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72. oldal
... which is by these means robbed of a duty , which would otherwise have been
paid for a similar newspaper - puff . Mr . Courtier ' s verses are tolerable in
themselves , and we may be induced to pardon the vanity of them , upon the
same prin ...
... which is by these means robbed of a duty , which would otherwise have been
paid for a similar newspaper - puff . Mr . Courtier ' s verses are tolerable in
themselves , and we may be induced to pardon the vanity of them , upon the
same prin ...
76. oldal
What does our author mean by the ' degraded title of epic ? ... Perhaps he means
to say , “ I know that epic poet is a title of dignity , but , like the young Roscius , I
find so many competitors usurping the name , that it is really no distinction : if you
...
What does our author mean by the ' degraded title of epic ? ... Perhaps he means
to say , “ I know that epic poet is a title of dignity , but , like the young Roscius , I
find so many competitors usurping the name , that it is really no distinction : if you
...
85. oldal
We then are con . ducted into the Tyrol , the picture of which is , on the whole , by
no means uninteresting : to the imagination of the author it is so irresistibly
enchanting , that it betrays him into a daring violation of his solemn vow against
the ...
We then are con . ducted into the Tyrol , the picture of which is , on the whole , by
no means uninteresting : to the imagination of the author it is so irresistibly
enchanting , that it betrays him into a daring violation of his solemn vow against
the ...
108. oldal
THESE remarks discover a truly liberal and moderate spirit , much more
honourable to the author than all the merits of his own , or Dr . Johnstone ' s
discovery , of the means of destroying contagion This controversy , or rather
demonstration of ...
THESE remarks discover a truly liberal and moderate spirit , much more
honourable to the author than all the merits of his own , or Dr . Johnstone ' s
discovery , of the means of destroying contagion This controversy , or rather
demonstration of ...
109. oldal
Johnstone and Smith are agreed in facts , but not in words , Dr . S . admits that
the father of our author discovered the utility of marine acid , and Dr . J . ' thinks
the discoveries of Dr . S . more remarkable for novelty in the means , ( i . e ,
nitrous ...
Johnstone and Smith are agreed in facts , but not in words , Dr . S . admits that
the father of our author discovered the utility of marine acid , and Dr . J . ' thinks
the discoveries of Dr . S . more remarkable for novelty in the means , ( i . e ,
nitrous ...
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9. oldal - Original Sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the Pelagians do vainly talk;) but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam...
77. oldal - Daughters; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
418. oldal - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven: As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
44. oldal - ... death, and the supreme arbiter of both ? Have you not marked when he entered how the stormy wave of the multitude retired at his approach ? Have you not marked...
44. oldal - ... the body of the accused, and mark it for the grave, while his voice warned the devoted wretch of woe and death — a death which no innocence can escape, no art elude, no force resist, no antidote prevent. There was an antidote — a juror's oath — but even that adamantine chain that bound the integrity of man to the throne of eternal justice, is solved and melted in the breath that issues from the informer's mouth ; conscience swings from her mooring, and the appalled and affrighted juror...
44. oldal - Have you not marked how the human heart bowed to the supremacy of his power, in the undissembled homage of deferential horror ? How his glance, like the lightning of heaven, seemed to rive the body of the accused, and mark it for the grave, while his voice warned the devoted wretch of woe and...
43. oldal - It is at those periods that the honest man dares not speak, because truth is too dreadful to be told ; it is then humanity has no ears, because humanity has no tongue. It is then the proud man scorns to speak, but like a physician baffled by the wayward excesses of a dying patient, retires indignantly from the bed of an unhappy wretch, whose ear is too fastidious to bear the sound of wholesome advice, whose palate is too debauched to bear the salutary bitter of the medicine that might redeem him...
44. oldal - Let me ask you honestly, what do you feel, when, in my hearing, when in the face of this audience, you...
319. oldal - ... nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
235. oldal - He then passed on, and left sir Geoflry standing, without having a word to say for himself. When he came to sir Eustace de Ribeaumont, he assumed a cheerful look, and said, with a smile ; " Sir Eustace, you are the most valiant knight in Christendom, that I ever saw attack his enemy, or defend himself. I never yet found any one in battle, who, body to body, had given me so much to do as you have done this day. I adjudge to you the prize of valour above all the knights of my court, »s what is justly...