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Pagina 1
... the merit attached to our former volumes we fay nothing . It is needlefs . The Public , in whofe hands they now are , cannot but be deemed competent A 2 competent judges . Their countenance is a prefump- tive proof PREFACE. ...
... the merit attached to our former volumes we fay nothing . It is needlefs . The Public , in whofe hands they now are , cannot but be deemed competent A 2 competent judges . Their countenance is a prefump- tive proof PREFACE. ...
Pagina 7
... hand with a fur- prifing fuccefs . His exertions against the foe were re- membered with gratitude . In the courfe of this war , it was determined by admi- niftration to keep at fea fmall fquadrons . The defign of this scheme was , the ...
... hand with a fur- prifing fuccefs . His exertions against the foe were re- membered with gratitude . In the courfe of this war , it was determined by admi- niftration to keep at fea fmall fquadrons . The defign of this scheme was , the ...
Pagina 11
... hands of the ene my . On the 18th of April , 1796 , he fucceeded in cap- turing a French armed veffel , in the outer harbour of Havre de Grace . The tide , however , drove her up the Seine , near the French forts . In the night he ...
... hands of the ene my . On the 18th of April , 1796 , he fucceeded in cap- turing a French armed veffel , in the outer harbour of Havre de Grace . The tide , however , drove her up the Seine , near the French forts . In the night he ...
Pagina 15
... hand- fome prefent of a purfe of guineas , with a promife of procuring for her fome annual provifion for life ; but ... hands of Dr. Friend , the phyfician . BISHOP WARBURTON . THIS prelate has obferved in one of his letters , with ...
... hand- fome prefent of a purfe of guineas , with a promife of procuring for her fome annual provifion for life ; but ... hands of Dr. Friend , the phyfician . BISHOP WARBURTON . THIS prelate has obferved in one of his letters , with ...
Pagina 25
... hand , and clasping mine , we inftantly began to rife with an amazing degree of velocity , abforbed in mingled awe and admiration . I had not the power of speech , but looked down upon the receding world in folemn filence ; it appeared ...
... hand , and clasping mine , we inftantly began to rife with an amazing degree of velocity , abforbed in mingled awe and admiration . I had not the power of speech , but looked down upon the receding world in folemn filence ; it appeared ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
admiration againſt alfo almoft beauty becauſe beft breaft caufe character circumftance confequence confiderable converfation defire difplayed diftinguished enemy Evan Nepean fafely faid fame fatisfaction fcarcely fcenes fecond feems fenfe fent fentiments fervant fervice feven feveral fhade fhall fhips fhould figh fince firft fituation flain fleet fmile fome fometimes foon forrow foul fource fpirit ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fuffered fuperior fuppofed fure fweet genius happineſs heart hiftory himſelf honour human inftances inftruction intereft itſelf John Horne Tooke juft laft lefs loft Lord meaſure mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never o'er obferved occafion paffed paffion perfons pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed prefent purpoſe racter reafon refpect reft rifing ſcene ſhall ſhe Sir G ſtate tafte thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe THOMAS CHATTERTON thoſe thou thouſand tion underſtanding uſeful virtue whilft whofe whoſe youth
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Pagina 139 - ... the outlines. The opinions he formed of men, upon a slight acquaintance, were frequently erroneous ; but the tendency of his nature inclined him much more to blind partiality, than to ill-founded prejudice.
Pagina 300 - Abbreviations are the wheels of language, the wings of " Mercury, and though we might be dragged along without "them, it would be with much difficulty, very heavily, and
Pagina 234 - As with my hat upon my head I walk'd along the Strand, I there did meet another man With his hat in his hand.
Pagina 410 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
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Pagina 234 - Yet hear, alas ! this mournful truth, Nor hear it with a frown ; — Thou canst not make the tea so fast As I can gulp it down.