Letters Concerning the English NationL. Davis and C. Reymers; R. Baldwin, and S. Crowder and Company, 1760 - 255 páginas |
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... whose billows still heav'd , tho ' fo long after the ftorm , when the Whigs and Tories laid waste their native country , in the fame manner as the Guelphs and Gibelines former- ly did theirs . ' Twas abfolutely neceffary for both ...
... whose billows still heav'd , tho ' fo long after the ftorm , when the Whigs and Tories laid waste their native country , in the fame manner as the Guelphs and Gibelines former- ly did theirs . ' Twas abfolutely neceffary for both ...
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... whose temper he knew . If I might prefume to give my opinion on fo delicate a fubject after Mr. Locke , I would fay , that men have long difputed on the nature and the immor- tality of the Soul . With regard to its immor- tality , it is ...
... whose temper he knew . If I might prefume to give my opinion on fo delicate a fubject after Mr. Locke , I would fay , that men have long difputed on the nature and the immor- tality of the Soul . With regard to its immor- tality , it is ...
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... whose business is to fet off , with the v moft grace of fpeech and action , thofe pie- : ces which the nation is proud of . UNDER the reign of Charles the first , and in the beginning of the civil wars raifed by a number of rigid ...
... whose business is to fet off , with the v moft grace of fpeech and action , thofe pie- : ces which the nation is proud of . UNDER the reign of Charles the first , and in the beginning of the civil wars raifed by a number of rigid ...
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... whose works will laft as long as the English tongue , fuch as Dean Swift , Mr. Prior , whom we faw here invefted with a publick character , and whofe fame in England is e- qual to that of La Fontaine in France ; Mr. Pope the English ...
... whose works will laft as long as the English tongue , fuch as Dean Swift , Mr. Prior , whom we faw here invefted with a publick character , and whofe fame in England is e- qual to that of La Fontaine in France ; Mr. Pope the English ...
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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.