Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volumen91Pub. for J. Hinton., 1792 |
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... head land at the mouth of the har- bour . If this fhould prove to be the cafe , we had no fcruple in pronounc- ing this to be the largest loadstone as yet difcovered in the world . This fingular circumstance was known when Martin wrote ...
... head land at the mouth of the har- bour . If this fhould prove to be the cafe , we had no fcruple in pronounc- ing this to be the largest loadstone as yet difcovered in the world . This fingular circumstance was known when Martin wrote ...
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... head of the ten commanders , and drawn in the act of en- couraging the foldiers , and beginning the battle . Our fublime Collins , in his ' Qde ta Fear , has a beautiful allufion to the martial spirit of this poet : Yet he , the bard ...
... head of the ten commanders , and drawn in the act of en- couraging the foldiers , and beginning the battle . Our fublime Collins , in his ' Qde ta Fear , has a beautiful allufion to the martial spirit of this poet : Yet he , the bard ...
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... head of the fwan , until the head of the fwan be covered with wheat . ' The chief reason for making the ftealing of fwans thus penal , is faid to be from the conjecture , that if either of a pair die or be otherwise fepa- rated from its ...
... head of the fwan , until the head of the fwan be covered with wheat . ' The chief reason for making the ftealing of fwans thus penal , is faid to be from the conjecture , that if either of a pair die or be otherwise fepa- rated from its ...
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... head of a depu- tation of the national affembly to the king . The attendants , inftead of go- ing to inform his majefty , that they ' defired an audience , kept them wait- ing in the antichamber . Mirabeau , " however , did not wait ...
... head of a depu- tation of the national affembly to the king . The attendants , inftead of go- ing to inform his majefty , that they ' defired an audience , kept them wait- ing in the antichamber . Mirabeau , " however , did not wait ...
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... head , but comes not to the heart . " And I am inclined to think with lord Chesterfield , that , in order to be pleased with that entertainment , you ought to leave your understanding with your half - guinea at the door . THE GUARDIAN ...
... head , but comes not to the heart . " And I am inclined to think with lord Chesterfield , that , in order to be pleased with that entertainment , you ought to leave your understanding with your half - guinea at the door . THE GUARDIAN ...
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Página 358 - I'll kneel down, And ask of thee forgiveness. So we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news ; and we'll talk with them too, Who loses,- and who wins ; who's in, who's out ; And take...
Página 358 - Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is; and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For (as I am a man) I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Página 109 - ... we make guilty of our disasters the sun the moon and the stars ; as if we were villains by necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves thieves and treachers by spherical predominance, drunkards liars and adulterers by an enforced obedience of planetary influence, and all that we are evil in by a divine thrusting on...
Página 109 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
Página 270 - How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain. How many sink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flame.
Página 84 - Here Reynolds is laid, and to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind : His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand: His manners were gentle, complying, and bland; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart...
Página 321 - Along the lawn where scatter'd hamlets rose, Unwieldy wealth and cumbrous pomp repose ; And every want to luxury allied, And every pang that folly pays to pride.
Página 268 - Rumble thy bellyful! Spit, fire! spout, rain! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and despis'd old man.
Página 82 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the great masters of the renowned ages.
Página 360 - ... the progress of the scene. So powerful is the current of the poet's imagination, that the mind, which once ventures within it, is hurried irresistibly along.