The European Magazine, and London Review, Volumen 5Philological Society of London, 1784 |
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... fatire on the inconftancy of modern hufbands , exemplified in the capricious changeableness of Harlequin Junior ; and at the fame time give due credit to the unabating tenderness of female fidelity , in the character of a married ...
... fatire on the inconftancy of modern hufbands , exemplified in the capricious changeableness of Harlequin Junior ; and at the fame time give due credit to the unabating tenderness of female fidelity , in the character of a married ...
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... fatire , and was the foul of every party with which he blended . He was affociated by a Highlander , who came up , he faid , in thefe troublefome times , to fight his way to prefer- ment in the house of Commons . He had his fhare in the ...
... fatire , and was the foul of every party with which he blended . He was affociated by a Highlander , who came up , he faid , in thefe troublefome times , to fight his way to prefer- ment in the house of Commons . He had his fhare in the ...
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... fa- tire . Peter Pop , a pawnbroker , was decorated with a variety of labels , poignant in their ap- plication . The idea of this character we think was new , and the execution was admi- rable . A fox - hunter gave us the following very ...
... fa- tire . Peter Pop , a pawnbroker , was decorated with a variety of labels , poignant in their ap- plication . The idea of this character we think was new , and the execution was admi- rable . A fox - hunter gave us the following very ...
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... fatire . * Pointing to the mace . The Rev. Henry Maty , fon of the late Dr. 66 now , before thefe charges are done away , " were premature . It will not gratify me . It " will offend . Thefe , Sir , I know to be your " fentiments : I ...
... fatire . * Pointing to the mace . The Rev. Henry Maty , fon of the late Dr. 66 now , before thefe charges are done away , " were premature . It will not gratify me . It " will offend . Thefe , Sir , I know to be your " fentiments : I ...
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fatires on the Coalition which we remember to have seen and the fatire is fo obvious , that the most illiterate perfon may fully comprehend it . It is produced by the con- tractory declarations , and the contrary . ac- tions which ...
fatires on the Coalition which we remember to have seen and the fatire is fo obvious , that the most illiterate perfon may fully comprehend it . It is produced by the con- tractory declarations , and the contrary . ac- tions which ...
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Página 245 - Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux. Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes. The...
Página 245 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled and the white.
Página 129 - That lost in long futurity expire. Fond impious man, think'st thou yon sanguine cloud Raised by thy breath, has quench'd the orb of day? To-morrow he repairs the golden flood And warms the nations with redoubled ray. Enough for me : with joy I see The different doom our fates assign : Be thine Despair and sceptred Care, To triumph and to die are mine.
Página 329 - Gray should have entertained suspicions with regard to the authenticity of these fragments of our Highland poetry. The first time I was shown the copies of some of them in manuscript, by our friend John Home, I was inclined to be a little incredulous on that head; but Mr. Home removed my scruples, by informing me of the manner in which he procured them from Mr. Macpherson, the translator. These two gentlemen were drinking the waters together at Moffat last autumn, when their conversation fell upon...
Página 427 - Performed Under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery.
Página 330 - Lochaber, who, he says, can recite a great number of them, but never committed them to writing; as indeed the orthography of the Highland language is not fixed, and the natives have always employed more the sword than the pen. This surgeon has by heart the epic poem mentioned by Mr Macpherson in his preface; and as he is somewhat old, and is the only person living that has it entire, we are in the more haste to recover a monument, which will certainly be regarded as a curiosity in the Republic of...
Página 169 - ... plaintiff; but, far from coveting your acquaintance, I never dreamed of exchanging a word with you on that or any other subject : you might therefore have spared your invidious declaration, until I had put it in your power to mortify me with a repulse, which, upon my honour, would never .have been the case, were you a much greater man than you really are. Yet this was not the only expedient you used to prepossess the jury against me. You...
Página 23 - The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Página 329 - ... asked whether he had ever translated any of them ? Mr. Macpherson replied, that he never had attempted any such thing; and doubted whether it was possible to transfuse such beauties into our language; but for Mr. Home's satisfaction, and in order to give him a general notion of the strain of that wild poetry, he would endeavour to turn one of them into English. He accordingly brought him one next day ; which our friend was so much pleased with, that he never ceased soliciting Mr. Macpherson till...
Página 172 - ... fallen together upon my grave. The men were used to say, that no woman had so many graces as Eliza: the women said so too. They all praised her candour; they all extolled her sensibility; they were all ambitious of the honour of her acquaintance. The stings of envy were never pointed against unconscious merit.