The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 30Tobias Smollett R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row, 1800 |
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... greater advantage ; and , in making fome judicious diftinctions be- tween motive and principles , he combats , with great fuccefs , Paley's notion of obligations . His peculiar fentiments ma be feen in the following paffage . . ' I do ...
... greater advantage ; and , in making fome judicious diftinctions be- tween motive and principles , he combats , with great fuccefs , Paley's notion of obligations . His peculiar fentiments ma be feen in the following paffage . . ' I do ...
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... greater check than it is under at prefent . ' This is indeed a moft extraordinary affertion in a book of this de- fcription . By what fhackles is the author reftrained himself ? And if he admit of none in his own cafe , why then does he ...
... greater check than it is under at prefent . ' This is indeed a moft extraordinary affertion in a book of this de- fcription . By what fhackles is the author reftrained himself ? And if he admit of none in his own cafe , why then does he ...
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... greater degree of facility to the fisherman , who ftands on the deck on purpose to hand , to throw , and to draw up his net . ' When the inhabitants of Matharyeh intend to fish at a distance from their own ifles , they take on board a ...
... greater degree of facility to the fisherman , who ftands on the deck on purpose to hand , to throw , and to draw up his net . ' When the inhabitants of Matharyeh intend to fish at a distance from their own ifles , they take on board a ...
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... greater momentum to their streams , which muft be increafed by deriving a portion of the waters of the Phanitic branch into them , while the momentum of the fea is checked by proper flood - gates . The minuter details of the reft of ...
... greater momentum to their streams , which muft be increafed by deriving a portion of the waters of the Phanitic branch into them , while the momentum of the fea is checked by proper flood - gates . The minuter details of the reft of ...
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... greater or more arduous attempts of the mufe , in which all the fa- culties of the mind have been fully and permanently employed . Even tafte , virtue , and comparative independence , do not feem ca- pable of beftowing on men of genius ...
... greater or more arduous attempts of the mufe , in which all the fa- culties of the mind have been fully and permanently employed . Even tafte , virtue , and comparative independence , do not feem ca- pable of beftowing on men of genius ...
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Page 426 - twas a famous victory. "My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by; They burnt his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly: So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. "With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a...
Page 426 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won ; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun : But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. " Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene." " Why, 'twas a very wicked thing," Said little Wilhelmine. " Nay, nay, my little girl," quoth he,
Page 25 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Page 308 - Guid faith, he mauna fa' that! For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that; The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher ranks than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will, for a' that, That sense and worth o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a
Page 340 - Finally brethren, farewell : be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace ; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
Page 308 - A prince can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith, he mauna fa' that! For a
Page 426 - With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a childing mother then, And new-born infant, died. But things like that, you know, must be At every famous victory.
Page 308 - Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that ! What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man, for a
Page 314 - Creed, and that which is commonly called the Apostles' Creed, ought thoroughly to be received and believed: for they may be proved by most certain warrants of holy Scripture.
Page 307 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will...