The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, Volume 5F. and C. Rivington, 1795 |
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... hand . GEOGRAPHY . Mr. Cary's new Map of England , in the form of a book , or in fheets , accompanied by an accurate and extenfive index of places , was announced , and juftly commended , in our fixth number . TOPOGRAPHY . A fmall ...
... hand . GEOGRAPHY . Mr. Cary's new Map of England , in the form of a book , or in fheets , accompanied by an accurate and extenfive index of places , was announced , and juftly commended , in our fixth number . TOPOGRAPHY . A fmall ...
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... hands ov dhe Edditor . Price 11. 8s . dhe eight Völlumes foed . Sold by W. Ritchardson , & c . 1794 . SIX of thefe volumes appeared in the year 1791 , under the title of Forty Years ' Correfpondence , and we thould therefore hope , by ...
... hands ov dhe Edditor . Price 11. 8s . dhe eight Völlumes foed . Sold by W. Ritchardson , & c . 1794 . SIX of thefe volumes appeared in the year 1791 , under the title of Forty Years ' Correfpondence , and we thould therefore hope , by ...
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... hand ; for by that means you will enrich yourself . Augment the power of the itate , for thus you will render yourself more powerful , and fecure alliances in time of war . " In a word , regard your country as your own family ; your fel ...
... hand ; for by that means you will enrich yourself . Augment the power of the itate , for thus you will render yourself more powerful , and fecure alliances in time of war . " In a word , regard your country as your own family ; your fel ...
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... hands the power to confer kindnefs or to offer injury , " before he was convinced on good grounds , that their intentions were hoftile : the contrary to which he now admits . In the compofitions of all writers , and efpecially in thofe ...
... hands the power to confer kindnefs or to offer injury , " before he was convinced on good grounds , that their intentions were hoftile : the contrary to which he now admits . In the compofitions of all writers , and efpecially in thofe ...
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... hands ; or procure factitious majorities , by granting temporary freeholds to needy Proteftants , to outvote the real proprietors , and thus fome counties have become closed boroughs . Hitherto , he alledges likewife , it has been ...
... hands ; or procure factitious majorities , by granting temporary freeholds to needy Proteftants , to outvote the real proprietors , and thus fome counties have become closed boroughs . Hitherto , he alledges likewife , it has been ...
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Page 270 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 197 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Page 301 - And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 229 - But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts (though God accept them) yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in act; and that cannot be without power and place, as the vantage and commanding ground.
Page 199 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 199 - And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
Page 249 - Written in a blank leaf of Dugdale's Monasticon. " Deem not, devoid of elegance, the sage, By Fancy's genuine feelings unbeguil'd, Of painful pedantry the poring child; Who turns of these proud domes the historic page, Now sunk by Time, and Henry's fiercer rage. Think'st thou the warbling Muses never smil'd On his lone hours ? Ingenuous views engage His thoughts, on themes unclassic falsely styl'd, Intent.
Page 303 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
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Page 629 - I began this first book, I had some thoughts of translating the whole Iliad ; but had the pleasure of being diverted from that design, by finding the work was fallen into a much abler hand. I would not therefore be thought to have any other view in publishing this small specimen of Homer's Iliad, than to bespeak, if possible, the favour of the public to a translation of Homer's Odysseis, wherein I have already made some progress.