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... letter of thanks and approbation , together with a splendid col- lection of medals , minerals from Siberia , and speci- ; mens of all the modern money of Russia . Among the medals , which for elegance of design and beauty of execution ...
... letter of thanks and approbation , together with a splendid col- lection of medals , minerals from Siberia , and speci- ; mens of all the modern money of Russia . Among the medals , which for elegance of design and beauty of execution ...
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... letters ; so eminently so , indeed , that we must confine our attention to him as a man of lite- rature . The limits prescribed us , indeed , are nar- row ; and of a person never varying his manners , through the love of adventure , or ...
... letters ; so eminently so , indeed , that we must confine our attention to him as a man of lite- rature . The limits prescribed us , indeed , are nar- row ; and of a person never varying his manners , through the love of adventure , or ...
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... letters and a writer , our account must not be closed without observing of his style of writing , -that it expresses a sound judgment , acute remark , and critical precision ; never wordy , flowery , or declama- tory , but clear ...
... letters and a writer , our account must not be closed without observing of his style of writing , -that it expresses a sound judgment , acute remark , and critical precision ; never wordy , flowery , or declama- tory , but clear ...
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... letter to the author , which was followed by long and intimate acquaintance . Mr. Walpole was still more delighted with the Letters of Literature , which he never taw till they were printed , otherwise his ad- vice would doubtless have ...
... letter to the author , which was followed by long and intimate acquaintance . Mr. Walpole was still more delighted with the Letters of Literature , which he never taw till they were printed , otherwise his ad- vice would doubtless have ...
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... letters , under a fictitious signature , in the Gentleman's Magazine ( 1788 ) display the zeal of a patriot , and the learning of an anti- quarian . As soon as he was informed , by Mr. Nicol the book- seller , of my wishes and my choice ...
... letters , under a fictitious signature , in the Gentleman's Magazine ( 1788 ) display the zeal of a patriot , and the learning of an anti- quarian . As soon as he was informed , by Mr. Nicol the book- seller , of my wishes and my choice ...
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Página 446 - His gardens next your admiration call; On every side you look, behold the wall! No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
Página 215 - Europe he would hold a distinguished rank among men of letters, and as such he has already appeared there ; at present he is employed with activity and perseverance in the management of his farms and buildings ; and he orders, directs and pursues in the minutest detail every branch of business relative to them.
Página 338 - I saw our friend twice after this was done, less peevish in his sickness than he used to be in his health ; neither much afraid of dying, nor (which in him had been more likely) much ashamed of marrying. The evening before he expired, he called his young wife to the bedside, and earnestly entreated her not to deny him one request, the last he should make.
Página 121 - Why delight In human sacrifice ? Why burst the ties Of Nature, that should knit their souls together In one soft bond of amity and love...
Página 275 - Where shaggy forms o'er ice-built mountains roam, The Muse has broke the twilight gloom To cheer the shivering native's dull abode. And oft, beneath the odorous shade Of Chili's boundless forests laid, She deigns to hear the savage youth repeat, In loose numbers wildly sweet, Their feather-cinctured chiefs, and dusky loves. Her track, where'er the goddess roves, Glory pursue, and generous Shame, The...
Página 338 - ... receive; for, if you observe, matrimony is placed after extreme unction in our catechism, as a kind of hint of the order of time in which they are to be taken.
Página 220 - These swords are accompanied with an injunction not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self-defence, or in defence of their country and its rights ; and in the latter case, to keep them unsheathed, and prefer falling with them in their hands to the relinquishment thereof.
Página 105 - That for the purpose of providing for the exercise of the Royal authority during the continuance of his Majesty's illness, in such manner, and to such extent, as the present circumstances and the urgent concerns of the nation appear to require, it is expedient that His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, being resident within the realm, shall be empowered to exercise and administer the Royal Authority, according to the laws...
Página 416 - This government, adhering to the maxims which it has followed for more than a century, will also never see with indifference that France shall make herself, either directly or indirectly, sovereign of the Low Countries, or general arbitress of the rights and liberties of Europe.
Página 261 - Every insurrection, lawyers alleged, which in judgment of law is intended against the person of the King, be it to dethrone or imprison him, or to oblige him to alter his measures of government, or to remove 'evil counsellors from about him, these risings all amount to levying war within the statute, whether attended with the pomp and circumstances of open war or •not.