The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners : with Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage, Volume 15proprieters., 1802 |
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... late Mr. WILSON'S benefit , and after- wards at the Haymarket in 1780 , experienced a better fate , and we are astonished that the manager of Covent Garden has never thought of its revival . In speaking of this piece , we cannot refrain ...
... late Mr. WILSON'S benefit , and after- wards at the Haymarket in 1780 , experienced a better fate , and we are astonished that the manager of Covent Garden has never thought of its revival . In speaking of this piece , we cannot refrain ...
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... late Mr. Samuel Paterson , the cele- brated bibliologist , and of his literary labours , having appeared in the ... late M. Fagel , Secretary to the States - General of the United Provinces , " should have been , a most noble collection ...
... late Mr. Samuel Paterson , the cele- brated bibliologist , and of his literary labours , having appeared in the ... late M. Fagel , Secretary to the States - General of the United Provinces , " should have been , a most noble collection ...
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... late so many waies by wanton vanities . " Thirdly ; for the more noveltie of the thing , and apt facilitie in disposing the matter framed to the better liking of some inen's fan- tasies , because the same storie in effect is alreadie ...
... late so many waies by wanton vanities . " Thirdly ; for the more noveltie of the thing , and apt facilitie in disposing the matter framed to the better liking of some inen's fan- tasies , because the same storie in effect is alreadie ...
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... late lamented Dr. Garnett : a name which cannot be uttered with- out a sigh of affectionate regret by all who knew the man , which cannot be written without a glow of grateful respect by all who received instruction from the philosopher ...
... late lamented Dr. Garnett : a name which cannot be uttered with- out a sigh of affectionate regret by all who knew the man , which cannot be written without a glow of grateful respect by all who received instruction from the philosopher ...
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... late Sir James Foulis , of Collington , and passes near Dalmahoy and Hatton ; the seats of gloomy Morton and intriguing Lauderdale , noticing , as he passes , the cultivated farms of professor Ferguson , well known for teaching the ...
... late Sir James Foulis , of Collington , and passes near Dalmahoy and Hatton ; the seats of gloomy Morton and intriguing Lauderdale , noticing , as he passes , the cultivated farms of professor Ferguson , well known for teaching the ...
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Page 20 - While from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind; But more advanc'd, behold with strange surprise New distant scenes of endless science rise!
Page 15 - Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life at a pin's fee; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself?
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Page 175 - Proofs of the Authenticity and Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures; a Summary of the History of the Jews ; an Account of the Jewish Sects ; and a brief Statement of the Contents of the several Books of the Old and New Testaments.
Page 407 - I answer: This extraordinary effect proceeds from that very eloquence, with which the melancholy scene is represented. The genius required to paint objects in a lively manner, the art employed in collecting all the pathetic circumstances, the judgment displayed in disposing them : the exercise, I say, of these noble talents, together with the force of expression, and beauty of oratorical numbers, diffuse the highest satisfaction on the audience, and excite the most delightful movements.
Page 407 - This idea, though weak and disguised, suffices to diminish the pain which we suffer from the misfortunes of those whom we love, and to reduce that affliction to such a pitch as converts it into a pleasure.
Page 106 - ... in the hospital, was the only measure which could be adopted. The physician, alarmed at the proposal, bold in the confidence of virtue and the cause of humanity, remonstrated vehemently, representing the cruelty as well as the atrocity of such a murder ; but finding that...