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Page 11
... measure to be at- tributed to the Muffulmen being so infatuated by the doctrine of fatality ; that they make no fcruple to fell the cloaths of the deceased by public auc- tion ; and thereby feem to fet more value upon an old coat , than ...
... measure to be at- tributed to the Muffulmen being so infatuated by the doctrine of fatality ; that they make no fcruple to fell the cloaths of the deceased by public auc- tion ; and thereby feem to fet more value upon an old coat , than ...
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... measure , their effect , after the constitution has been habituated to them . In what manner the Jew or Armenian physicians , re- fident at Conftantinople , ( for the Turks have none of their own , ) treat this malady , I have never ...
... measure , their effect , after the constitution has been habituated to them . In what manner the Jew or Armenian physicians , re- fident at Conftantinople , ( for the Turks have none of their own , ) treat this malady , I have never ...
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... measure , a new distribution of the muscles , and gives them new names . If the fashion continues for half a century , every muscle will have as many names as it has fibres . What will be the end of this innovation ? Will not the ...
... measure , a new distribution of the muscles , and gives them new names . If the fashion continues for half a century , every muscle will have as many names as it has fibres . What will be the end of this innovation ? Will not the ...
Page 42
... measure the doctrine of the wife men of Egypt ; the Hebrews were evidently a colony from thence ; and there are some expreffions in the Hebrew language that confirm this idea . The Greeks certainly de- rived most of their knowledge from ...
... measure the doctrine of the wife men of Egypt ; the Hebrews were evidently a colony from thence ; and there are some expreffions in the Hebrew language that confirm this idea . The Greeks certainly de- rived most of their knowledge from ...
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... measure , the noble defign of Virgil , in deriving the Roman race from Æneas , the son of Venus by Anchifes . - Read the following lines , and admit my flying translation . Te , Dea , te fugiunt venti , te nubila cæli , Adventumque tuum ...
... measure , the noble defign of Virgil , in deriving the Roman race from Æneas , the son of Venus by Anchifes . - Read the following lines , and admit my flying translation . Te , Dea , te fugiunt venti , te nubila cæli , Adventumque tuum ...
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Æneas Æneid afferted almoſt anatomical animal antient beautiful becauſe beſt bite Book cauſe Cicero circumſtances confequences conftitution death deſcribed deſcription Dido diſcovered diſcovery diſeaſes Egypt Eneid Engliſh Epicurus expreffed expreffion faid fame feems fenfe ferpents fignifies fimilar fince fingular firſt fituation fome meaſure ftrong fubject fuch fuppofe furgeon fword Georgics Grecian Greek heart herb hero Herophilus himſelf Hippocrates hiſtory Homer horſe Iliad Ilythia inftance itſelf laſt Latin leaſt leſs LETTER LETTER likewife Lucan Lucretius medicine Menelaus Milton moft moſt muſcles muſt myſelf nerves obfervation occafion orator paffage Patroclus perufal philofopher phrafe phraſe phyſician pleaſed poem poet poetical poffeffed poffibly poiſon Pope preſent propriety purpoſe reaſon remark reſpect Roman ſay ſcience ſeems ſenſe ſeveral ſhort ſhould ſome ſpeaking ſtate ſuch ſuppoſe ſyſtem tendons themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thro Thucydides tranflation ufual underſtand underſtood uſe verſe viper Virgil whoſe word wound
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Page 80 - Westward, much nearer by south-west, behold Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits...
Page 82 - In brief sententious precepts, while they treat Of fate, and chance, and change in human life, High actions and high passions best describing : Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratic, Shook the' arsenal, and fulmined over Greece To Macedon and Artaxerxes
Page 114 - On his right fboulder his thick mane reclin'd, Ruffles at fpeed, and dances in the wind. His horny hoofs are jetty black and round, His chine is double; ftarting with a bound, He turns the turf, and fhakes the folid ground, Fire from his eyes, clouds from his noftrils flow : He bears his rider headlong on the foe.
Page 80 - Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long; There flowery hill Hymettus, with the sound Of bees...
Page 97 - Amid the troops, and like the leading god, High o'er the rest in arms the graceful Turnus rode: A triple pile of plumes his crest adorn'd, On which with belching flames Chimaera burn'd: The more the kindled combat rises high'r, The more with fury burns the blazing fire.
Page 97 - Last, from the Volscians fair Camilla came, And led her warlike troops, a warrior dame; Unbred to spinning, in the loom unskill'd, She chose the nobler Pallas of the field.
Page 67 - Th' imperial enfign, which full high advanc'd Shone like a meteor ftreaming to the wind, With gems and golden luftre rich imblaz'd, Seraphic...
Page 22 - Thro' both the Tendons broke the rugged Stone, And stripp'd the Skin, and crack'd the solid Bone. Sunk on his Knees and stagg'ring with his Pains, His falling Bulk his bended Arm sustains; 380 Lost in a dizzy Mist the Warrior lies; A sudden Cloud comes swimming o'er his Eyes.
Page 66 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy; will not drive us hence; Here we may reign secure; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, tho' in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n.
Page 97 - Outstripp'd the winds in speed upon the plain, Flew o'er the fields, nor hurt the bearded grain: She swept the seas, and, as she skimm'd along, Her flying feet unbath'd on billows hung.