The English Review, Or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature, Volume 14J. Murray, 1789 |
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Pagina 5
... himself and his bookfeller . In the firft interlude the fubject is an inquiry concerning the true diftinctions between poetry and profe , which our author conceives to be , in a great measure , confined to the first admitting no ...
... himself and his bookfeller . In the firft interlude the fubject is an inquiry concerning the true diftinctions between poetry and profe , which our author conceives to be , in a great measure , confined to the first admitting no ...
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... himself up to the inviting hiftories of Scanderbeg's and the Hungarian wars , he feels himself allured ftill farther . The more he defcends from the natural road , at the top of the precipice ; he feels it the more difficult to refrain ...
... himself up to the inviting hiftories of Scanderbeg's and the Hungarian wars , he feels himself allured ftill farther . The more he defcends from the natural road , at the top of the precipice ; he feels it the more difficult to refrain ...
Pagina 13
... himself , in this fecond character of Voltaire ! He ' too is ambitious of uni- • versal monarchy ; and the digreffor frequently afpires to the ་ < name ⚫ name and style of an aftronomer , a chymift Hiftory of the Decline and Fall of ...
... himself , in this fecond character of Voltaire ! He ' too is ambitious of uni- • versal monarchy ; and the digreffor frequently afpires to the ་ < name ⚫ name and style of an aftronomer , a chymift Hiftory of the Decline and Fall of ...
Pagina 14
... himself becomes half a Chriftian at times , we fee , in mere oppofition to Voltaire . Such are the principles and practices , of these mock - doctors in philofophy ! But let it also be obferved , that Mr. Gibbon's animofity is as ...
... himself becomes half a Chriftian at times , we fee , in mere oppofition to Voltaire . Such are the principles and practices , of these mock - doctors in philofophy ! But let it also be obferved , that Mr. Gibbon's animofity is as ...
Pagina 39
... himself in fuch or fuch a manner , or dwells on this or that particular , and paffes by others , which of themselves may ap- pear of equal or greater importance . Not only the propriety and fpirit of many paffages will be more ...
... himself in fuch or fuch a manner , or dwells on this or that particular , and paffes by others , which of themselves may ap- pear of equal or greater importance . Not only the propriety and fpirit of many paffages will be more ...
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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.
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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.