Letters Concerning the English NationL. Davis and C. Reymers; R. Baldwin, and S. Crowder and Company, 1760 - 255 páginas |
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... tion , the folidity of the reflections , the delicate turn of the criticism ; in fine , the noble fire , which enlivens all the I compofitions of Mr. de Voltaire , de- light the reader perpetually . Even the most serious letters , fuch ...
... tion , the folidity of the reflections , the delicate turn of the criticism ; in fine , the noble fire , which enlivens all the I compofitions of Mr. de Voltaire , de- light the reader perpetually . Even the most serious letters , fuch ...
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... tion'd , the heart which ought to be the habitation of God . We never swear , not even in a court of juftice , being of opinion that the most holy name of God ought not to be prostituted in the miferable contests B 4 be- betwixt man and ...
... tion'd , the heart which ought to be the habitation of God . We never swear , not even in a court of juftice , being of opinion that the most holy name of God ought not to be prostituted in the miferable contests B 4 be- betwixt man and ...
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... tion , and added these remarkable words : When thou move ftone of thy limbs , is it mov'd by thy own power ? Certainly not , for this limb is often fenfible to involuntary motions ; confequently he , who created thy body , gives motion ...
... tion , and added these remarkable words : When thou move ftone of thy limbs , is it mov'd by thy own power ? Certainly not , for this limb is often fenfible to involuntary motions ; confequently he , who created thy body , gives motion ...
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... tion came upon them , whence they were call'd Quakers . The vulgar attempted to mimick them , they trembled , they fpake thro ' the nofe ; they quak'd , and fancied themselves infpir'd by the Holy Ghost . The only thing now wanting was ...
... tion came upon them , whence they were call'd Quakers . The vulgar attempted to mimick them , they trembled , they fpake thro ' the nofe ; they quak'd , and fancied themselves infpir'd by the Holy Ghost . The only thing now wanting was ...
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... tion they met with from Elizabeth the princess Palatine , aunt to George the first of Great Britain , a lady confpicuous for her genius and knowledge , and to whom Des Cartes had dedicated his Philofophical Ro- mance . SHE was then ...
... tion they met with from Elizabeth the princess Palatine , aunt to George the first of Great Britain , a lady confpicuous for her genius and knowledge , and to whom Des Cartes had dedicated his Philofophical Ro- mance . SHE was then ...
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Página 171 - And screen'd in shades from day's detested glare, She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her, side, and Megrim at her head.
Página 139 - Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Página 149 - He spoke of his works as of trifles that were beneath him ; and hinted to me, in our first conversation, that I should visit him upon no other foot than that of a gentleman, who led a life of plainness and simplicity.
Página 170 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
Página 18 - ... is both to God and man : If after all these warnings and advertisements, thou dost not turn unto the Lord with all thy heart, but forget him, who remembered thee in thy distress, and give up thyself to follow lust and vanity; surely great will be thy condemnation.
Página 136 - No Traveller returns) puzzles the Will ; And makes us rather bear thofe Ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of. Thus...
Página 148 - He was infirm and come to the verge of life when I knew him. Mr. Congreve had one defect, which was his entertaining too mean an idea of his first profession (that of a writer), though it was to this he owed his fame and fortune.
Página 18 - Against which snare as well as the temptation of those that may or do feed thee, and prompt thee to evil, the most excellent and prevalent remedy will be, to apply thyself to that Light of Christ, which shineth in thy...
Página 135 - To be, or not to be : that is the queftion— — — Whether 'tis nobler in the mind, to fuffer The flings and arrows of outragious fortune j Or to take arms againft a fea of troubles, * And by oppofing end them.
Página 171 - She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her side, and Megrim at her head. Two handmaids wait the throne: alike in place, But differing far in figure and in face.