Flowers of Literature, for 1806: Or, Characteristic Sketches of Human Nature, and Modern Manners. To which are Added, a General View of Literature During that Period; Portraits and Biographical Notices of Eminent Literary, and Political Characters; with Notes, Historical, Critical, and ExplanatoryB. Crosby and Company, 1807 - 528 pages |
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... live ; And , Oh ! --- still harder lesson ! --- how to die ; Disdain not thou to smooth the restless bed Of sickness and of pain . Forgive the tear That feeble nature drops - .. calm all her fears , Wake all her hopes , and animate her ...
... live ; And , Oh ! --- still harder lesson ! --- how to die ; Disdain not thou to smooth the restless bed Of sickness and of pain . Forgive the tear That feeble nature drops - .. calm all her fears , Wake all her hopes , and animate her ...
Page xliii
... conduct with half that pre- cision with which he can ascertain and develope them himself . We mean this as particularly ap- plying to men of known candour and integrity , and not to the apologists for lives of crime and INTRODUCTION , ...
... conduct with half that pre- cision with which he can ascertain and develope them himself . We mean this as particularly ap- plying to men of known candour and integrity , and not to the apologists for lives of crime and INTRODUCTION , ...
Page xliv
... lives of crime and in- famy . Mr. Cumberland we had ever believed to be a good man , and a good christian ; and , as such , we hailed his self - written memoirs with peculiar sa- tisfaction . As a dramatist , as a novelist , and as an ...
... lives of crime and in- famy . Mr. Cumberland we had ever believed to be a good man , and a good christian ; and , as such , we hailed his self - written memoirs with peculiar sa- tisfaction . As a dramatist , as a novelist , and as an ...
Page xlvii
... live their wonted fires ! " for , in this work , we perceive little more than an iteration of the pernicious doctrines of the discon- tented schismatic , who , pining under the healthfu government of Britain , retired across the ...
... live their wonted fires ! " for , in this work , we perceive little more than an iteration of the pernicious doctrines of the discon- tented schismatic , who , pining under the healthfu government of Britain , retired across the ...
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... live to hear a lady eulogised for the moistness of her hair ! -These volumes are excessively dull and stupid ... lives of that eccentric artist , Morland , have appeared : one by Hassell , the other by Mr. Blagdon . The former ...
... live to hear a lady eulogised for the moistness of her hair ! -These volumes are excessively dull and stupid ... lives of that eccentric artist , Morland , have appeared : one by Hassell , the other by Mr. Blagdon . The former ...
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