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 8
... known , might be the model on which they formed it . From the airy halls and other circum- ftances mentioned in the poems of Offian , the fitua- tion of this happy place feems to have been in fome calm upper region , beyond the reach of ...
... known , might be the model on which they formed it . From the airy halls and other circum- ftances mentioned in the poems of Offian , the fitua- tion of this happy place feems to have been in fome calm upper region , beyond the reach of ...
Pagina 41
... known to the Britons . This continued to be a favourite beve- rage among them , long after they had become ac- quainted with other liquors . The mead - maker was the eleventh perfon in dignity in the courts of the ancient prince of ...
... known to the Britons . This continued to be a favourite beve- rage among them , long after they had become ac- quainted with other liquors . The mead - maker was the eleventh perfon in dignity in the courts of the ancient prince of ...
Pagina 42
... known to any other perfon , namely , every fentence of the judge , every new fong , and every cafk of mead . " This was per- haps the liquor , which is called , by Offian , the joy and ftrength of the fhells , with which his heroes were ...
... known to any other perfon , namely , every fentence of the judge , every new fong , and every cafk of mead . " This was per- haps the liquor , which is called , by Offian , the joy and ftrength of the fhells , with which his heroes were ...
Pagina 48
... the British genius . But it was known to many of the ancients , and introduced among us by the Romans ; and the uncominon bravery , which * Macpherson . has has always diftinguifhed our British breed , would foon induce ( 48 )
... the British genius . But it was known to many of the ancients , and introduced among us by the Romans ; and the uncominon bravery , which * Macpherson . has has always diftinguifhed our British breed , would foon induce ( 48 )
Pagina 51
... known to lie unburied , or to be removed from its fepulchre either by malice or acci- dent , and immediate care be not taken for the inter- ment of it , forms and tempefts will arife to deftroy their corn , overturn their cabins , and ...
... known to lie unburied , or to be removed from its fepulchre either by malice or acci- dent , and immediate care be not taken for the inter- ment of it , forms and tempefts will arife to deftroy their corn , overturn their cabins , and ...
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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.