The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 9Philological Society of London, 1786 |
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... said , such conclu- fions were more elegant , and , in addreffing perfons of high rank , ( as when Dryden dedi- cated to the Duke of York ) they were like- wife more refpectful . I agreed that there it was much better : it was making ...
... said , such conclu- fions were more elegant , and , in addreffing perfons of high rank , ( as when Dryden dedi- cated to the Duke of York ) they were like- wife more refpectful . I agreed that there it was much better : it was making ...
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... said , Pennant has greater variety of enquiry than almost any man , and has told us more than perhaps one in ten thousand could have done , in the time that he took . He has not faid what he was to tell ; fo you cannot find fault with ...
... said , Pennant has greater variety of enquiry than almost any man , and has told us more than perhaps one in ten thousand could have done , in the time that he took . He has not faid what he was to tell ; fo you cannot find fault with ...
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... said , " I am forry that prize - fighting is gone out ; every art fhould be preferved , and the art of defence is fure- Iv important . It is abfurd that our foldiers fhould have fwords , and not be taught the ufe of them . Prize ...
... said , " I am forry that prize - fighting is gone out ; every art fhould be preferved , and the art of defence is fure- Iv important . It is abfurd that our foldiers fhould have fwords , and not be taught the ufe of them . Prize ...
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... said to have used much exercife by way of prefervative ; as alfo , according to Counsellor Muller , do those who winter in Nova Zembla . A difficulty , however , here occurs ; which is , that we know it to be the custom of the ...
... said to have used much exercife by way of prefervative ; as alfo , according to Counsellor Muller , do those who winter in Nova Zembla . A difficulty , however , here occurs ; which is , that we know it to be the custom of the ...
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... said , that , " If he had learnt mufic , he fhould have been afraid he would have done nothing else than play . It was a method of employing the mind , without the labour of thinking at all , and with some ap- plaufe from a man's felf ...
... said , that , " If he had learnt mufic , he fhould have been afraid he would have done nothing else than play . It was a method of employing the mind , without the labour of thinking at all , and with some ap- plaufe from a man's felf ...
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Page 97 - Yet, notwithstanding this weight of authority, and the universal practice of former ages, a new species of dramatic composition has been introduced under the name of sentimental comedy, in which the virtues of private life are exhibited, rather than the vices exposed; and the distresses, rather than the faults of mankind, make our interest in the piece.
Page 395 - It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction, that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance. It is not like the practice of many other virtues, difficult and painful, but attended with so much pleasure, that were there no positive command .which enjoined it, nor any recompense laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge in it, for the natural gratification that accompanies it.
Page 454 - E'er left himself behind ? The restless thought and wayward will, And discontent attend him still, Nor quit him while he lives ; At sea, care follows in the wind ; At land, it mounts the pad behind, Or with the post-boy drives.
Page 97 - ... run in distinct channels, and never till of late encroached upon the provinces of each other. Terence, who seems to have made the nearest approaches...
Page 143 - If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father.
Page 454 - By heaven's eternal doom. To ripen'd age, Clive liv'd renown'd, With lacks enrich'd, with honours crown'd, His valour's well-earn'd meed ; Too long, alas ! he liv'd, to hate His envied lot, and died too late From life's oppression freed.
Page 429 - Cook, who being still unwilling to take away his life, instead of firing with ball, knocked him down with his musket. He expostulated strongly with the most forward of the crowd, upon their turbulent behaviour. He had given up all thoughts of getting the king on board, as it appeared impracticable ; and his care was then only to act on the defensive, and to secure a safe embarkation for his small party, which was closely pressed by a body of several thousand people.
Page 11 - ... that Fancy's flowers adorn, The soft amusement of the vacant mind ! He sleeps in dust...
Page 429 - ... him. The Indians got him under again, but in deeper water: he was, however, able to get his head up once more ; and being almost spent in...
Page 456 - And Pan's own umbrage, dark and deep ; The caverns hung with ivy-twine, The cliffs that wav'd with oak and pine, And Etna's hoar romantic pile : And caught the bold Homeric note, In...