The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 9Tobias Smollett R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row, 1794 |
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... increase of knowledge in every country . He confiders as highly con- ducive to this falutary end , the extenfive circulation of newf papers and other periodical writings which stimulate curiofity , and encourage reading and a fpirit of ...
... increase of knowledge in every country . He confiders as highly con- ducive to this falutary end , the extenfive circulation of newf papers and other periodical writings which stimulate curiofity , and encourage reading and a fpirit of ...
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... increased by un- ufual motion ; which frequently alfo caufes a tranfitory palpita- tion of the heart , fo that the patient , perhaps before of an uncom- mon lively difpofition , begins to grow fedentary and averfe to motion . There is ...
... increased by un- ufual motion ; which frequently alfo caufes a tranfitory palpita- tion of the heart , fo that the patient , perhaps before of an uncom- mon lively difpofition , begins to grow fedentary and averfe to motion . There is ...
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... as population increases . Mutual wants fuggeft refources , which united labour only can fupply ; and , by de- E 3 grees , grees , the complicated fyftem of focial union is established Imlay's Defcription of North America . 53.
... as population increases . Mutual wants fuggeft refources , which united labour only can fupply ; and , by de- E 3 grees , grees , the complicated fyftem of focial union is established Imlay's Defcription of North America . 53.
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... increases in the ratio which has been lately obferved , it muft within 1c0 years , more than equal that of Europe . If Europe is to be be conftantly defolated with war , the population will increase 54 Imlay's Defeription of North America .
... increases in the ratio which has been lately obferved , it muft within 1c0 years , more than equal that of Europe . If Europe is to be be conftantly defolated with war , the population will increase 54 Imlay's Defeription of North America .
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Tobias Smollett. be conftantly defolated with war , the population will increase more rapidly ; for the philofopher will look for peace in an- other hemifphere , and the labourer for bread in a country , not groaning under a load of ...
Tobias Smollett. be conftantly defolated with war , the population will increase more rapidly ; for the philofopher will look for peace in an- other hemifphere , and the labourer for bread in a country , not groaning under a load of ...
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Page 167 - And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the Field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Page 77 - LORD, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth ; send thy HOLY GHOST, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace, and of all virtues ; without which, whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee : Grant this for thine only Son JESUS CHRIST'S sake. Amen.
Page 396 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 125 - ... the laughing coots with wings half spread were tripping over the little coves and hiding themselves in the tufts of grass; young broods of the painted...
Page 4 - Kingdoms and provinces, and towns and cities, have they not their periods? and when those principles and powers, which at first cemented and put them together, have performed their several evolutions, they fall back.
Page 126 - Juan's. into the little lake, on their return down the river, and that the alligators were in such incredible numbers, and so close together from shore to shore, that it would have been easy to have walked across on their heads, had the animals been harmless?
Page 126 - I may say hundreds of thousands of them were caught and swallowed by the devouring alligators. I have seen an alligator take up out of the water several great fish at a time, and just squeeze them betwixt his jaws, while the tails of the great trout flapped about his eyes and lips, ere he had swallowed them.
Page 126 - I was attacked on all sides, several endeavouring to overset the canoe. My situation now became precarious to the last degree: two very large ones attacked me closely, at the same instant, rushing up with their heads and part of their bodies above the water, roaring terribly and belching floods of water over me. They struck their jaws together so close to my ears, as almost to stun me, and I expected every moment to be dragged out of the boat and instantly devoured.
Page 125 - ... his dilated nostrils. The earth trembles with his thunder. When immediately from the opposite coast of the lagoon, emerges from the deep his rival champion. They suddenly dart upon each other. The boiling surface of the lake marks their rapid course, and a terrific conflict commences.
Page 3 - When Tully was bereft of his dear daughter Tullia, at firft he laid it to his heart,-- — he liftened to the voice of nature, and modulated his own own unto it — — — O my Tullia ! my daughter ! my child ! ftill, ftill, ftill.