The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volumen 5Published for the proprietors, 1836 |
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... thought incredible ; namely , concerning the ancient commerce of these provinces . Pliny and Pomponius Mela relate , that , in the reign of Augustus , a king of the Suevi made a present to Metellus Celer of some Indians who had been ...
... thought incredible ; namely , concerning the ancient commerce of these provinces . Pliny and Pomponius Mela relate , that , in the reign of Augustus , a king of the Suevi made a present to Metellus Celer of some Indians who had been ...
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... thought . The Samojedes , and the Hot- tentots , seem to be the two extremes of our conti- nent ; and if we observe the black nipples of the Samojedian women , and the apron with which nature has furnished the Hottentot females , and ...
... thought . The Samojedes , and the Hot- tentots , seem to be the two extremes of our conti- nent ; and if we observe the black nipples of the Samojedian women , and the apron with which nature has furnished the Hottentot females , and ...
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... thought it not enough that their prince walked bare - headed once a year before the patriarch , leading his horse by the bridle . These external marks of respect only served to increase their thirst for rule ; a passion which proved the ...
... thought it not enough that their prince walked bare - headed once a year before the patriarch , leading his horse by the bridle . These external marks of respect only served to increase their thirst for rule ; a passion which proved the ...
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... thought themselves the only powerful nation under the sun . The two jesuits settled the limits of both em- pires , at the river Kerbechi , near the spot where the treaty was concluded . All the country , to the southward of this line of ...
... thought themselves the only powerful nation under the sun . The two jesuits settled the limits of both em- pires , at the river Kerbechi , near the spot where the treaty was concluded . All the country , to the southward of this line of ...
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... thought to be the only method of strengthening command ; and the Russians quiet- ly submitted to it , notwithstanding their natural bent to sedition ; and after the punishment , did their duty as usual . But the Dane thought in a ...
... thought to be the only method of strengthening command ; and the Russians quiet- ly submitted to it , notwithstanding their natural bent to sedition ; and after the punishment , did their duty as usual . But the Dane thought in a ...
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Página 17 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home : Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
Página 16 - Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes.
Página 16 - But chiefly Love— to Love an Altar built, Of twelve vast French Romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves; And all the trophies of his former loves...
Página 19 - On various tempers act by various ways, Make some take physic, others scribble plays; Who cause the proud their visits to delay, And send the godly in a pet to pray. A nymph there is, that all thy power disdains, And thousands more in equal mirth maintains. But oh! if e'er thy gnome could spoil a grace, Or raise a pimple on a beauteous face, Like citron-waters matrons...
Página 16 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if Belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all. This nymph, to the destruction of mankind, Nourish'd two locks which graceful hung behind In equal curls, and well conspired to deck With...
Página 16 - Beaux banish beaux, and coaches coaches drive. This erring mortals levity may call ; Oh blind to truth ! the sylphs contrive it all.
Página 86 - Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Página 17 - Lock ; Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock. " To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, We trust th...