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... writers , and fometimes for the obfervations too ; but with respect to this subject , on which fo many able men have written , it is hardly poffible to fay to whom we are ultimately obliged for any very valuable remark . Several of the ...
... writers , and fometimes for the obfervations too ; but with respect to this subject , on which fo many able men have written , it is hardly poffible to fay to whom we are ultimately obliged for any very valuable remark . Several of the ...
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... writers argue against any scheme by showing that it was engaged in from bad prin- ciples , that the advocates for it had been bribed , and that their particular previous connexions and fituations obliged them to enter into it as it is a ...
... writers argue against any scheme by showing that it was engaged in from bad prin- ciples , that the advocates for it had been bribed , and that their particular previous connexions and fituations obliged them to enter into it as it is a ...
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... Writers in defence of chriftianity make excel- lent ufe of this topic when , anfwering objections against any thing that appears difficult or myfteri- ous in revealed religion , they show that the fame difficulty occurs on the fubject ...
... Writers in defence of chriftianity make excel- lent ufe of this topic when , anfwering objections against any thing that appears difficult or myfteri- ous in revealed religion , they show that the fame difficulty occurs on the fubject ...
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... effects of ambition will be made much more fenfible , if , after examining the nature and tendency of that paffion in general , the writer fubjoin the ex- ample ample of Alexander , Julius Cæfar , Charles of Swe- 20 LECT . III . LECTURES ...
... effects of ambition will be made much more fenfible , if , after examining the nature and tendency of that paffion in general , the writer fubjoin the ex- ample ample of Alexander , Julius Cæfar , Charles of Swe- 20 LECT . III . LECTURES ...
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... writer make a panegyric , or an invective ; or fimply compofe a history . To give an idea of the use of a few of these to- pics , it may be observed , with regard to sex , that a woman is not so likely to be guilty of robbery as a man ...
... writer make a panegyric , or an invective ; or fimply compofe a history . To give an idea of the use of a few of these to- pics , it may be observed , with regard to sex , that a woman is not so likely to be guilty of robbery as a man ...
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Page 195 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 115 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Page 288 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 103 - He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Page 128 - But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets...
Page 288 - With deaf'ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king ? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 334 - The hoarfe, rough verfe fhould like the torrent roar : When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow ; Not fo, when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and fkirns along the main.
Page 288 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes...
Page 127 - But some man will say, How are the dead raised up ? and with what body do they come ? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die. And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him; and to every seed his own body.
Page 238 - The sun had long since in the lap Of Thetis taken out his nap, And like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn."* The Imagination modifies images, and gives unity to variety; it sees all things in one, il piu nell