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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... writer . The Georgica of Nicander have , kowever , been loft for ages : but we may reft affured that , if they were poffeffed of any beauties that were worth tranfcrib- ing they are fill to be found in the poem of the Latin bardy who ...
... writer . The Georgica of Nicander have , kowever , been loft for ages : but we may reft affured that , if they were poffeffed of any beauties that were worth tranfcrib- ing they are fill to be found in the poem of the Latin bardy who ...
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... writer and difciple of another celebrated school , which boasts the names of Law , Jebb , Watfon , and Paley ; and the moral philo- fophy of this laft philofopher is fcrutinifed in the manner generally employed by his opponents of this ...
... writer and difciple of another celebrated school , which boasts the names of Law , Jebb , Watfon , and Paley ; and the moral philo- fophy of this laft philofopher is fcrutinifed in the manner generally employed by his opponents of this ...
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... writer properly obferves , what virtue itfelf is ; and , after oft - refumed confideration , ' he has ventured upon the fol- lowing definition . Virtue is voluntary obedience to the will of God . ' We are fully aware of the objections ...
... writer properly obferves , what virtue itfelf is ; and , after oft - refumed confideration , ' he has ventured upon the fol- lowing definition . Virtue is voluntary obedience to the will of God . ' We are fully aware of the objections ...
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... writer , in which it could not have been a pleafant fight to ob- ferve a note , intimating that the fentiments of the patrons of the work thus publifhed did not concur ; and they might well be apprehenfive of danger , from the ftyle and ...
... writer , in which it could not have been a pleafant fight to ob- ferve a note , intimating that the fentiments of the patrons of the work thus publifhed did not concur ; and they might well be apprehenfive of danger , from the ftyle and ...
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... writer , altogether difcourage fpeculation , but I cannot help thinking that it would be useful to put fpecula tion under a greater check than it is under at prefent . ' This is indeed a moft extraordinary affertion in a book of this de ...
... writer , altogether difcourage fpeculation , but I cannot help thinking that it would be useful to put fpecula tion under a greater check than it is under at prefent . ' This is indeed a moft extraordinary affertion in a book of this de ...
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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...