An Account of the Life and Writings of Thomas Day, EsqJ. Stockdale, 1791 - 144 pages |
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An Account of the Life and Writings of Thomas Day, Esq. (Classic Reprint) James Keir No preview available - 2016 |
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abuſes addreffed affociations afterwards againſt alfo alſo beſt caufe cauſe character confequence confideration confidered confiftency conftitution controul Day's deferves defire difpofitions diſcovered Edgworth effeminacy enthuſiaſm eſtabliſhed exiſt expreffed facred faid fame favour feem fenfibility fent fentiments fervice fhall fhew fincerely fingular firſt fociety fome fometimes formed forrow fortitude fortune friendſhip ftill ftrength fubject fuch fufficiently fuperior fyftem genius happineſs hiftory himſelf houſe human inftance inftructive intereft itſelf juſtice leaſt lefs letter liberty mankind manners meaſures ment merit mind minifter moft moſt muſt nature nevertheleſs o'er obfervation occafion opinions paffed paffions perfon philofopher pleaſure poem poffeffed political praiſes preſent principles publiſhed racter reafon refided refpectable rife Sandford ſeem ſeveral ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhould ſpirit ſtate ſtill Stockdale taſte thefe theſe thofe THOMAS DAY thoſe tion tomb uſed virtue virtuous Weft whofe whore of Babylon whoſe wiſhes young youth
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Page 83 - TO wake the foul by tender ftrokes of art, To raife the genius, and to mend the heart ; To make mankind, in confcious virtue bold, Live o'er each fcene, and be what they behold : For this the Tragic Mufe firft trod the ftage, 5 Commanding tears to ftream thro' ev'ry age ; Tyrants no more their favage nature kept, And foes to virtue wonder'd how they wept.
Page 66 - ... him, each according to his ability. , /• • • • " As to the reform of parliament, I think Mr. Pitt has difcharged his promife, and the very reafons which have provoked fo.me of my brother...
Page 112 - Ye gay and young, who, thoughtless of your doom, Shun the disgustful mansions of the dead, Where Melancholy broods o'er many a tomb, Mould'ring beneath the yew's...
Page 67 - ... never be fo entirely engroffed with the dirty ideas of preferving their places as to facrifice truth, confiftency, and public intereft, and piHvate integrity.
Page 66 - ... of making an experiment, is betraying a lamentable ignorance of human nature. I am not myself such a child as either to expect or wish that all government should stand still in such a wonderfully complicated system of society as our own, in order that two or three reformers may try their skill in greasing the wheels.
Page 66 - ... the whole frame of government for the fake of making an experiment, is betraying a lamentable ignorance of human nature. I am not myfelf...
Page 93 - ... flroke that fortune could then have inflicted : Beyond the rage of time or fortune's power Remain, cold ftone ! remain, and mark the hour When all the nobleft gifts, which Heaven e'er gave, Were centered in a dark untimely grave. Oh, taught on reafon's boldeft wings to rife, And catch each glimmering of the opening fkies ! Oh, gentle bofom ! Oh, unfulliedmind!
Page 127 - IF pensive Genius ever pour'd the tear Of votive anguish o'er the Poet's bier; If drooping Britain ever knew to mourn In silent sorrow o'er the Patriot's urn ; Here let them weep their Day's untimely doom, And hang their fairest garlands o'er his Tomb.
Page 67 - Sir, muft be the beft judge of the ends and principles of the gentlemen with whom you act. If they are fuch as I have defcribed, you may at any time command all the...
Page 50 - Were fcrm'd to fetter down the noble foul Beneath the magic of their foft controul. Wherever nature bids her treafures rife, . Or circling planets rufh along the Ikies, Or ocean rolls his ever-ebbing wave, Has fate...