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... allows , that there is a danger lest the habit of levity should tend to the admission of any thing con- trary to the design of such a work . In writings of humour , figures are sometimes used of so de- licate a nature , that it shall ...
... allows , that there is a danger lest the habit of levity should tend to the admission of any thing con- trary to the design of such a work . In writings of humour , figures are sometimes used of so de- licate a nature , that it shall ...
Page xxxiv
... allowed in biographical compilations ? In this work , the chief excellence is in his cha- racters they are admirable as portraits , and , like portraits , they have some of the faults as well as beauties of the most celebrated masters ...
... allowed in biographical compilations ? In this work , the chief excellence is in his cha- racters they are admirable as portraits , and , like portraits , they have some of the faults as well as beauties of the most celebrated masters ...
Page xxxvii
... allow that it was any thing more than a little damp . The " acquaintance of mine " was the author himself , and the ... allowed in 1765. In 1768 , he went out as Governor of Virginia . Orford's Works , vol . v . p . 305 . merit , we are ...
... allow that it was any thing more than a little damp . The " acquaintance of mine " was the author himself , and the ... allowed in 1765. In 1768 , he went out as Governor of Virginia . Orford's Works , vol . v . p . 305 . merit , we are ...
Page xxxix
... allowed that few men could comprehend the force of argument , or employ it with more advantage ; but he was conscious he did not possess those requisites for public speaking which are necessary to command the attention of that assembly ...
... allowed that few men could comprehend the force of argument , or employ it with more advantage ; but he was conscious he did not possess those requisites for public speaking which are necessary to command the attention of that assembly ...
Page xl
... allowed , he treated in a new manner , but it did not prove much more satis- factory than preceding attempts . It produced , however , a critical dissertation or review , of un- rivalled excellence , from the pen of Dr. John- son . It ...
... allowed , he treated in a new manner , but it did not prove much more satis- factory than preceding attempts . It produced , however , a critical dissertation or review , of un- rivalled excellence , from the pen of Dr. John- son . It ...
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Page l - An Inquiry into the Secondary Causes which Mr. Gibbon has assigned for the rapid growth of Christianity.
Page 318 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out...
Page 323 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Page 75 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Page 244 - True wit is nature to advantage dress'd ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd ; Something, whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.
Page li - Lord Hailes's Annals of Scotland have not that painted form which is the taste of this age ; but it is a book which will always sell, it has such a stability of dates, such a certainty of facts, and such a punctuality of citation. I never before read Scotch history with certainty.
Page 121 - Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snateh a fearful joy.
Page 131 - The most inflammatory and intrepid fevers fly at the first discharge of Dr. James's powder ; and a drop or pill of the celebrated Mr. Ward corrects all the malignity of Pandora's box.
Page 99 - As I found that the name of Sysigambis, carrying an idea of age along with it, was offensive to my wife, I waved the parallel ; and addressing myself in common to my wife and daughter, I told them, " I perceived that there was a painter now at Paris, who coloured much higher than Rigault, though he did not paint near so like ; for that I could hardly have guessed them to be the pictures of themselves.
Page 274 - A gentleman is every man, who, "with a tolerable suit of clothes, a sword by his side, and a watch and snuff-box in his pockets, asserts himself to be a gentleman, swears with energy that he will be treated as such, and that he...