The Annual Register, 22. kötetLongmans, Green, 1796 |
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71. oldal
the greater part uncontradicted , and received by competent and unimpeached fworn judges , we could not , without the groffeft partiality or prejudice , receive it in any other way , than as it was received and de- cided on by that ...
the greater part uncontradicted , and received by competent and unimpeached fworn judges , we could not , without the groffeft partiality or prejudice , receive it in any other way , than as it was received and de- cided on by that ...
94. oldal
... judges , from their proper duty , at a feafon , when their pre- fence and fervices against the com- mon enemy might be moft wanted ; and would in a great meafure re- tard , and perhaps defeat , all the measures of the enfuing fpring and ...
... judges , from their proper duty , at a feafon , when their pre- fence and fervices against the com- mon enemy might be moft wanted ; and would in a great meafure re- tard , and perhaps defeat , all the measures of the enfuing fpring and ...
103. oldal
... judges . And thus , in effect , the whole direction of our naval ope- rations , would either be con- figned over into ... judge ; or , if competent , the The board , in every fuch act , exer- cifes a difcretionary power . conclufion is ...
... judges . And thus , in effect , the whole direction of our naval ope- rations , would either be con- figned over into ... judge ; or , if competent , the The board , in every fuch act , exer- cifes a difcretionary power . conclufion is ...
133. oldal
... judges , proceed to a direct cen- fure , and confequent punishment , of the party accufed , after we have already declared to all the world , that not one of the allegations against him is true ? -Mr . Fox en- deavoured with his ufual ...
... judges , proceed to a direct cen- fure , and confequent punishment , of the party accufed , after we have already declared to all the world , that not one of the allegations against him is true ? -Mr . Fox en- deavoured with his ufual ...
138. oldal
... less importunate in this feflion , than he had been ever fince his return , for an enquiry into his own conduct , and into all matters relative to the Canada ting in that Houfe , fhould pretend to judge of 138 ] ANNUAL REGISTER , 1779 .
... less importunate in this feflion , than he had been ever fince his return , for an enquiry into his own conduct , and into all matters relative to the Canada ting in that Houfe , fhould pretend to judge of 138 ] ANNUAL REGISTER , 1779 .
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19. oldal - The metaphysical poets were men of learning, and to show their learning was their whole endeavour; but, unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme, instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses, and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear; for the modulation was so imperfect, that they were only found to be verses, by counting the syllables.
20. oldal - ... wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil, impassive and at leisure ; as Epicurean deities making remarks on the actions of men, and the vicissitudes of life, without interest and without emotion.
19. oldal - If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be considered as Wit which is at once natural and new, that which though not obvious is, upon its...
351. oldal - Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral to will and require the High Court of Admiralty of Great Britain, and the Lieutenant and Judge of the...
19. oldal - Wit, like all other things subject by their nature to the choice of man, has its changes and fashions, and at different times takes different forms. About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical poets; of whom, in a criticism on the works of Cowley, it is not improper to give some account.
19. oldal - Dryden confesses of himself and his contemporaries, that they fall below Donne in wit, but maintains that they surpass him in poetry. If Wit be well described by Pope, as being "that which has been often thought, but was never before so well expressed...
25. oldal - The appearances of nature, and the occurrences of life, did not satiate his appetite of greatness. To paint things as they are, requires a minute attention, and employs the memory rather than the fancy.
320. oldal - March, one thoufand fe»en hundred and feventy-nine, upon lands> tenements, hereditaments, penfions, offices, and perfonal eftates, in that part of Great Britain called England, Wales, and the town of Berwick upon Tweed; and that a proportionable cefs, according...
29. oldal - But such airy beings are for the most part suffered only to do their natural office, and retire. Thus Fame tells a tale and Victory hovers over a general or perches on a standard; but Fame and Victory can do no more.
160. oldal - Tip his tongue with strange matter, his pen with fine taste ; That the rake and the poet o'er all may prevail, Set fire to the head, and set fire to the tail.