The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 38Philological Society of London, 1800 |
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... subjects , he was by no means an unbeliever , and in his dealings moft certainly a moral man : his imprudence , however , in talking freely , and often at improper times and places , made this report fcarcely fcandal ; his wit and ...
... subjects , he was by no means an unbeliever , and in his dealings moft certainly a moral man : his imprudence , however , in talking freely , and often at improper times and places , made this report fcarcely fcandal ; his wit and ...
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... subject , will not be uninteresting to the reader . " To the mafs of evidence laid al- ready before the public by perfons of the first refpectability in the nation , I know of little that can be added . Thefe tales we have been ...
... subject , will not be uninteresting to the reader . " To the mafs of evidence laid al- ready before the public by perfons of the first refpectability in the nation , I know of little that can be added . Thefe tales we have been ...
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... subject , it may not be unworthy of public notice , that fimilar inquiries engage the atten . tion at this time of learned men in other countries ; for the Royal Society of Copenhagen have juft proposed for a prize question- " Who were ...
... subject , it may not be unworthy of public notice , that fimilar inquiries engage the atten . tion at this time of learned men in other countries ; for the Royal Society of Copenhagen have juft proposed for a prize question- " Who were ...
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... subject , fo effential to the illuf- tration of the hiftory of our own time , it may not be improper briefly to men- tion fome of the acts of defpotiím of the lately diffolved Government of Berne , which can be attested on oath by ...
... subject , fo effential to the illuf- tration of the hiftory of our own time , it may not be improper briefly to men- tion fome of the acts of defpotiím of the lately diffolved Government of Berne , which can be attested on oath by ...
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... subject of this performance the prefent author must be admitted as a good authority ; having , as he states , been involved in the dangerous delu fion he now explodes . He appears to have had fufficient opportunities of obferving the ...
... subject of this performance the prefent author must be admitted as a good authority ; having , as he states , been involved in the dangerous delu fion he now explodes . He appears to have had fufficient opportunities of obferving the ...
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Página 252 - There, if Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace and joy and love She communes with her God ! There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise.
Página 54 - Still in thought as free as ever, What are England's rights, I ask, Me from my delights to sever, Me to torture, me to task...
Página 110 - ... of themselves. To know myself had been all along my constant study. I weighed myself alone ; I balanced myself with others ; I watched every means of information...
Página 107 - Latin ; but my girl sung a song which was said to be composed by a small country laird's son, on one of his father's maids, with whom he was in love ; and I saw no reason why I might not rhyme...
Página 96 - He is one of nine brothers, who, with their father, have been remarkable for the voraciousness of their appetites. They were all placed early in the army — and the peculiar craving for food with this young man, began at thirteen years of age. He was allowed two rations in the army, and by his earnings or the indulgence of his comrades, procured an additional supply.
Página 109 - I had met with a collection of letters by the wits of Queen Anne's reign, and I pored over them most devoutly. I kept copies of any of my own letters that pleased me, and a comparison between them and the composition of most of my correspondents, flattered my vanity. I carried this whim so far, that though I had not three farthings...
Página 107 - My father was advanced in life when he married; I was the eldest of seven children; and he, worn out by early hardships, was unfit for labour. My father's spirit was soon irritated, but not easily broken. There was a freedom in his lease in two years more; and, to weather these two years, we retrenched our expenses.
Página 108 - The great misfortune of my life was to want an aim. I had felt early some stirrings of ambition, but they were the blind gropings of Homer's Cyclops round the walls of his cave.
Página 55 - All ruin'd and wild is their roofless abode, And lonely the dark raven's sheltering tree ; And travell'd by few is the grass-cover' d road, Where the hunter of deer and the warrior trod, To his hills that encircle the sea.