London Review of English and Foreign Literature, Volume 2Cox and Bigg, 1776 - Bibliography |
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... kind of poultry was first brought to Greece ; and if one may judge of the reft from the fowls of Rhodes and Media , the excellency of the broods , at that time , confifted in their weight and largenefs ( as the fowls of thofe countries ...
... kind of poultry was first brought to Greece ; and if one may judge of the reft from the fowls of Rhodes and Media , the excellency of the broods , at that time , confifted in their weight and largenefs ( as the fowls of thofe countries ...
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... kind it was , was a diverfion meerly Grecian . It must be acknow- ledged that , notwithstanding all this about quails , the Romans at last paired cocks , as well as quails , for fighting . For the firft caufe of contention between the ...
... kind it was , was a diverfion meerly Grecian . It must be acknow- ledged that , notwithstanding all this about quails , the Romans at last paired cocks , as well as quails , for fighting . For the firft caufe of contention between the ...
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... kind ; and , particularly , that thofe who have affected to discover fo perfect a fyftem of morals and politics in Homer , fhould have bettowed fo little confideration upon the character of the the times for which this in- ftruction was ...
... kind ; and , particularly , that thofe who have affected to discover fo perfect a fyftem of morals and politics in Homer , fhould have bettowed fo little confideration upon the character of the the times for which this in- ftruction was ...
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... kind could have so well ftood the test of our examination , two thousand years ago , in those days of elegance and refinement , when nature was probably decked out in a studied drefs , unlike the elegant dishabille in which Homer and we ...
... kind could have so well ftood the test of our examination , two thousand years ago , in those days of elegance and refinement , when nature was probably decked out in a studied drefs , unlike the elegant dishabille in which Homer and we ...
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... kind in contemplation , Mr. Kent adds particular hints with eftimates of the expence attending their profecution . The culture of turnips , cole or rapefeed , and of hops comes next in confide- ration ; to which follow obfervations ...
... kind in contemplation , Mr. Kent adds particular hints with eftimates of the expence attending their profecution . The culture of turnips , cole or rapefeed , and of hops comes next in confide- ration ; to which follow obfervations ...
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Page 259 - My birth-day was ominous to my poor father, who was, the day after our arrival, with many other brave officers broke, and sent adrift into the wide world with a wife and two children...
Page 260 - ... which it pleased God to give him full measure. He was, in his temper, somewhat rapid and hasty, but of a kindly sweet disposition, void of all design ; and so innocent in his own intentions that he suspected no one ; so that you might, have cheated him ten times in a day, if nine had not been sufficient for your purpose.
Page 74 - Brusa and Smyrna. Despotism itself is obliged to truck and huckster. The Sultan gets such obedience as he can. He governs with a loose rein that he may govern at all; and the whole of the force and vigour of his authority in his centre is derived from a prudent relaxation in all his borders.
Page 309 - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Christopher's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Page 153 - The rocks are high, bold, and grotesque; and the valley is divided by a river, along the banks of which are extended meadows and pastures of a perpetual verdure.
Page 263 - If my enemies knew, that by this rage of abuse, and ill-will, they were effectually serving the interests both of myself, and works, they would be more quiet — but it has been the fate of my betters, who have found, that the way to fame, is like the way to Heaven — through much tribulation...
Page 484 - The misery of gaols is not half their evil ; they are filled with every corruption which poverty and wickedness can generate between them; with all the shameless and profligate enormities that can be produced by the impudence of ignominy, the rage of want, and the malignity of despair. In a prison the awe of the...
Page 516 - Portugal into the moft abject vaflalage ever experienced by a conquered nation. While the grandees of Portugal were blind to the ruin which impended over them, Camoens beheld it with a pungency of grief which haftened his exit. In one of his letters he has thefe remarkable words, " Em Jim accaberey a vida, e verram todos que fny afeicoada a minho patria, &c.
Page 425 - Thy father made our yoke grievous : now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
Page 260 - It was in this parish, during our stay, that I had that wonderful escape in falling through a mill-race whilst the mill was going, and of being taken up unhurt : the story is incredible, but known for truth in all that part of Ireland, where hundreds of the common people flocked to see me.