The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, Volume 14F. and C. Rivington, 1799 |
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... effect of horizontal refraction , obferved by him- felf at Ramfgate , on the 1st of Auguft laft . The obfervations were made through a telescope that magnified between 30 and 40 times ; though the phænomenon was vifible to the naked eye ...
... effect of horizontal refraction , obferved by him- felf at Ramfgate , on the 1st of Auguft laft . The obfervations were made through a telescope that magnified between 30 and 40 times ; though the phænomenon was vifible to the naked eye ...
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... effect of the difcontinuance of the flave - trade would neither be fo extenfive or beneficial , as many wife and worthy perfons anxiously expect ( p . 298 ) . We are perfuaded , that , for effecting the important object suggested by Mr ...
... effect of the difcontinuance of the flave - trade would neither be fo extenfive or beneficial , as many wife and worthy perfons anxiously expect ( p . 298 ) . We are perfuaded , that , for effecting the important object suggested by Mr ...
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... effect of Hope , before & battle , is vigorous and able . " Friend of the brave ! in peril's darkest hour , Intrepid Virtue looks to thee for power ; To thee the heart its trembling homage yields , On ftormy floods , and carnage - cover ...
... effect of Hope , before & battle , is vigorous and able . " Friend of the brave ! in peril's darkest hour , Intrepid Virtue looks to thee for power ; To thee the heart its trembling homage yields , On ftormy floods , and carnage - cover ...
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... effect , be shortened to a diffyllable , as at v . 301. Very heartily do we wish that the author's ideas . of improvement , if he does not borrow them from the per- fectibility school , may be realized ; and we have a much better ...
... effect , be shortened to a diffyllable , as at v . 301. Very heartily do we wish that the author's ideas . of improvement , if he does not borrow them from the per- fectibility school , may be realized ; and we have a much better ...
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... effect his destruction , I'n heap fo many favours and gifts upon you , that your old age and infirmities fhall be forgotten , and the cord of your poverty thall be cut , ' " Then this treacherous old woman proceeded to the mountain of ...
... effect his destruction , I'n heap fo many favours and gifts upon you , that your old age and infirmities fhall be forgotten , and the cord of your poverty thall be cut , ' " Then this treacherous old woman proceeded to the mountain of ...
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Page 483 - O'er many a frozen, many a fiery Alp, Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death...
Page 469 - But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets...
Page 67 - Yes, such protection as vultures give to lambs - covering and devouring them! - They call on us to barter all of good we have inherited and proved, for the desperate chance of something better which they promise. - Be our plain answer this: The Throne WE honour is the PEOPLE'S CHOICE - the laws we reverence are our brave Fathers...
Page 67 - Yes, such protection as vultures give to lambs — covering and devouring them ! They call on us to barter all of good we have inherited and proved, for the desperate chance of something better which they promise. Be our plain answer this : The throne we honour is the people's choice; the laws we reverence are our brave fathers...
Page 26 - Unfading HOPE ! when life's last embers burn, When soul to soul, and dust to dust return ! Heaven to thy charge resigns the awful hour ! Oh ! then, thy kingdom comes.! Immortal Power ! What though each spark of earthborn rapture fly The quivering lip, pale cheek, and closing eye ! Bright to the soul thy seraph hands convey The morning dream of life's eternal day — Then, then, the triumph and the trance begin, And all the phoenix spirit burns within ! Oh!
Page 26 - Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind, But leave — oh ! leave the light of HOPE behind ! What though my winged hours of bliss have been, Like angel-visits, few and far between...
Page 405 - Upon this the lady gave it him, and told him its many virtues, viz. that it cured all diseases in cattle, and the bite of a mad dog both in man and beast. It is used by dipping the stone in water, which is given to the diseased cattle to drink ; and the person who has been bit, and the wound or part infected, is washed with the water.
Page 67 - They, by a strange frenzy driven, fight for power, for plunder, and extended rule. We, for our country, our altars, and our homes. They follow an adventurer whom they fear, and obey a power which they hate. We serve a monarch whom we love — a God whom we adore.
Page 481 - For from cock-crow he had been travelling, And there was not a cloud in the sky. He drank of the water so cool and clear, For thirsty and hot was he, And he sat down upon the bank Under the willow-tree.
Page 611 - ... and phrases being taken out of the holy Scriptures, and the rest are the expressions of the first and purest ages ; so that whoever takes exception at these must quarrel with the language of the Holy Ghost, and fall out with the Church in her greatest innocence ; and in the opinion of the most impartial and excellent Grotius, (who was no member of, nor had any obligation to, this Church,) the English Liturgy comes so near to the primitive pattern, that none of the Reformed Churches can compare...