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... wish his hope deferred may not make his heart sick ; and that , since there is in London no Temple of Apollo , wherein eminent characters decide on the merits of poetical candidates , as at Rome ; nor private rehearsal before the ...
... wish his hope deferred may not make his heart sick ; and that , since there is in London no Temple of Apollo , wherein eminent characters decide on the merits of poetical candidates , as at Rome ; nor private rehearsal before the ...
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... wish of all who know him . - The collec- tion of 75 inscriptions , of which 40 are given in fac simile , though confined to Religious Structures , is a valuable accession to English Paleography . Mr. Astle , like Pere Montfaucon , has ...
... wish of all who know him . - The collec- tion of 75 inscriptions , of which 40 are given in fac simile , though confined to Religious Structures , is a valuable accession to English Paleography . Mr. Astle , like Pere Montfaucon , has ...
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... wish fully to appreciate the value of this Vege- table , any future information respecting it will be acceptable to JOHN COAKLEY LETTSOM ; April 12 , 1788. " As a conclusion of the subject , I transcribe the following Advertisement ...
... wish fully to appreciate the value of this Vege- table , any future information respecting it will be acceptable to JOHN COAKLEY LETTSOM ; April 12 , 1788. " As a conclusion of the subject , I transcribe the following Advertisement ...
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... wish that a select detail might be published of some of Queen Elizabeth's excursions to the houses of her No- bility ; he observes , that the Diaries which we have of this kind strongly paint the magnificence of her Reign , mark the ...
... wish that a select detail might be published of some of Queen Elizabeth's excursions to the houses of her No- bility ; he observes , that the Diaries which we have of this kind strongly paint the magnificence of her Reign , mark the ...
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... wish you to send the volume likewise , and I will return it to you , that there may be no delay ; for I have it at heart to finish this under- taking speedily , as well as most accurately and beautifully . " Good morrow , dear Mr ...
... wish you to send the volume likewise , and I will return it to you , that there may be no delay ; for I have it at heart to finish this under- taking speedily , as well as most accurately and beautifully . " Good morrow , dear Mr ...
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Página 518 - A Demonstration of the gross and fundamental Errors of a late Book, called " A plain Account of the Nature and End of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper," affectionately addressed to all Orders of Men, and more especially to all the younger Clergy, 8vo.
Página 115 - Stood in himself collected, while each part, Motion, each act won audience ere the tongue...
Página 39 - God has made of one blood all the nations of men to dwell on the face of the...
Página 240 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season.
Página 641 - How poor, neglected Desaguliers fell! How he who taught two gracious kings to view All Boyle ennobled and all Bacon knew. Died in a cell, without a friend to save, Without a guinea, and without a grave.
Página 340 - They that go down to the sea in ships : and occupy their business in great waters ; These men see the works of the LORD : and His wonders in the deep.
Página 400 - Nature, which I was at that time composing, this argument immediately occurred to me, and I thought it very much gravelled my companion ; but at last he observed to me, that it was impossible for that argument to have any solidity, because it operated equally against the Gospel as the Catholic miracles ; — which observation I thought proper to admit as a sufficient answer.
Página 516 - But these sallies of religious frenzy must not extinguish the praise which is due to Mr. William Law as a wit and a scholar. His argument on topics of less absurdity is specious and acute, his manner is lively, his style forcible and clear ; and, had not his vigorous mind been clouded by enthusiasm, he might be ranked with the most agreeable and ingenious writers of the times.
Página 55 - Remarks on the Letters of an American Farmer; or, a Detection of the Errors of Mr. J. Hector St. John, pointing out the pernicious tendency of those Letters to Great Britain,