The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, Volume 5F. and C. Rivington, 1795 |
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... known in the regions of Poetry ) ventured upon a new line of compofition ; and has given us , in his Roman Portraits , a collection of historical fketches , drawn with knowledge and with vigour ; and if not fufficiently finifhed , in ...
... known in the regions of Poetry ) ventured upon a new line of compofition ; and has given us , in his Roman Portraits , a collection of historical fketches , drawn with knowledge and with vigour ; and if not fufficiently finifhed , in ...
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... known fo fimple a thing as a Greek patronymic , he would have learned that acides may mean any defcendant of acus , and then might have adopted his tranflation a little more to the comprehenfion of his countrymen , We are com- pelled to ...
... known fo fimple a thing as a Greek patronymic , he would have learned that acides may mean any defcendant of acus , and then might have adopted his tranflation a little more to the comprehenfion of his countrymen , We are com- pelled to ...
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... known that his veracity had too often captiously , and fometimes capriciously , been called in queftion ; owing ( befides the nature of his adventures ) partly , I believe , to a certain manner in converfing as well as in writing ...
... known that his veracity had too often captiously , and fometimes capriciously , been called in queftion ; owing ( befides the nature of his adventures ) partly , I believe , to a certain manner in converfing as well as in writing ...
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... known to the Eng- lith Literati by re - publishing the Rambler at Edinburgh in 1751 , in eight neat pocket volumes , with tranflations of many of the mottos , fo weil performed that Dr. Johnson afterwards adopted them . This task he ...
... known to the Eng- lith Literati by re - publishing the Rambler at Edinburgh in 1751 , in eight neat pocket volumes , with tranflations of many of the mottos , fo weil performed that Dr. Johnson afterwards adopted them . This task he ...
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... known to their author , than to most of my other corref- pondents . " He might , indeed , well retain a scholar's reverence for antiqui- ty , who pronounced , in one of the Ramblers , the most polished of modern European languages , but ...
... known to their author , than to most of my other corref- pondents . " He might , indeed , well retain a scholar's reverence for antiqui- ty , who pronounced , in one of the Ramblers , the most polished of modern European languages , but ...
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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.
Page 395 - Such a constitution as this would make the mighty leviathan of a shorter duration than the feeblest creatures, and not let it...
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.