The British Critic: A New Review, Volume 37F. and C. Rivington, 1811 |
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... received our praifes , as equal at leaft to the firft , if not fuperior ; we fpeak of the Practical Sermons of Mr. Theophilus St. John , difcourfes of much perfuafive eloquence , and of principles truly found § . The Practical Ser- mons ...
... received our praifes , as equal at leaft to the firft , if not fuperior ; we fpeak of the Practical Sermons of Mr. Theophilus St. John , difcourfes of much perfuafive eloquence , and of principles truly found § . The Practical Ser- mons ...
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... received on the fubject of Egypt , is alike ho- nourable to the courage , the fagacity , and the learning of our countrymen . It is true indeed , that this region exhibits an inexhaustible field of research to the fpirit of enterprife ...
... received on the fubject of Egypt , is alike ho- nourable to the courage , the fagacity , and the learning of our countrymen . It is true indeed , that this region exhibits an inexhaustible field of research to the fpirit of enterprife ...
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... received a small present , they difappeared in an inftant , to advance three or four days journey into the Defert , and bring the Bey news of the arrival of the fummer caravan . The profpect of impofing on it a heavy contribution for ...
... received a small present , they difappeared in an inftant , to advance three or four days journey into the Defert , and bring the Bey news of the arrival of the fummer caravan . The profpect of impofing on it a heavy contribution for ...
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... received very little illuf . tration from history . This people , about whom fuch fabulous circumftances are related , were natives of the interior of Africa , and by fome were confounded with the Troglodytæ . They feem to have taken ...
... received very little illuf . tration from history . This people , about whom fuch fabulous circumftances are related , were natives of the interior of Africa , and by fome were confounded with the Troglodytæ . They feem to have taken ...
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... received the thanks of the inhabitants , and immediately on my departure they complimented my fon Verus . You have heard , too , what they faid about Antoninus - I wish them no other curfe † , than that they may be fed with their own ...
... received the thanks of the inhabitants , and immediately on my departure they complimented my fon Verus . You have heard , too , what they faid about Antoninus - I wish them no other curfe † , than that they may be fed with their own ...
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Page 257 - THEREFORE with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name ; evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory : Glory be to thee, O Lord most High.
Page 50 - Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame, Will never mark the marble with his name...
Page 260 - HEAR this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
Page 349 - Without teaching him the peculiar business of any one office or calling, it enables him to act his part in each of them with better grace and more elevated carriage ; and, if happily planned and conducted, is a main ingredient in that complete and generous education which fits a man ' to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously, all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war.
Page 242 - Who seek the prouder Pleasures of the Mind: The Soul, collected in those happy hours, Then makes her efforts, then enjoys her powers; And in those seasons feels herself repaid, For Labours past and Honours long delay'd.
Page 235 - tis pleasant to impart, These turns and movements of the human Heart; The stronger features of the Soul to paint, And make distinct the latent and the faint; Man as he is, to place in all men's view, Yet none with rancour, none with scorn pursue: Nor be it ever of my Portraits told — "Here the strong lines of Malice we behold.
Page 73 - THE Roman Catholics of this kingdom shall enjoy such privileges in the exercise of their religion, as are consistent with the laws of Ireland : or as they did enjoy in the reign of king Charles...
Page 274 - For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghoft : and thefe three are one. And there are three that bear witnefs in earth, the fpirit, and the water, and the blood: and thefe three agree in one.
Page 322 - There is a lad here, who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what are these among so many?
Page 349 - ... unmixed with those narrow prejudices with which all professions are more or less infected. The knowledge too, which is thus acquired, expands and enlarges the mind, excites its faculties, and calls those limbs and muscles into freer exercise, which, by too constant use in one direction, not only acquire an illiberal air, but are apt also to lose somewhat of their native play and energy.