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... least , if we except the political poets , there are few instances of very flagrant abuse . As employed in this paper , b VOL . XXII . it is employed for purposes to execute which , in VOL ORIGINAL Dedications-Historical and ...
... least , if we except the political poets , there are few instances of very flagrant abuse . As employed in this paper , b VOL . XXII . it is employed for purposes to execute which , in VOL ORIGINAL Dedications-Historical and ...
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... conceive , was made to the publication of them in single sheets ; for the Rambler , which was more remarkable than any other paper for uni- No. 104 . formity of serious discussion , was at least as suc- xii HISTORICAL AND.
... conceive , was made to the publication of them in single sheets ; for the Rambler , which was more remarkable than any other paper for uni- No. 104 . formity of serious discussion , was at least as suc- xii HISTORICAL AND.
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formity of serious discussion , was at least as suc- cessful in volumes as any of its contemporaries , except the Adventurer ; and the greater popu- larity of the Adventurer may be fairly attributed to its variety , to the seria mixta ...
formity of serious discussion , was at least as suc- cessful in volumes as any of its contemporaries , except the Adventurer ; and the greater popu- larity of the Adventurer may be fairly attributed to its variety , to the seria mixta ...
Page xix
... least employ it very agree- ably . He had professed that the paper should contain novelty of ridicule , and it must be al- lowed that he seldom betrays the servile copyist when treating of those subjects which had been handled by others ...
... least employ it very agree- ably . He had professed that the paper should contain novelty of ridicule , and it must be al- lowed that he seldom betrays the servile copyist when treating of those subjects which had been handled by others ...
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... least acknowledges that he aimed at no higher purpose than entertainment . In the last paper , the conclusion of the work is made to depend on a fictitious accident which is supposed to have happened to the author , and occasioned his ...
... least acknowledges that he aimed at no higher purpose than entertainment . In the last paper , the conclusion of the work is made to depend on a fictitious accident which is supposed to have happened to the author , and occasioned his ...
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Page l - An Inquiry into the Secondary Causes which Mr. Gibbon has assigned for the rapid growth of Christianity.
Page 318 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out...
Page 323 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Page 75 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Page 244 - True wit is nature to advantage dress'd ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd ; Something, whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.
Page li - Lord Hailes's Annals of Scotland have not that painted form which is the taste of this age ; but it is a book which will always sell, it has such a stability of dates, such a certainty of facts, and such a punctuality of citation. I never before read Scotch history with certainty.
Page 121 - Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snateh a fearful joy.
Page 131 - The most inflammatory and intrepid fevers fly at the first discharge of Dr. James's powder ; and a drop or pill of the celebrated Mr. Ward corrects all the malignity of Pandora's box.
Page 99 - As I found that the name of Sysigambis, carrying an idea of age along with it, was offensive to my wife, I waved the parallel ; and addressing myself in common to my wife and daughter, I told them, " I perceived that there was a painter now at Paris, who coloured much higher than Rigault, though he did not paint near so like ; for that I could hardly have guessed them to be the pictures of themselves.
Page 274 - A gentleman is every man, who, "with a tolerable suit of clothes, a sword by his side, and a watch and snuff-box in his pockets, asserts himself to be a gentleman, swears with energy that he will be treated as such, and that he...