The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, 70. kötet;1790. kötetTobias Smollett R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row, 1790 |
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35. oldal
... said more generally pleasing ; but it must be obvious that much is added ; and the facts often adorned by the glaring colours of modern eloquence . Our au- thor was born in Surinam , a country which he thinks wants the D 2 aid aid of a ...
... said more generally pleasing ; but it must be obvious that much is added ; and the facts often adorned by the glaring colours of modern eloquence . Our au- thor was born in Surinam , a country which he thinks wants the D 2 aid aid of a ...
73. oldal
... said , am in body ( you may fee indeed the state to which my disorder has reduced me ) very far from being the strongest among you . In the bleffings of high fortune I was once inferior to none : but now I must bear every prefent evil ...
... said , am in body ( you may fee indeed the state to which my disorder has reduced me ) very far from being the strongest among you . In the bleffings of high fortune I was once inferior to none : but now I must bear every prefent evil ...
101. oldal
... is not exceeded by the conclufion ; where it is said that as foffil fhells are an excellent manure for cold clayey foils , so the con- confideration of the deluge by which they have been accumulat- MONTHLY CATALOGUE . .101.
... is not exceeded by the conclufion ; where it is said that as foffil fhells are an excellent manure for cold clayey foils , so the con- confideration of the deluge by which they have been accumulat- MONTHLY CATALOGUE . .101.
108. oldal
... said was fhort . Some of these favages have the hair a foot long and curled , refembling exactly our mops . ' ' The importation of negro - flaves in 1788 , is faid to have amounted to twenty thousand . Three of the Sennar flaves were ...
... said was fhort . Some of these favages have the hair a foot long and curled , refembling exactly our mops . ' ' The importation of negro - flaves in 1788 , is faid to have amounted to twenty thousand . Three of the Sennar flaves were ...
160. oldal
... said . The authenticity of the fhepherd of Her- mas , and the Epiftles of Barnabas Clemens we cannot discuss with any advantage . Dr. Priestley feems too intent on eftab- lishing his own fyftem , when he adds , that reading works in the ...
... said . The authenticity of the fhepherd of Her- mas , and the Epiftles of Barnabas Clemens we cannot discuss with any advantage . Dr. Priestley feems too intent on eftab- lishing his own fyftem , when he adds , that reading works in the ...
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106. oldal - I have known both hunger and nakedness to the utmost extremity of human suffering. I have known what it is to have food given me as charity to a madman ; and I have at times been obliged to shelter myself under the miseries of that character, to avoid a heavier calamity. My distresses have been greater than I have ever owned, or ever will own, to any man. Such evils are terrible to bear ; but they never yet had power to turn me from my purpose. If I live, I will faithfully perform, in its utmost...
107. oldal - I have always remarked that women in all countries are civil, obliging, tender, and humane; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest; and that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. Not haughty, not arrogant...
256. oldal - A large broad fillet was bound upon their forehead, and tied behind their head. In the middle of this was a horn, or a conical piece of silver, gilt, about four inches long, much in the shape of our common candle extinguishers. This is called kirn, or horn, and is only worn in reviews or parades after victory.
404. oldal - His left hand is employed grasping the sword by the handle ; about fourteen inches of the blade is covered with whipcord. This part he takes in his right hand, without any danger of being hurt by it ; and, though the edges of the lower part of the sword are as sharp as a razor, he carries it without a scabbard.
484. oldal - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
418. oldal - ... fawningly against the breast of a man, who had attracted his notice among the crowd, and delivered the book to him. The dog immediately returned to the place where he had landed, and watched with great attention for all the things that came from the wrecked vessel, seizing • them, and endeavouring to bring them to land.
423. oldal - It has been the chief aim of all my attempts to reconcile and endear man to man: I love my country and contemporaries to a degree of...
256. oldal - I observed, was the head-dress of the governors of provinces. A large broad fillet was bound upon their forehead, and tied behind their head. In the middle of this was a horn, or a conical piece of silver, gilt, about four inches long, much in the shape of our common candle extinguishers.
485. oldal - ... could trust in as a friend, and could love as a brother: This is the man, whom in your heart above all others, you do, you must, honour. SUCH a character, imperfectly as it has now been drawn, all must acknowledge to be formed solely by the influence of steady religion and virtue. It is...
521. oldal - is almost the only lawful king in the world, because the only one who owes his crown to the choice of his people.