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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... whose wisdom we admire and whofe benevolence we adore , at every step we take in the natural world ? This is the next fub- ject of inquiry , before M. Heider proceeds to the history of more modern nations . In the folution of the ...
... whose wisdom we admire and whofe benevolence we adore , at every step we take in the natural world ? This is the next fub- ject of inquiry , before M. Heider proceeds to the history of more modern nations . In the folution of the ...
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... whose waters reflect- ing the mountains which bound it , contract their fombre hue , and render the scene still more interesting . I could almoft have fancied that nature untamed bore here an uninterrupted fway amidst the gloom and ...
... whose waters reflect- ing the mountains which bound it , contract their fombre hue , and render the scene still more interesting . I could almoft have fancied that nature untamed bore here an uninterrupted fway amidst the gloom and ...
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... whose heart is warm , Whofe hands are pure , whose doctrine and whofe life Coincident , exhibit lucid proof That he is honeft in the facred cause . To fuch I render more than mere respect , Whofe actions fay that they respect themselves ...
... whose heart is warm , Whofe hands are pure , whose doctrine and whofe life Coincident , exhibit lucid proof That he is honeft in the facred cause . To fuch I render more than mere respect , Whofe actions fay that they respect themselves ...
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... whose doctrines were introduced into Scandinavia , was a god of terror , and his vo- taries carried defolation and the fword throughout whole regions ; but the Ninth Avatar brought the peaceful olive , and came into the world for the ...
... whose doctrines were introduced into Scandinavia , was a god of terror , and his vo- taries carried defolation and the fword throughout whole regions ; but the Ninth Avatar brought the peaceful olive , and came into the world for the ...
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... whose service his talents might , both for himself and his country , have been fo worthily employed ; but , as the tranflator juftly remarks , he deferves praise for having treated religious fub- jects with more decorum and referve than ...
... whose service his talents might , both for himself and his country , have been fo worthily employed ; but , as the tranflator juftly remarks , he deferves praise for having treated religious fub- jects with more decorum and referve than ...
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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...