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... volume , after such a revision and A 2 ( a ) This Letter was first prefixed to the Fifth Edition of the P. of L. collected for the first time into one volume in De- cember 1797 ; and published in January 1798 . and correction as ...
... volume , after such a revision and A 2 ( a ) This Letter was first prefixed to the Fifth Edition of the P. of L. collected for the first time into one volume in De- cember 1797 ; and published in January 1798 . and correction as ...
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Thomas James Mathias. French Bishops , Horne Tooke is with fire , and volumes of smoke are rolling from the mouth of the cavern . I love no atheist nor unfrocked grammarians in England . still living , and Edmund Burke is no more . SOL ...
Thomas James Mathias. French Bishops , Horne Tooke is with fire , and volumes of smoke are rolling from the mouth of the cavern . I love no atheist nor unfrocked grammarians in England . still living , and Edmund Burke is no more . SOL ...
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... - respondence between Mr. G. and Dr. P. in the first volume of Mr. Gibbon's Posthumous Works , 4to . These letters are not nworthy of attention . ( 1796 ) . Virg . Georg . L. 4 . Who , as the dæmon of the day decrees , [ 50 j.
... - respondence between Mr. G. and Dr. P. in the first volume of Mr. Gibbon's Posthumous Works , 4to . These letters are not nworthy of attention . ( 1796 ) . Virg . Georg . L. 4 . Who , as the dæmon of the day decrees , [ 50 j.
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... volumes 8vo !!! - What an inducement to a purchaser ! ( 1794 ) .Posterity ( if it can be supposed that such trash should exist ) will be astonished , that the present age could look with patience on such malignant ribaldry . I am very ...
... volumes 8vo !!! - What an inducement to a purchaser ! ( 1794 ) .Posterity ( if it can be supposed that such trash should exist ) will be astonished , that the present age could look with patience on such malignant ribaldry . I am very ...
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... " ( aa ) E 2 Before ( aa ) Preface ( p . 9 and 13 ) to the Theological Tracts , in six volumes octavo , collected by Richard Watson , D. D. bishop of Landaff . You steal Religion from the unguarded heart , And in [ 67 ]
... " ( aa ) E 2 Before ( aa ) Preface ( p . 9 and 13 ) to the Theological Tracts , in six volumes octavo , collected by Richard Watson , D. D. bishop of Landaff . You steal Religion from the unguarded heart , And in [ 67 ]
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Page 249 - For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Page 428 - Wise men have said are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys, And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge; As children gathering pebbles on the shore.
Page 107 - The notes I could wish to be very large, in what relates to the persons concerned; for I have long observed that twenty miles from London nobody understands hints, initial letters, or town facts and passages; and in a few years not even those who live in London.
Page 189 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave. Await alike the' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 238 - Our peasantry now read the Rights of Man on mountains, and moors, and by the way side; and shepherds make the analogy between their occupation and that of their governors.
Page 250 - And, skill'd at whist, devotes the night to play : Then, while such honours bloom around his head, Shall he sit sadly by the sick man's bed, To raise the hope he feels not, or with zeal To combat fears that e'en the pious feel?
Page 433 - I approve highly of lord Chatham's idea of infusing a portion of new health into the constitution, to enable it to bear its infirmities (a brilliant expression, and full of intrinsic wisdom) other reasons occur in persuading me to adopt it.
Page 302 - He scorns, in apathy, to float or dream On listless Satisfaction's torpid stream, But dares, ALONE, in vent'rous bark to ride Down turbulent Delight's tempestuous tide. With thoughts...
Page 247 - I take to be the discovery of the certainty or probability of such propositions or truths, which the mind arrives at by deduction made from such ideas which it has got by the use of its natural faculties, viz. by sensation or reflection.
Page 249 - And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see ; and ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; that the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.