The English Review, Or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature, Volume 25J. Murray, 1795 |
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... juft , and how far crroneous . Here the reader will find feveral ingenious and acute obferva tions . The changes which Mr. Kant's principles will probably produce in our prefent fyftems of metaphyfics , are , in the judg- ment of the ...
... juft , and how far crroneous . Here the reader will find feveral ingenious and acute obferva tions . The changes which Mr. Kant's principles will probably produce in our prefent fyftems of metaphyfics , are , in the judg- ment of the ...
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... juft fhown , on the fuppofed knowledge of material and immaterial objects , and the refemblance between our ideas and the things : the confequence of which has been , that the mind became transformed , either into matter , or a fimple ...
... juft fhown , on the fuppofed knowledge of material and immaterial objects , and the refemblance between our ideas and the things : the confequence of which has been , that the mind became transformed , either into matter , or a fimple ...
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... juft in the nick of time to fave them from robbers , in the very act ( true ftage effect ) of presenting a pistol . Compelled , however , as we are , to point out the defects of this work , confidered as a whole , yet we affure our ...
... juft in the nick of time to fave them from robbers , in the very act ( true ftage effect ) of presenting a pistol . Compelled , however , as we are , to point out the defects of this work , confidered as a whole , yet we affure our ...
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... juft opinions of their fellow- Travellers . The world is truly defcribed as a mutable fcene , and man as a vari- able being , whofe virtues are mingled and blended with errors and - im- perfections . Confcious of our own failings , we ...
... juft opinions of their fellow- Travellers . The world is truly defcribed as a mutable fcene , and man as a vari- able being , whofe virtues are mingled and blended with errors and - im- perfections . Confcious of our own failings , we ...
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... juft as much propriety as to many others . The author tells us , ( p . 2 , ) that one of the most important branches of this art , as well on account of the frequency of the difeafes it is intended to remedy , as the imperfect manner in ...
... juft as much propriety as to many others . The author tells us , ( p . 2 , ) that one of the most important branches of this art , as well on account of the frequency of the difeafes it is intended to remedy , as the imperfect manner in ...
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Page 49 - In these two princely boys! They are as gentle As zephyrs, blowing below the violet, Not wagging his sweet head: and yet as rough, Their royal blood enchafd, as the rud'st wind, That by the top doth take the mountain pine, And make him stoop to the vale.
Page 159 - Volition, it is plain, is an act of the mind knowingly exerting that dominion it takes itself to have over any part of the man, by employing it in, or withholding it from, any particular action.
Page 344 - ... a brother ! No longer seek him east or west And search no more the forest thorough ; For, wandering in the night so dark, He fell a lifeless corpse in Yarrow. The tear shall never leave my cheek, No other youth shall be my marrow — I'll seek thy body in the stream, And then with thee I'll sleep in Yarrow.
Page 37 - Nature sinks. The scorching sun, As pitiless as proud prosperity, Darts on him his full beams; gasping he lies Arraigning with his looks the patient skies, While that inhuman trader lifts on high The mangling scourge.
Page 38 - ... eyes Seem a heart overcharged to express ? She weeps not, yet often and deeply she sighs ; She never complains, but her silence implies The composure of settled distress.
Page 39 - Behind a wide column, half breathless with fear, She crept to conceal herself there : That instant the moon o'er a dark cloud shone clear, And she saw in the moonlight two ruffians appear, And between them a corpse did they bear.
Page 42 - Red, red are her ripe lips, and sweeter than roses, Where could my wee thing wander frae me ?" " I saw nae your wee thing, I saw nae your ain thing, Nor saw I your true love down by yon lea ; But I met my bonnie thing...
Page 37 - Sip the blood-sweeten'd beverage! thoughts like these Haply ye scorn : I thank thee, Gracious God, That I do feel upon my cheek the glow Of indignation, when beneath the rod A sable brother writhes in silent woe.