Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Band 4Enos Bronson Hopkins and Earle, 1810 |
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... supposed that they could be carried up even to the elements of ancient and modern history ? No- thing is more common , or more stupid , than to take the actual for the possible ; to believe that all which is , is all which can be ...
... supposed that they could be carried up even to the elements of ancient and modern history ? No- thing is more common , or more stupid , than to take the actual for the possible ; to believe that all which is , is all which can be ...
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... supposed , from the dread which the propagation of knowledge has excited , that there was great secret which was to be kept in impenetrable obscurity ; that all moral rules were a species of delu- sion and imposture , the detection of ...
... supposed , from the dread which the propagation of knowledge has excited , that there was great secret which was to be kept in impenetrable obscurity ; that all moral rules were a species of delu- sion and imposture , the detection of ...
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... supposed to pre- dominate , and where to have doubt- ed the prevalence of genuine religion as the publick establishment , would have exposed the hesitating to per- secution , even there the writings of Voltaire and other atheists ...
... supposed to pre- dominate , and where to have doubt- ed the prevalence of genuine religion as the publick establishment , would have exposed the hesitating to per- secution , even there the writings of Voltaire and other atheists ...
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... supposed to emanate , and contain accounts of battles and sieges , capitulations and defeats , halts and marches , known to the fabricators only ; who , in whatever relates to invention , con- tradiction , and recontradiction , absolute ...
... supposed to emanate , and contain accounts of battles and sieges , capitulations and defeats , halts and marches , known to the fabricators only ; who , in whatever relates to invention , con- tradiction , and recontradiction , absolute ...
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... supposed to suffer under all the mise- ries of a general ruin and subsequent scarcity . The reverse is , however , the fact ; for , provided the rains do not fall in such torrents as to wash away their habi . tations , and to occasion ...
... supposed to suffer under all the mise- ries of a general ruin and subsequent scarcity . The reverse is , however , the fact ; for , provided the rains do not fall in such torrents as to wash away their habi . tations , and to occasion ...
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Seite 276 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Seite 277 - When, in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ;Then lies him down the lubber fiend. And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Seite 65 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them." Then shifting his side, as a lawyer knows how, He pleaded again in behalf of the Eyes : But what were his arguments few people know, For the court did not think they were equally wise. So his lordship decreed with a grave solemn tone, Decisive and clear, without one if or but — That, whenever the Nose put...
Seite 320 - Midst furs and silks and jewels sheen He stood, in simple Lincoln green, The centre of the glittering ring, — And Snowdoun's Knight is Scotland's King!
Seite 65 - And your lordship, he said, will undoubtedly find That the Nose has had spectacles always in wear, Which amounts to possession time out of mind. Then holding the spectacles up to the court — Your lordship observes they are made with a straddle As wide as the ridge of the Nose is ; in short, Designed to sit close to it, just like a saddle.
Seite 276 - While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the...
Seite 277 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Seite 102 - Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson has been commanded to spare Denmark, when she no longer resists. The line of defence which covered her shores has struck to the British flag: but if the firing is continued on the part of Denmark, he must...
Seite 278 - ... voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Seite 64 - Tongue was the lawyer and argued the cause With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning, While chief baron Ear sat to balance the laws, So famed for his talent in nicely discerning. In behalf of the Nose, it will quickly appear, And your lordship...