The English Review, Or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature, Volume 14J. Murray, 1789 |
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Pagina 7
... equally fhort du- ration , but have their existence in the night . And the flowers of the hibifcus trionum are faid to continue but a fingle hour . The court- fhip between the males and females in thefe flowers might be easily watched ...
... equally fhort du- ration , but have their existence in the night . And the flowers of the hibifcus trionum are faid to continue but a fingle hour . The court- fhip between the males and females in thefe flowers might be easily watched ...
Pagina 11
... equally adapted to Mr. Gibbon himself , as to Voltaire . The keen atmosphere of feverity , which continually wraps Mr. Gibbon round when he speaks of Judaism and of Christianity ; fhews clearly the inclement rigour of his fpirit to ...
... equally adapted to Mr. Gibbon himself , as to Voltaire . The keen atmosphere of feverity , which continually wraps Mr. Gibbon round when he speaks of Judaism and of Christianity ; fhews clearly the inclement rigour of his fpirit to ...
Pagina 13
... equally with the force of that directed at the head of Voltaire . Mr. Gibbon appears to have conceived a most un - brotherly ha- tred , for an hiftorian who is very like himfelf , lively , abfurd , falfifier , and an infidel . He is not ...
... equally with the force of that directed at the head of Voltaire . Mr. Gibbon appears to have conceived a most un - brotherly ha- tred , for an hiftorian who is very like himfelf , lively , abfurd , falfifier , and an infidel . He is not ...
Pagina 21
... equally triumph and la- ment , at a work like this . They may triumph , when , with the ufual perfunctoriness of criticifm , they confider the wide range of reading in it , the fplendour of the fentiments , the depth of the reflections ...
... equally triumph and la- ment , at a work like this . They may triumph , when , with the ufual perfunctoriness of criticifm , they confider the wide range of reading in it , the fplendour of the fentiments , the depth of the reflections ...
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... equally in the praife and in the cenfure , truly descriptive of him , -On th ' other fide up rofe Belial , in a more graceful and humane : A fairer perfon loft not heav'n ; he feem'd For dignity compos'd and high exploit , But all was ...
... equally in the praife and in the cenfure , truly descriptive of him , -On th ' other fide up rofe Belial , in a more graceful and humane : A fairer perfon loft not heav'n ; he feem'd For dignity compos'd and high exploit , But all was ...
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Pagina 347 - The prince is to the nation he governs what the head is to the man; it is his duty to see, think, and act for the whole community, that he may procure it every advantage of which it is capable.
Pagina 6 - The calm philosopher in ether sails, Views broader stars, and breathes in purer gales; Sees like a map, in many a waving line, Round earth's blue plains her lucid waters shine ; Sees at his feet the forky lightnings glow, And hears innocuous thunders roar below.
Pagina 192 - April 18th, 1676, and lye buried in this place." *' This monument stands to the west of Sudbury causeway, about one mile southward of the church in old Sudbury, and about a quarter of a mile from the great road, that leads from Worcester to Boston.
Pagina 441 - The clothing of both •exes is the same, consisting entirely of the hides of oxen, which are as pliant as cloth. The men wear tails of different animals tied round their thighs ; pieces of brass in their hair, and large ivory rings on their arms ; they are adorned also with the hair of lions, and feathers fastened on their heads, with many other fantastical ornaments.
Pagina 37 - ... and calling this a sidereal stratum, an eye placed somewhere within it will see all the stars in the direction of the planes of the stratum projected into a great circle, which will appear lucid on account of the accumulation of the stars, while the rest of the heavens at the sides will only seem to be scattered over with constellations, more or less crowded, according to the distance of the planes or number of stars contained in the thickness or sides of the stratum.
Pagina 263 - An Account of the principal Lazarettos in Europe ; with various Papers relative to the Plague ! together with further observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals, and additional Remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
Pagina 441 - Tambufhie, who has obtained the latter denomination from his mother, a woman of the tribe of Hottentots, called Tambukies. This man was the fon of a chief, called Pharoa, who died about three years before, and left two fons, Cha Cha Bea, and another named Mrika, who claimed the fupreme authority on account of his mother being of the CafFre nation.
Pagina 371 - State was well nigh swept away by the Corporation Act, which compelled every mayor, common councilman, alderman, or any other officer in a corporation to take an oath against the Solemn League and Covenant and to "declare that it was not lawful upon any pretence whatever to take arms against the king ; and that he did abhor the traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person, or against those commissioned by him.