Essays, Moral and Literary, Volumen 3J. Mawman ... R. Lea ... J. Walker ... and J. Nunn, 1803 |
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... Merits of Cowley as a Poet CLXXII . Cursory and General Hints on the Choice of Books 281 CLXXIII . · Cursory Remarks on the Odyssey , on Pope's Tran- slations , Mr. Spence's Essay , & c . CLXXIV . Thoughts on the Oedipus Tyrannus of ...
... Merits of Cowley as a Poet CLXXII . Cursory and General Hints on the Choice of Books 281 CLXXIII . · Cursory Remarks on the Odyssey , on Pope's Tran- slations , Mr. Spence's Essay , & c . CLXXIV . Thoughts on the Oedipus Tyrannus of ...
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... merit might have justly claimed . With this con- viction , and without any habits or abilities which might lead her to seek amusement in books , she found no diversion so congenial to her heart , as the tormenting a good - natured ...
... merit might have justly claimed . With this con- viction , and without any habits or abilities which might lead her to seek amusement in books , she found no diversion so congenial to her heart , as the tormenting a good - natured ...
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... merit , but few better calculated to save the numerous and important classes of the plebeian or- der from wallowing in vice , theft , intemperance , and wretchedness of every kind , than the tragedy of George Barnwell . Common and ...
... merit , but few better calculated to save the numerous and important classes of the plebeian or- der from wallowing in vice , theft , intemperance , and wretchedness of every kind , than the tragedy of George Barnwell . Common and ...
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... merit , in kind and degree , may be like that of a master of the ceremonies , or that of a skilful groom and whip- per - in , he thinks he has a right to give law to the neighbourhood in political conversation . His ideas are confined ...
... merit , in kind and degree , may be like that of a master of the ceremonies , or that of a skilful groom and whip- per - in , he thinks he has a right to give law to the neighbourhood in political conversation . His ideas are confined ...
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... merit , is extolled as one of the first pro- ductions of modern literature . But meagre is the food furnished to the mind of man by the declama- tion of a party bigot . From a taste for trash , and a disrelish of the wholesome food of ...
... merit , is extolled as one of the first pro- ductions of modern literature . But meagre is the food furnished to the mind of man by the declama- tion of a party bigot . From a taste for trash , and a disrelish of the wholesome food of ...
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Página 206 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Página 177 - I come, as it were, to make up my account with you, let me take to myself some degree of honest pride on the nature of the charges that are against me. I do not here stand before you accused of venality, or of neglect of duty. It is not said that, in the long period of my service, I have, in a single instance, sacrificed the slightest of your interests to my ambition, or to my fortune. It is not alleged that, to...
Página 185 - As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down, shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction.
Página 177 - I do not here stand before you accused of venality, or of neglect of duty. It is not said, that, in the long period of my service, I have, in a single instance, sacrificed the slightest of your interests to my ambition or to my fortune. It is not alleged, that to gratify any anger, or revenge of my own, or of my party, I have had a share in wronging or oppressing any description of men, or any one man in any description.
Página 185 - Adieu, poor luckless maiden ! Imbibe the oil and wine which the compassion of a stranger, as he journeyeth on his way, now pours into thy wounds — the Being who has twice bruised thee can only bind them up for ever.
Página 203 - God, and wandering every man after the counsel of his own heart, and in the sight of his own eyes...
Página 177 - No ! the charges against me are all of one kind : that I have pushed the principles of general justice and benevolence too far, — further than a cautious policy would warrant, and further than the opinions of many would go along with me. In every accident which may happen through life, in pain, in sorrow, in depression, and distress, I will call to mind this accusation, and be comforted.
Página 16 - From a similar principle to which, though the forest laws are now mitigated, and by degrees grown entirely obsolete, yet from this root has sprung a bastard slip, known by the name of the game laws, now arrived to and wantoning in its highest vigour ; both founded upon the same unreasonable notions of permanent property in wild creatures ; and both productive of the same tyranny to the commons : but with this difference, that the forest law?
Página 54 - I think it is not difficult to perceive, that the admirers of English poetry are divided into two parties. The objects of their love are, perhaps, of equal beauty, though they greatly differ in their air, their dress, the turn of their features, and their complexion. On one side are the lovers and imitators of Spenser and Milton ; and on the other, those of Dryden, Boileau, and Pope.
Página 16 - ... of forest laws imported from the continent, whereby the slaughter of a beast was made almost as penal as the death of a man. In the Saxon times, though no man was allowed to kill or chase the king's deer, yet he might start any game, pursue and kill it upon his own estate.