A New History of Great Britain: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Present Time ...C. Law, 1803 - 455 pagina's |
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Pagina 3
... carried to Rome , his . undaunted behaviour before Claudius , gained him the admiration of the victors , and is celebrated in the hiftories of the times . Boadicea being defeated , difdained to furvive the liberties of her country ; and ...
... carried to Rome , his . undaunted behaviour before Claudius , gained him the admiration of the victors , and is celebrated in the hiftories of the times . Boadicea being defeated , difdained to furvive the liberties of her country ; and ...
Pagina 18
... carried into Ireland , where he fpent fome years . Having there beheld with compaffion , the general ignorance of that people , he cheerfully undertook the arduous task of their inftruction and converfion . In this work he employed the ...
... carried into Ireland , where he fpent fome years . Having there beheld with compaffion , the general ignorance of that people , he cheerfully undertook the arduous task of their inftruction and converfion . In this work he employed the ...
Pagina 22
... carried off fome of the moft admired pieces of fculp- ture ; and great numbers of them , together with the edifices which they adorned , were deftroyed by the Scots and Picts in their incurfions , and by the Saxons in their long wars ...
... carried off fome of the moft admired pieces of fculp- ture ; and great numbers of them , together with the edifices which they adorned , were deftroyed by the Scots and Picts in their incurfions , and by the Saxons in their long wars ...
Pagina 23
... carry the badges of their nobility on their fpotted fkins . " As both fexes painted , we have reason to fuppofe that the British ladies would not be fparing of thefe fine figures on their bodies , which were at once esteemed fo ...
... carry the badges of their nobility on their fpotted fkins . " As both fexes painted , we have reason to fuppofe that the British ladies would not be fparing of thefe fine figures on their bodies , which were at once esteemed fo ...
Pagina 28
... carried on , for fome ages , in the way of barter , or exchange of one commodity for another . When metals were first ufed as money , and made the common prices of all commodities , their value was determined only by their weight . The ...
... carried on , for fome ages , in the way of barter , or exchange of one commodity for another . When metals were first ufed as money , and made the common prices of all commodities , their value was determined only by their weight . The ...
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Pagina 376 - Here shift the scene, to represent How those I love, my death lament. Poor Pope will grieve a month; and Gay A week ; and Arbuthnot a day. St John himself will scarce forbear, To bite his pen, and drop a tear. The rest will give a shrug and cry I'm sorry; but we all must die.
Pagina 390 - The excellence of this work is not exactness, but copiousness ; particular lines are not to be regarded ; the power is in the whole ; and in the whole there is a magnificence like that ascribed to Chinese plantation, the magnificence of vast extent and endless diversity.
Pagina 254 - THE Lord descended from above, And bowed the heavens most high ; And underneath his feet he cast The darkness of the sky. 2 On cherub and on cherubim, Full royally he rode ; And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad.
Pagina 394 - I had friends who endeavoured to shake my belief in the Christian religion. I saw difficulties which staggered me ; but I kept my mind open to conviction. The evidences and doctrines of Christianity, studied with attention, made me a most firm and persuaded believer of the Christian religion. I have made it the rule of my life, and it is the ground of my future hopes.
Pagina 400 - ... collate manuscripts — but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the...
Pagina 270 - Christ was the word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it ; And what the word did make it, That I believe and take it.
Pagina 379 - It has been so long said as to be commonly believed, that the true characters of men may be found in their letters, and that he who writes to his friends lays his heart open before him. But the truth is, that such were the simple friendships of the "Golden Age," and are now the friendships only of children.
Pagina 124 - Lever a cinq, diner a neuf, Souper a cinq, coucher a neuf, Fait vivre d'ans nonante et neuf.
Pagina 153 - ... a coat, one half white, and the other half black or blue ; a long beard ; a silk hood buttoned under his chin, embroidered with grotesque figures of animals, dancing men, &c.
Pagina 370 - I have heard him frequently own with pleasure, that if he had any talent for English prose, it was owing to his having often read the writings of the great Archbishop Tillotson.