The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 89,Deel 2;Volume 126F. Jefferies, 1819 The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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Pagina 41
... racter not uncommon , the pleasing garrulous old Collegiate scholar , who is often seen filling the arm - chair by the fire - side of a common , or com- bination - room . Being among com- panions of similar habits , and a com- mon ...
... racter not uncommon , the pleasing garrulous old Collegiate scholar , who is often seen filling the arm - chair by the fire - side of a common , or com- bination - room . Being among com- panions of similar habits , and a com- mon ...
Pagina 48
... racter - meditations calculated to cor- rect our follies , to purify the heart from sin , to strengthen our weakness , and to subdue our passions ; to repress the triumphs of fancy amidst all the afflu- ence of worldly pleasures , and ...
... racter - meditations calculated to cor- rect our follies , to purify the heart from sin , to strengthen our weakness , and to subdue our passions ; to repress the triumphs of fancy amidst all the afflu- ence of worldly pleasures , and ...
Pagina 50
... Characters of Dramatic Writers contemporary with Shakspeare ; Specimens from the Writings of Fuller the Church Historian ; on the Genius and Cha racter of Hogarth ; on the Poetical Works of Geo . Wither ; with several other pieces . It ...
... Characters of Dramatic Writers contemporary with Shakspeare ; Specimens from the Writings of Fuller the Church Historian ; on the Genius and Cha racter of Hogarth ; on the Poetical Works of Geo . Wither ; with several other pieces . It ...
Pagina 72
... racter ; economy was what was needed- strict undeviating economy . Look at the office of Commander in Chief : would any man believe that we were paying 16 gui- neas a day to an individual for filling an office which was wholly useless ...
... racter ; economy was what was needed- strict undeviating economy . Look at the office of Commander in Chief : would any man believe that we were paying 16 gui- neas a day to an individual for filling an office which was wholly useless ...
Pagina 115
... racter of that king seems to have been much mistaken , and the records of Chinon shew that he was not , in early life , that good - natured easy being which he is usually represented ; for there are undoubted proofs , that when Dauphin ...
... racter of that king seems to have been much mistaken , and the records of Chinon shew that he was not , in early life , that good - natured easy being which he is usually represented ; for there are undoubted proofs , that when Dauphin ...
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Pagina 55 - and attentively read these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that this " Volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, ' more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and * finer strains both of Poetry and Eloquence, than can be' collected from * all other books, in whatever age or language they may have been composed.
Pagina 138 - I was pleased with the reply of a gentleman, who being asked which book he esteemed most in his library, answered, — "Shakspeare": being asked which he esteemed next best, replied — "Hogarth.
Pagina 52 - For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Pagina 109 - See how the world its veterans rewards ! A youth of frolics, an old age of cards ; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend ; A fop their passion, but their prize a sot, Alive ridiculous, and dead forgot ! Ah friend ! to dazzle let the vain design ; To raise the thought and touch the heart be thine!
Pagina 450 - But to those to whom he more immediately belonged, — who lived in his society, and enjoyed his conversation, it is not, perhaps, the character in which he will be most frequently recalled— most deeply lamented — or even most highly admired. Independently of his great attainments in mechanics, Mr. Watt was an extraordinary, and in many respects a wonderful man. Perhaps no individual in his age possessed so much and such varied and exact information, —had read so much, or remembered what he...
Pagina 426 - See the wretch, that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again : The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Pagina 321 - What then ? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Pagina 139 - The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; 'Tis yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued Nature and reviving Sense ; To chase the charms of sound, the pomp of show, For useful mirth and salutary woe ; Bid scenic Virtue form the rising age, And Truth diffuse her radiance from the stage.
Pagina 542 - Most Gracious Sovereign, WE, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Oxford, beg leave to approach your Majesty's throne with the renewed assurance of our devoted attachment.
Pagina 109 - Still out of reach, yet never out of view ; Sure, if they catch, to spoil the toy at most, To covet flying, and regret when lost : At last to follies youth could scarce defend.