The Analectic Magazine...: Comprising Original Reviews, Biography, Analytical Abstracts of New Publications, Volume 2Published and sold by Moses Thomas, 1820 |
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... important occasions in which his feelings became en- gaged , and his sense of duty propelled him to exertion , no man discovered more promptitude , decision and energy of character , or more firmness and perseverance . He entered upon ...
... important occasions in which his feelings became en- gaged , and his sense of duty propelled him to exertion , no man discovered more promptitude , decision and energy of character , or more firmness and perseverance . He entered upon ...
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... important public duty . As a writer he is entitled to a very distinguished rank . He had a mind which was , indeed , capable of comprehend- ing the abstruse and penetrating into the profound , but which following its natural impulses ...
... important public duty . As a writer he is entitled to a very distinguished rank . He had a mind which was , indeed , capable of comprehend- ing the abstruse and penetrating into the profound , but which following its natural impulses ...
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... important controversies maintained , he would have been found one of the ablest champions , that ever espoused a cause . In the days of Luther , Calvin and Cranmer , when all his powers would have been excited into strenuous exer- tion ...
... important controversies maintained , he would have been found one of the ablest champions , that ever espoused a cause . In the days of Luther , Calvin and Cranmer , when all his powers would have been excited into strenuous exer- tion ...
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... important station for that purpose . On its summit is a watch tower in almost entire preserva- tion . It is constructed with immensely thick walls , through which are a few loopholes , the only inlets of light , excepting at the door ...
... important station for that purpose . On its summit is a watch tower in almost entire preserva- tion . It is constructed with immensely thick walls , through which are a few loopholes , the only inlets of light , excepting at the door ...
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... important feature of their moral character . It would be well , perhaps , for the scientific , could rules of philosophizing , capable of an exact application , and , in some measure , similar to those which Newton prescribed to 34 A ...
... important feature of their moral character . It would be well , perhaps , for the scientific , could rules of philosophizing , capable of an exact application , and , in some measure , similar to those which Newton prescribed to 34 A ...
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Page 38 - And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, "As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Page 210 - As for your poor unfortunate faithful Morley, she could not bear it ; for if ever you should forsake me, I would have nothing more to do with the world, but make another abdication ; for what is a crown when the support of it is gone. I never will forsake your dear self, Mr.
Page 154 - tis true, this god did shake : His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried ' Give me some drink, Titinius,
Page 324 - But why should the Americans write books, when a six weeks' passage brings them, in their own tongue, our sense, science and genius, in bales and hogsheads? Prairies, steam-boats, grist-mills, are their natural objects for centuries to come.
Page 154 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Page 412 - While the language free and bold Which the bard of Avon sung, In which our MILTON told How the vault of heaven rung, When Satan, blasted, fell with...
Page 207 - The success of this campaign," he said, " is solely due to this incomparable chief, since I confess that I, serving as second in command, opposed in all circumstances his opinion and proposals." No panegyric can equal this candid avowal. It is alike honourable to the general by whom it was made, and to him whom no obstructions could divert from the accomplishment of his beneficial designs.
Page 202 - I have lost," he emphatically added, " my wonted skill in physiognomy, if any subject of your majesty can ever attain such a height of military glory, as that to which this combination of sublime perfections must raise him.
Page 117 - The ripening grape shall hang on every thorn," seems to have hinted at this art, which can turn a plantation of northern hedges into a vineyard. These adepts are known among one another by the name of wine-brewers, and I am afraid do great injury, not only to her Majesty's customs, but to the bodies of many of her good subjects.
Page 117 - There is, in this city, a certain fraternity of chemical operators, who work under ground in holes, caverns, and dark retirements, to conceal their mysteries from the eyes and observation of mankind. These subterraneous philosophers are daily employed in the transmutation of liquors, and, by the power of magical drugs and incantations, raising under the streets of London the choicest products of the hills and valleys of France. They can squeeze Bordeaux out of the sloe, and draw Champagne from an...