The Pamphleteer, Volume 17Abraham John Valpy A. J. Valpy., 1820 |
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... suppose they would have rushed on such dangerous enterprises without having on their side great probability of success . If they did not attain the object of their noble and heroic efforts , it was not because the people opposed ...
... suppose they would have rushed on such dangerous enterprises without having on their side great probability of success . If they did not attain the object of their noble and heroic efforts , it was not because the people opposed ...
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... suppose that a horse staggering under a heavy load , is likely to win a race against one that carries only feather weight . If the present protecting duties , in favor of timber from the British Colonies only are reduced , and the trade ...
... suppose that a horse staggering under a heavy load , is likely to win a race against one that carries only feather weight . If the present protecting duties , in favor of timber from the British Colonies only are reduced , and the trade ...
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... suppose , from these representations , that I had the same feelings towards Pope , as Lauder had towards Milton . I think , all circumstances put together , Addison's character was the most lucid , and that in the narrative of their ...
... suppose , from these representations , that I had the same feelings towards Pope , as Lauder had towards Milton . I think , all circumstances put together , Addison's character was the most lucid , and that in the narrative of their ...
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... Suppose he could not , what of that could he not " scarcely brooking a dissenting voice , " feel it like a wound , when Addison , so eminent in literature , did not appear to applaud as he expected , his happiest invention in the Rape ...
... Suppose he could not , what of that could he not " scarcely brooking a dissenting voice , " feel it like a wound , when Addison , so eminent in literature , did not appear to applaud as he expected , his happiest invention in the Rape ...
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... suppose , by the systematic attack being FULLY RESERVED for the " skill and care of Mr. Bowles ; " no one had , before Mr. Bowles , spoken of the infirmities of his For he prefers , doubtless , as he said Pope did , “ in - door nature ...
... suppose , by the systematic attack being FULLY RESERVED for the " skill and care of Mr. Bowles ; " no one had , before Mr. Bowles , spoken of the infirmities of his For he prefers , doubtless , as he said Pope did , “ in - door nature ...
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Page 3 - I shall detain you no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct you to a hill-side, where I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.
Page 1 - There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children unto them, the same became mighty men, which were of old, men of renown.
Page 13 - Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: but I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Page 12 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 12 - So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well ; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better. 39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
Page 7 - Tasso, Mazzoni, and others, teaches what the laws are of a true epic poem, what of a dramatic, what of a lyric, what decorum is — which is the grand masterpiece to observe.
Page 22 - Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Page 1 - THIS is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam; in the day when they were created.
Page 11 - And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband : but and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband ; and let not the husband put away his wife.