The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 4A. Constable, 1804 |
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Page 390
... Gaul , and feems , in his youth , to have courted the Gaulish mufe , till he found that the would not advance his fortune - a very unpoetical ground of defertion— " Galatea reliquit : Namque ; -fatebor enim - dum ine Galatxa tenebat ...
... Gaul , and feems , in his youth , to have courted the Gaulish mufe , till he found that the would not advance his fortune - a very unpoetical ground of defertion— " Galatea reliquit : Namque ; -fatebor enim - dum ine Galatxa tenebat ...
Page 392
... Gauls by Pythagoras , refts on no better foundation than the opinion of Mr Pinkerton . The Druids , indeed , coincided with that philofopher , in the belief of a tranfmigration of the foul ; though it appears , from the practical ufe ...
... Gauls by Pythagoras , refts on no better foundation than the opinion of Mr Pinkerton . The Druids , indeed , coincided with that philofopher , in the belief of a tranfmigration of the foul ; though it appears , from the practical ufe ...
Page 393
... Gaul , and there learned the doctrine of the Metempfichofis . It is but fair , however , to mention that there is a paffage of Ammianus Marcellinus , which feems to favour the Pythagorean origin of the Druids . This paf- fage has ...
... Gaul , and there learned the doctrine of the Metempfichofis . It is but fair , however , to mention that there is a paffage of Ammianus Marcellinus , which feems to favour the Pythagorean origin of the Druids . This paf- fage has ...
Page 394
... Gaul , that Druidifm originated in Britain ; and the fact , which he exprefsly mentions , that in his time thofe who wished to be- come adepts in its myfteries , commonly went to Britain for that purpose , ftrengthens the traditionary ...
... Gaul , that Druidifm originated in Britain ; and the fact , which he exprefsly mentions , that in his time thofe who wished to be- come adepts in its myfteries , commonly went to Britain for that purpose , ftrengthens the traditionary ...
Page 395
... Gaul , on the fouth . A line drawn by the Se- vern in Britain and Seine in Gaul , forms the eastern bound , while the ocean forms the western . ' ‡ It is of fome confequence to afcertain , by the fame appeal to authorities , the nature ...
... Gaul , on the fouth . A line drawn by the Se- vern in Britain and Seine in Gaul , forms the eastern bound , while the ocean forms the western . ' ‡ It is of fome confequence to afcertain , by the fame appeal to authorities , the nature ...
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Page 161 - ASK ME No MORE ASK me no more where Jove bestows, When June is past, the fading rose; For in your beauty's orient deep These flowers, as in their causes, sleep. Ask me no more whither do stray The golden atoms of the day; For in pure love heaven did prepare Those powders to enrich your hair.
Page 273 - All the bees in the neighbourhood resort to a bed of mignonette opposite to the window, and pay me for the honey they get out of it by a hum, which, though rather monotonous, is as agreeable to my ear as the whistling of my linnets.
Page 277 - The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp.
Page 272 - I could spend whole days and moonlight nights in feeding upon a lovely prospect ! My eyes drink the rivers as they flow. If every human being upon earth could think for one quarter of an hour as I have done for many years, there might perhaps be many miserable men among them, but not an unawakened one could be found from the arctic to the antarctic circle.
Page 272 - ... now out, with a deal of state, in a figure of eight, without pipe or string, or any such thing; and now I have writ, in a rhyming fit, what will make you dance, and as you advance, will keep you still, though against your will, dancing away...
Page 374 - And this constitutes true politeness. It is a perpetual attention, (by habit it grows easy and natural to us), to the little wants of those we are with, by which we either prevent, or remove them. Bowing, ceremonious, formal compliments, stiff civilities, will never be politeness : that must be easy, natural, unstudied, manly, noble.
Page 210 - To cheer our gloomy Sky How shall we celebrate the day, When God appeared in mortal clay, The mark of worldly scorn ; When the Archangel's heavenly Lays, Attempted the Redeemer's Praise And hail'd Salvation's Morn ! A Humble Form the Godhead wore, The Pains of Poverty he bore, To gaudy Pomp unknown : Tho' in a human walk he trod Still was the Man Almighty God In Glory all his own.
Page 277 - Time made thee what thou wast, king of the woods ; And time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in.
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