The British Critic, Volume 17F. and C. Rivington, 1801 - English literature |
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... should speak with more fatisfaction , were we not , in some degree , confcious of default , in not having yet deli- vered our opinion on the fecond . Such an author , however , has little to apprehend from critics , and the public ...
... should speak with more fatisfaction , were we not , in some degree , confcious of default , in not having yet deli- vered our opinion on the fecond . Such an author , however , has little to apprehend from critics , and the public ...
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... should introduce the improvements which mature confideration fhows at prefent to be wanted . It is , however , even in its firft ftate , a book of fingular merit . The Principles of Conveyancing may be ftudied with ad- vantage , in the ...
... should introduce the improvements which mature confideration fhows at prefent to be wanted . It is , however , even in its firft ftate , a book of fingular merit . The Principles of Conveyancing may be ftudied with ad- vantage , in the ...
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... Should the prove the very nymph whom Britannia honours with her confidence , our zeal will furely equal his , in paying homage to her . In the Poems of Mr. Fitzgerald * , we wanted only a more strict felection . The fpirit of fome parts ...
... Should the prove the very nymph whom Britannia honours with her confidence , our zeal will furely equal his , in paying homage to her . In the Poems of Mr. Fitzgerald * , we wanted only a more strict felection . The fpirit of fome parts ...
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... should heartily rejoice in the effect . DRAMA . We have feen no drama lately of fo much poetic fpirit , as the tragedy entitled the Confpiracy of Gowrie ‡ . its faults arife not from the want , but the partial mifemployment of good ...
... should heartily rejoice in the effect . DRAMA . We have feen no drama lately of fo much poetic fpirit , as the tragedy entitled the Confpiracy of Gowrie ‡ . its faults arife not from the want , but the partial mifemployment of good ...
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... should believe in Chrift Damberger's travels in Africa 120 account of 556 Daudin's hiftoire naturelle 672 670 I. and J. PAGE Jackfon's faft fermon Jefferlon's fermon on. C. Cambrian register PAGE Camperi fummi medici differta- tiones ...
... should believe in Chrift Damberger's travels in Africa 120 account of 556 Daudin's hiftoire naturelle 672 670 I. and J. PAGE Jackfon's faft fermon Jefferlon's fermon on. C. Cambrian register PAGE Camperi fummi medici differta- tiones ...
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Page 122 - STRANGE fits of passion I have known, And I will dare to tell, But in the lover's ear alone, What once to me befel. When she I lov'd was strong and gay And like a rose in June, I to her cottage bent my way, Beneath the evening moon.
Page 121 - The outward shows of sky and earth, Of hill and valley, he has viewed; And impulses of deeper birth Have come to him in solitude. In common things that round us lie, Some random truths he can impart : The harvest of a quiet eye That broods and sleeps on his own heart.
Page 239 - The disappearance of some stars may be the destruction of that system at the time appointed by the Deity for the probation of its inhabitants, and the appearance of new stars may be the formation of new systems for new races of beings then called into existence to adore the works of their Creator."* The late Dr.
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Page 253 - Before we arrived at our quarters, and while the enemy were pursuing us, we heard their shrill timbals, and the dismal sound of the great drum, from the top of the principal temple of the god of war, which overlooked the whole city. Its mournful noise was such as may be imagined the music of the infernal gods, and it might be heard at the distance of almost three leagues. They were then sacrificing the hearts of ten of our companions to their idols.
Page 118 - SEVEN, the perplexity and obscurity which in childhood attend our notion of death, or rather our utter inability to admit that notion...
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Page 121 - He is retired as noontide dew, Or fountain in a noon-day grove ; And you must love him, ere to you He will seem worthy of your love.