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... respecting mental taste as possessed by men in various degrees ; to which we shall add that of M. Rollin and Quintilian . The former thinks that rules and pre- cepts may be laid down for the acquirement of this discriminating quality ...
... respecting mental taste as possessed by men in various degrees ; to which we shall add that of M. Rollin and Quintilian . The former thinks that rules and pre- cepts may be laid down for the acquirement of this discriminating quality ...
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... respects his boyish days , we may reasonably regret the loss of the latter part of his life written in the same elaborate manner . The greater part of this volume is taken up with the letters of Miss Hill Boothby , who , Dr. Johnson ...
... respects his boyish days , we may reasonably regret the loss of the latter part of his life written in the same elaborate manner . The greater part of this volume is taken up with the letters of Miss Hill Boothby , who , Dr. Johnson ...
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... respect to that gal- lant and meritorious officer , all who feel a just respect for the Bri- tish navy , will rejoice to hear that so distinguished a member of it has completely exculpated himself from charges , which , if proved , must ...
... respect to that gal- lant and meritorious officer , all who feel a just respect for the Bri- tish navy , will rejoice to hear that so distinguished a member of it has completely exculpated himself from charges , which , if proved , must ...
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... respects , a tour round the Baltic promised a fund of gratification to our au- thor . Not confining himself to a dry description of roads and cities , his principal design is , " to describe those features which principally distinguish ...
... respects , a tour round the Baltic promised a fund of gratification to our au- thor . Not confining himself to a dry description of roads and cities , his principal design is , " to describe those features which principally distinguish ...
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... respects as we had a right to expect from an author of such acknow ledged talent and reputation as Mr. Hoare ; but the audience , or rather certain parties among them , appeared ripe for mischief . Their cry was " Havoc and let loose ...
... respects as we had a right to expect from an author of such acknow ledged talent and reputation as Mr. Hoare ; but the audience , or rather certain parties among them , appeared ripe for mischief . Their cry was " Havoc and let loose ...
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Página 194 - Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs, The cover of the wings of grasshoppers, The traces of the smallest spider's web, The collars of the moonshine's...
Página 194 - Made by the joiner squirrel or old grub, Time out of mind the fairies' coachmakers. And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers...
Página 18 - Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.
Página 374 - Of hot pursuit ; the broken cry of deer Mangled by throttling dogs ; the shouts of men, And hoofs, thick beating on the hollow hill.
Página 194 - She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Página 302 - Nelson touch,' it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved — ' It was new — it was singular — it was simple !'; and, from Admirals downwards, it was repeated — ' It must succeed, if ever they will allow us to get at them ! You are, my Lord, surrounded by friends whom you inspire with confidence.
Página 343 - I have not only to lament, in common with the British navy, and the British Nation, in the fall of the Commander-in-Chief, the loss of a hero, whose name will be immortal, and his memory ever dear to his country; but my heart is rent with the most poignant grief for the death of a friend, to whom, by many years...
Página 292 - Almighty God having blessed his majesty's arms with victory, the admiral intends returning public thanksgiving for the same at two o'clock this day ; and he recommends every ship doing the same as soon as convenient.
Página 331 - It does not appear, from the strictest search, that a stone, or inscription of any kind, marked the place where his dust was deposited : even the memorial of his mortality is given with a pathetic brevity, which accords but too well with the obscure and humble passages of his life : " March 20, 1639-40, buried Philip Massinger, A STIIANCER!" No flowers were flung into his grave, no elegies " soothed his hovering spirit...
Página 342 - Commander-in-chief about the tenth ship from the van ; the second in command about the twelfth from the rear, leaving the van of the enemy unoccupied ; the succeeding ships breaking through in all parts, astern of their leaders, and engaging the enemy at the muzzles of their guns. The conflict was severe ; the enemy's ships were fought with a gallantry highly honourable to their officers; but the attack on them was irresistible, and it pleased the Almighty Disposer of all events, to grant his Majesty's...