A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland;: With Lists of Their Works:John Scott, 1806 - English literature |
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... mean to offer my opinion but with submission to better judgments ; which I choose to say here , rather than repeat it tiresomely on every occasion . This freedom of discussion on the dead of any rank , or however consecrated by the ...
... mean to offer my opinion but with submission to better judgments ; which I choose to say here , rather than repeat it tiresomely on every occasion . This freedom of discussion on the dead of any rank , or however consecrated by the ...
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... other notions which may clash with those commonly received or better established , let it be understood that I pro- pose my own with the same deference and diffidence , and by no means expecting they should be a 3 THE FIRST EDITION . xxi.
... other notions which may clash with those commonly received or better established , let it be understood that I pro- pose my own with the same deference and diffidence , and by no means expecting they should be a 3 THE FIRST EDITION . xxi.
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... means expecting they should be adopted , unless they are found agreeable to good sense ; still less intending to wrangle for them , if they are contested . This work was calculated to amuse : if it offends any man , or is taken too ...
... means expecting they should be adopted , unless they are found agreeable to good sense ; still less intending to wrangle for them , if they are contested . This work was calculated to amuse : if it offends any man , or is taken too ...
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... mean , from the freedom with which I speak of your great ancestor , the protector Somerset . But whoever suspects you of unwillingness to hear truth , is little acquainted with you ; —and , indeed , when you need not fear what truth can ...
... mean , from the freedom with which I speak of your great ancestor , the protector Somerset . But whoever suspects you of unwillingness to hear truth , is little acquainted with you ; —and , indeed , when you need not fear what truth can ...
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... means than by a wound from this . destructive instrument ; the use of which , after it had been interdicted by the pope in 1139 , he revived , and is supposed to have shown the French in the crusades . " 2 Hist . of Eng . Poetry , vol ...
... means than by a wound from this . destructive instrument ; the use of which , after it had been interdicted by the pope in 1139 , he revived , and is supposed to have shown the French in the crusades . " 2 Hist . of Eng . Poetry , vol ...
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Page 147 - But habitudes of those that live ; Who, lighting him, did greater lights receive; He drain'd from all, and all they knew. His apprehension quick, his judgment true : That the most learn'd with shame confess, His knowledge more, his reading only less.
Page 74 - Christ was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, And what that word did make it, That I believe and take it.
Page 132 - To conclude, he was the worthiest gentleman, the best master, the best friend, the best husband, the best father, and the best Christian, that the age in which he lived produced.
Page 146 - tis, oh then, that I think there's no Hell Like loving too well. But when I consider the truth of her heart, Such an innocent passion, so kind without art, I fear I have wronged her, and hope she may be So full of true love to be jealous of me.
Page 292 - I know she swore with raging mind, Her kingdom only set apart, There was no loss by law of kind That could have gone so near her...
Page viii - Scaliger compares to the labours of the anvil and the mine ; that what is obvious is not always known, and what is known is not always present ; that sudden fits of inadvertency will surprise vigilance, slight avocations will seduce attention, and casual eclipses of the mind will darken learning ; and that the writer shall often in vain trace his memory at the moment of need for that which yesterday he knew with intuitive...
Page 112 - Power of it to move Affections ; the Style utterly unknown to the Ancients, who could not conceive what Kingly Eloquence was, in respect of which those noted Demagogi were but Hirelings, and Triobulary Rhetoricians.
Page 130 - Some historians have rashly questioned the good faith of this prince: But, for this reproach, the most malignant scrutiny of his conduct, which, in every circumstance is now thoroughly known, affords not any reasonable foundation.
Page 209 - Stage-poets have themselves been very bold with, and others very merry at, the memory of Sir John Oldcastle ; whom they have fancied a boon companion, a jovial...
Page 264 - Now cease, my lute, this is the last 'Labour, that thou and I shall waste ; And ended is that we begun : Now is this song both sung and past ; My lute, be still, for I have done.