequent and loud were her cries. What could her father do? All night I stood on the shore. I saw her by the faint beam of the moon.
Página v - Epifodes of a greater Work which related to the Wars of Fingal, Concerning this Hero innumerable Traditions remain, to this Day, in the Highlands of Scotland. The...
Página 55 - A tree with scarce a leaf, long grass which whistles in the wind, mark to the hunter's eye the grave of the mighty Morar.
Página 21 - Connal ? and who recount thy fathers ? Thy family grew like an oak on the mountain, which meeteth the wind with its lofty head. But now it is torn from the earth.
Página 8 - This is robbery. The second by commerce, which is generally cheating. The third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground, in a kind of continual miracle...
Página vii - It is believed, that, by a careful inquiry, many more remains of ancient genius, no lefs valuable than thofe now given to the world, might .be found in the fame country where thefe have been collected.
Página 47 - Close it not till Colma come. My life flies away like a dream! why should I stay behind?
Página 24 - Oscian, prince of men! what tears run down the cheeks of age? what shades thy mighty soul? Memory, son of Alpin, memory wounds the aged. Of former times are my thoughts; my thoughts are of the noble Fingal.