The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 69; Volume 1790Tobias Smollett R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row, 1790 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 2
... perhaps , of a difproportionate ex- tent ; but the editor apologises for this fault with unequal ef- fect . We allow that works of this kind are deftined for a fu- ture age , when the fources from whence the information is drawn are ...
... perhaps , of a difproportionate ex- tent ; but the editor apologises for this fault with unequal ef- fect . We allow that works of this kind are deftined for a fu- ture age , when the fources from whence the information is drawn are ...
Page 3
... perhaps , learn , that in every age fomething valuable may be found . To reject what was formerly done , difplays as ... perhaps , too frequently brought forward , and fome minute facts , if they had been added to the work , would not ...
... perhaps , learn , that in every age fomething valuable may be found . To reject what was formerly done , difplays as ... perhaps , too frequently brought forward , and fome minute facts , if they had been added to the work , would not ...
Page 25
... perhaps not lefs unpleasant to the ear than incorrect . Nothing is faid about troublesome ' in the text , or the first coming under the barber's hand , as in the note . : Under whofe razor , my ftrong beard in my youth refounded ...
... perhaps not lefs unpleasant to the ear than incorrect . Nothing is faid about troublesome ' in the text , or the first coming under the barber's hand , as in the note . : Under whofe razor , my ftrong beard in my youth refounded ...
Page 26
... perhaps , you'll fay- • Whence Is there genius equal to the matter ? Whence that fimplicity § Of former ( writers ) , of writing whatever they might like , with In præcipiti ftetit- hath flood - hath been for fome time at its highest ...
... perhaps , you'll fay- • Whence Is there genius equal to the matter ? Whence that fimplicity § Of former ( writers ) , of writing whatever they might like , with In præcipiti ftetit- hath flood - hath been for fome time at its highest ...
Page 41
... perhaps , a fmall part of last year's crop , and the corn or weeds that now cover its furface . Pur- cell , however , was fuch an excellent cultivator of his farm in Parnaffus , that its crops will be long remembered , even after time ...
... perhaps , a fmall part of last year's crop , and the corn or weeds that now cover its furface . Pur- cell , however , was fuch an excellent cultivator of his farm in Parnaffus , that its crops will be long remembered , even after time ...
Contents
82 | |
90 | |
92 | |
93 | |
110 | |
115 | |
118 | |
161 | |
233 | |
235 | |
236 | |
237 | |
243 | |
261 | |
302 | |
305 | |
316 | |
524 | |
585 | |
628 | |
634 | |
651 | |
679 | |
715 | |
721 | |
722 | |
725 | |
727 | |
728 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acid æther affiftance alfo almoſt anfwer appears arife atmoſphere beautiful becauſe cafe caufe Celts chiefly circumftances colour confequence confiderable confidered confifts contains defcribed defcription deferves defign difcovered Diffenters diftinct effay eſtabliſhed fafely faid falt fame fatirical fays fecond feems feen fentiments feparate ferved feven feveral fhall fhort fhould fhow fide filk fimilar fince firft firſt fituation fluid fmall fome fometimes foon fource fpecies fpirit ftate ftill ftone fubject fuccefs fuch fufficient fufpect fuppofed fupport fyftem give hiftory himſelf inftance interefting iſland king laft laſt leaſt lefs Letter lord moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary neral nitrous acid obfervations object occafion opinion oppofition paffage paffed perfons phlogiston pleafing pleaſure pofition prefent preferved probably purpoſe reafon refemblance refpecting remarks Ruffia ſeems ſhall ſtate thefe theſe thofe thoſe tion tranflated ufual uſeful volume weft whofe whole
Popular passages
Page 153 - Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Page 153 - Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Page 75 - AND there mall be figns in the fun, and in the moon, and in the ftars ; and upon the earth diftrefs of nations, with perplexity ; the fea and the waves roaring ; men's hearts failing them for fear...
Page 71 - Civil governors are properly the servants of the public ; and a King is no more than the first servant of the public, created by it, maintained by it, and responsible to it : and all the homage paid him, is due to him on no other account than his relation to the public.
Page 121 - Observation on the Time of the Death and Place of Burial of Queen Katharine Parr.
Page 399 - Varina, how imagination leads me beyond myself and all my sorrows! It is sunk, and a thousand graves lie open ! — No, madam, I will give you no more of my unhappy temper, though I derive it all from you.
Page 47 - In his way to town, a fit of melancholy and despair having seized him, he alighted, and giving his horse to the servant, went into a field, in the corner of which there was a pond surrounded with trees, which pointed out to his choice two ways of getting rid of life ; but not being more inclined to the one than...
Page 319 - William's building contains the great hall, vestibule, and dome, designed and erected by Sir Christopher Wren. The tambour of the dome is formed by a circle of columns duplicated, of the Composite order, with four projecting groups of columns at the quoins. The attic above is a circle without breaks, covered with the dome, and terminated with a turret. In the tympanum of the...
Page 604 - East; and are altogether, in their form, ornaments, and compass, an incontestable proof, stronger than a thousand Greek quotations, that geometry, drawing, mechanics, and music, were at the greatest perfection when this instrument was made ; and that the period from which we date the invention of these arts was only the beginning of the era of their restoration.
Page 383 - To leave their first disordered combating, And in a dance such measure to observe As all the world their motion should preserve. Since when they still are carried in a round, "° And changing come one in another's place; Yet do they neither mingle nor confound, But every one doth keep the bounded space Wherein the dance doth bid it turn or trace. This wondrous miracle did Love devise, For dancing is love's proper exercise. Like this he framed the gods...