The Critical Review, Or, Annals of LiteratureTobias Smollett W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1802 - English literature |
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... particularly in the present times , when paper is so expensive a commodity ; and a translator should endeavour to compress his ideas into as small a compass as possible , instead of swelling them out , as in the instance before us , to ...
... particularly in the present times , when paper is so expensive a commodity ; and a translator should endeavour to compress his ideas into as small a compass as possible , instead of swelling them out , as in the instance before us , to ...
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... particularly since the commencement of the war with France , to the operation of that influence merely . Eloquence , that fatal talent when misapplied , will of itself produce mighty effects : and it must be remarked , that the ...
... particularly since the commencement of the war with France , to the operation of that influence merely . Eloquence , that fatal talent when misapplied , will of itself produce mighty effects : and it must be remarked , that the ...
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... particularly mention with approbation his very simple and accurate instrument , the optometer , founded on the same principle , and for the same purposes , with that described by Dr. Porterfield in the fourth volume of the Medical ...
... particularly mention with approbation his very simple and accurate instrument , the optometer , founded on the same principle , and for the same purposes , with that described by Dr. Porterfield in the fourth volume of the Medical ...
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... Our author next considers more particularly the faculty of the eye of accommodating itself to the different distances of D 2 Philosophical Transactions for the Year 1801 . 35 what to lessen the density. When dry, the ...
... Our author next considers more particularly the faculty of the eye of accommodating itself to the different distances of D 2 Philosophical Transactions for the Year 1801 . 35 what to lessen the density. When dry, the ...
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... particularly towards it ; when I readily discovered four processes , arising by distinct tendons from the internal and posterior portion of the sclerotica , and at equal distances from the optic nerve . These processes passed forwards ...
... particularly towards it ; when I readily discovered four processes , arising by distinct tendons from the internal and posterior portion of the sclerotica , and at equal distances from the optic nerve . These processes passed forwards ...
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Page 390 - BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court /My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air...
Page 268 - As they were wholly employed on something unexpected and surprising, they had no regard to that uniformity of sentiment which enables us to conceive and to excite the pains and the pleasure of other minds...
Page 30 - 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.
Page 20 - Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Page 446 - A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel : for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
Page 13 - By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Page 258 - ... gradually rising, perhaps, from small beginnings, till its foundation rests in the centre, and its turrets sparkle in the skies ; to trace back the structure through all its varieties, to the simplicity of its first plan ; to find what was first projected, whence the scheme was taken, how it was improved, by what assistance it was executed, and from what stores the materials were collected ; whether its founder dug them from the quarries of Nature, or demolished other buildings to embellish his...
Page 20 - And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
Page 56 - ... the Book of Common Prayer, and administration of the Sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England, together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches, and the form or manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops priests, and deacons.
Page 57 - Faith is this : that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one ; the glory equal, the majesty coeternal.