The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 7David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher Munroe & Francis, 1809 vol. 3-4 include appendix: "The Political cabinet." |
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... classick mind re- ceives an idea of Gray like lightning , from knowing he is the mod- ern Pindar . What must have been the feelings of La Harpe in 1789 , when , in the midst of the French academy , the orator called him the French ...
... classick mind re- ceives an idea of Gray like lightning , from knowing he is the mod- ern Pindar . What must have been the feelings of La Harpe in 1789 , when , in the midst of the French academy , the orator called him the French ...
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... classick habit of quoting Greek for republican sentiments , and those who spoke it for illustrations of republican virtues , ren- ders Greek an engaging and an important part of American educa- tion . It is natural for the men of any ...
... classick habit of quoting Greek for republican sentiments , and those who spoke it for illustrations of republican virtues , ren- ders Greek an engaging and an important part of American educa- tion . It is natural for the men of any ...
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... classick , we can hardly aspire in this western world . Our means are so few , our literary labour so little subdivided and parcelled out , our pursuits are so loose and general , and the distance be- tween men of similar studies is so ...
... classick , we can hardly aspire in this western world . Our means are so few , our literary labour so little subdivided and parcelled out , our pursuits are so loose and general , and the distance be- tween men of similar studies is so ...
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... classick allusions , they may be misplaced . The title of this pamphlet appears to us to savour a little of affecta- tion . We have the same objection to it that we have to some of the papers contained in the work ; it alarms those whom ...
... classick allusions , they may be misplaced . The title of this pamphlet appears to us to savour a little of affecta- tion . We have the same objection to it that we have to some of the papers contained in the work ; it alarms those whom ...
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... classick ground , will always preserve , I trust , some- thing of the raciness of their origin , I should think myself un- faithful to this occasion , and to the character of the audience , if I were to choose any other subject , than ...
... classick ground , will always preserve , I trust , some- thing of the raciness of their origin , I should think myself un- faithful to this occasion , and to the character of the audience , if I were to choose any other subject , than ...
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Page 313 - I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Page 35 - Give you a reason on compulsion ! if reasons were as plenty as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I. P.
Page 316 - To be no more. Sad cure! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated Night, Devoid of sense and motion?
Page 35 - My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern murder in the dir'st degree; All several sins, all us'd in each degree, Throng to the bar, crying all, 'Guilty, guilty!
Page 39 - He continued to the end of his life the teacher of a congregation; and no reader of his works can doubt his fidelity or diligence. In the pulpit, though his low stature, which very little exceeded five feet, graced him with no advantages of appearance, yet the gravity and propriety of his utterance made his discourses very efficacious.
Page 54 - Scripture, can derive itself from the fountain ; but may be plainly proved, either to have been brought in, in such an age after Christ, or that in such an age it was not in. In a word, there is no sufficient certainty but of Scripture only for any considering man to build upon. This, therefore, and this only, I have reason to believe; this I will profess ; according to this I will live ; and for this, if there be occasion, I will not only willingly, but even gladly lose my life ; though I should...
Page 256 - He for the passage sought, attempted since So much in vain, and seeming to be shut By jealous Nature with eternal bars. In these fell regions, in Arzina caught, And to the stony deep his idle ship Immediate seal'd, he with his hapless crew Each full exerted at his several task, Froze into statues; to the cordage glued The sailor, and the pilot to the helm.
Page 234 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Page 100 - Certainly the ablest men that ever were have had all an openness and frankness of dealing, and a name of certainty and veracity: but then they were like horses well managed, for they could tell passing well when to stop or turn...
Page 149 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.