The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, Volume 5F. and C. Rivington, 1795 |
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... produced , few have been more valuable than The Hiftory of Dekkan , tranflated by Captain Scott , from Ferifhtat , and continued from other native writers . Thefe authentic accounts , taken from authors who were either eye - witneffes ...
... produced , few have been more valuable than The Hiftory of Dekkan , tranflated by Captain Scott , from Ferifhtat , and continued from other native writers . Thefe authentic accounts , taken from authors who were either eye - witneffes ...
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... produced . On a much fmaller fcale , Bulmer's ielec- tion of Poems by Goldfmith and Parneit , contains as beautiful a fpecimen of typography as can be met with , and one not lefs extraordinary , of the art of engraving on wood . Some ...
... produced . On a much fmaller fcale , Bulmer's ielec- tion of Poems by Goldfmith and Parneit , contains as beautiful a fpecimen of typography as can be met with , and one not lefs extraordinary , of the art of engraving on wood . Some ...
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... produce . An inftance of this kind , among many others , we find in p . 51 : where we are told , With refpect to that part of the city which they call the Gardens , and the Temple of Venus which it contains , there is nothing in thefe ...
... produce . An inftance of this kind , among many others , we find in p . 51 : where we are told , With refpect to that part of the city which they call the Gardens , and the Temple of Venus which it contains , there is nothing in thefe ...
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... produced fuch execrable effects . In France in the year 1615 , at a meeting of the ftates , the third eftate condemn- ed as pernicious , all doctrines which made the authority of monarchs depend on any thing befides God . + With wea ...
... produced fuch execrable effects . In France in the year 1615 , at a meeting of the ftates , the third eftate condemn- ed as pernicious , all doctrines which made the authority of monarchs depend on any thing befides God . + With wea ...
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... produce fome fpecimens , and the following seem to be well calculated to give a juft idea of it . " The political ... produced great good ; that of every other form of go- vernment , none of which have ever procured permanent and ...
... produce fome fpecimens , and the following seem to be well calculated to give a juft idea of it . " The political ... produced great good ; that of every other form of go- vernment , none of which have ever procured permanent and ...
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Page 270 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 197 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Page 301 - And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 229 - But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts (though God accept them) yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in act; and that cannot be without power and place, as the vantage and commanding ground.
Page 199 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 199 - And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
Page 249 - Written in a blank leaf of Dugdale's Monasticon. " Deem not, devoid of elegance, the sage, By Fancy's genuine feelings unbeguil'd, Of painful pedantry the poring child; Who turns of these proud domes the historic page, Now sunk by Time, and Henry's fiercer rage. Think'st thou the warbling Muses never smil'd On his lone hours ? Ingenuous views engage His thoughts, on themes unclassic falsely styl'd, Intent.
Page 303 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 395 - Such a constitution as this would make the mighty leviathan of a shorter duration than the feeblest creatures, and not let it...
Page 629 - I began this first book, I had some thoughts of translating the whole Iliad ; but had the pleasure of being diverted from that design, by finding the work was fallen into a much abler hand. I would not therefore be thought to have any other view in publishing this small specimen of Homer's Iliad, than to bespeak, if possible, the favour of the public to a translation of Homer's Odysseis, wherein I have already made some progress.