The Pursuits of Literature: A Satirical Poem in Four Dialogues, with NotesT. Becket, 1808 - 579 pages |
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... political or religious , in this kingdom , or in any state in Europe or in Asia . It is idle , or rather it is wicked , to sup- pose that we can now be lulled into such a false security , ' and sleep the sleep of death under the torpor ...
... political or religious , in this kingdom , or in any state in Europe or in Asia . It is idle , or rather it is wicked , to sup- pose that we can now be lulled into such a false security , ' and sleep the sleep of death under the torpor ...
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... political distance between them is lost , and they must appear together on the same canvas and in the same colours . We are tired of Gallic phrases , the honours of the sitting , and the fraternal kiss . ( n ) Consumpta est fabula vulgi ...
... political distance between them is lost , and they must appear together on the same canvas and in the same colours . We are tired of Gallic phrases , the honours of the sitting , and the fraternal kiss . ( n ) Consumpta est fabula vulgi ...
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... political crust , and of their Country's best confidence and consideration . Idle compliments however , timid compromising , fatal half - measures , and the false politeness of submission to names must not once be heard of at such a ...
... political crust , and of their Country's best confidence and consideration . Idle compliments however , timid compromising , fatal half - measures , and the false politeness of submission to names must not once be heard of at such a ...
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... political and religious existence , and the rights of society , have stimulated me , as you well know , to offer this endeavour to preserve them , by a solemn , laborious ; and disinterested appeal to my countrymen . It is designed to ...
... political and religious existence , and the rights of society , have stimulated me , as you well know , to offer this endeavour to preserve them , by a solemn , laborious ; and disinterested appeal to my countrymen . It is designed to ...
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... political matters we shall never want Observers . I hate deserters of their duty , ( m ) on any principle whatever . But I suppose some Statesmen think , that there is a laudable obliquity and a seasonable fear . For my own part I shall ...
... political matters we shall never want Observers . I hate deserters of their duty , ( m ) on any principle whatever . But I suppose some Statesmen think , that there is a laudable obliquity and a seasonable fear . For my own part I shall ...
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Page 256 - 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 257 - 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.
Page 453 - This relation will not be wholly without its use, if those, who languish under any part of his sufferings, shall be enabled to fortify their patience, by reflecting that they feel only those afflictions from which the abilities of Savage did not exempt him; or...
Page 193 - 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 254 - I take to be the discovery of the Certainty or Probability of such Propositions or Truths, which the Mind arrives at by Deductions made from such Ideas, which it has got by the use of its natural Faculties, viz. by Sensation or Reflection.
Page 401 - Nobody ever saw a dog make a fair and deliberate exchange of one bone for another with another dog. Nobody ever saw one animal by its gestures and natural cries signify to another, this is mine, that yours : I am willing to give this for that.
Page 407 - Critics I saw, that other names deface, And fix their own, with labour, in their place : Their own, like others, soon their place resign'd, Or disappear'd. and left the first behind. Nor was the work impair'd by storms alone, But felt th...
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 453 - 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 247 - Stra. 834. the court would not suffer it to be debated, whether to write against Christianity was punishable in the temporal courts at common law? Wood, therefore, 409. ventures still to vary the phrase, and says " that all blasphemy and profaneness are offences by the common law,