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... ment of words . Mr. Blayney follow- ed him too closely in this . I have the honour of being well acquainted with both Authors . What I said was very painful to me . But I thought that their manner of rendering was likely to furnish a ...
... ment of words . Mr. Blayney follow- ed him too closely in this . I have the honour of being well acquainted with both Authors . What I said was very painful to me . But I thought that their manner of rendering was likely to furnish a ...
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... ment , in a season of seeming tranquil- lity , may again vomit forth its devas- tating fires . Impressed with an appre- hension that some terrible explosion is preparing , we stand aloof , in still but unquiet apprehension , half ...
... ment , in a season of seeming tranquil- lity , may again vomit forth its devas- tating fires . Impressed with an appre- hension that some terrible explosion is preparing , we stand aloof , in still but unquiet apprehension , half ...
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... ment in dressing , and a taste for luxu- ries followed . Of a social disposition as the people are , and captivated by unac- customed enjoyment , it is possible that even then this prosperity was more ap- parent than real , and though ...
... ment in dressing , and a taste for luxu- ries followed . Of a social disposition as the people are , and captivated by unac- customed enjoyment , it is possible that even then this prosperity was more ap- parent than real , and though ...
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... ment of taste , the exclusion of mere sciolists from the Church , the crea- tion of a literary turn , the facility of general ability , and a diminution of dissipation and idle expence . It is upon this principle of augmenting high ...
... ment of taste , the exclusion of mere sciolists from the Church , the crea- tion of a literary turn , the facility of general ability , and a diminution of dissipation and idle expence . It is upon this principle of augmenting high ...
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... ment by electric and non - electric af- finities , we need only quote one ex- periment , promulgated by Sir Hum- phry Davy in the Philosophical Transactions , 1807 , in which , by al- tering these affinities , he passed an alkali ...
... ment by electric and non - electric af- finities , we need only quote one ex- periment , promulgated by Sir Hum- phry Davy in the Philosophical Transactions , 1807 , in which , by al- tering these affinities , he passed an alkali ...
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Page 55 - and attentively read these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that this " Volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, ' more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and * finer strains both of Poetry and Eloquence, than can be' collected from * all other books, in whatever age or language they may have been composed.
Page 138 - I was pleased with the reply of a gentleman, who being asked which book he esteemed most in his library, answered, — "Shakspeare": being asked which he esteemed next best, replied — "Hogarth.
Page 52 - For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Page 109 - See how the world its veterans rewards ! A youth of frolics, an old age of cards ; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend ; A fop their passion, but their prize a sot, Alive ridiculous, and dead forgot ! Ah friend ! to dazzle let the vain design ; To raise the thought and touch the heart be thine!
Page 450 - But to those to whom he more immediately belonged, — who lived in his society, and enjoyed his conversation, it is not, perhaps, the character in which he will be most frequently recalled— most deeply lamented — or even most highly admired. Independently of his great attainments in mechanics, Mr. Watt was an extraordinary, and in many respects a wonderful man. Perhaps no individual in his age possessed so much and such varied and exact information, —had read so much, or remembered what he...
Page 426 - See the wretch, that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again : The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Page 321 - What then ? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Page 139 - The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; 'Tis yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued Nature and reviving Sense ; To chase the charms of sound, the pomp of show, For useful mirth and salutary woe ; Bid scenic Virtue form the rising age, And Truth diffuse her radiance from the stage.
Page 542 - Most Gracious Sovereign, WE, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Oxford, beg leave to approach your Majesty's throne with the renewed assurance of our devoted attachment.
Page 109 - Still out of reach, yet never out of view ; Sure, if they catch, to spoil the toy at most, To covet flying, and regret when lost : At last to follies youth could scarce defend.