The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 68; Volume 1789Tobias Smollett R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row, 1789 - Books |
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... beautiful paf- fages from Ferdofi , without lofing fight of the concatenation of events . The number of lines will be equal to the Iliad of Ho- mer . This forms what may be called the fecond divifion of Ferdofi's heroic poems . With ...
... beautiful paf- fages from Ferdofi , without lofing fight of the concatenation of events . The number of lines will be equal to the Iliad of Ho- mer . This forms what may be called the fecond divifion of Ferdofi's heroic poems . With ...
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... beautiful ; but the application is not very pointed or happy : the author furely needs not to be told also that the ftructure of a fonnet is very different , SONNET . Say , lovely rofe , fince half - reveal'd My view thy beauty meets ...
... beautiful ; but the application is not very pointed or happy : the author furely needs not to be told also that the ftructure of a fonnet is very different , SONNET . Say , lovely rofe , fince half - reveal'd My view thy beauty meets ...
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... beautiful part of the fouthern hemifphere . Chili , in particular , was fo little known , and , what we knew of it was fo doubtful , so equivocal , and fo contradictory , that from the first appearance of this work , we took some steps ...
... beautiful part of the fouthern hemifphere . Chili , in particular , was fo little known , and , what we knew of it was fo doubtful , so equivocal , and fo contradictory , that from the first appearance of this work , we took some steps ...
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... beautiful colour : the volatile alkali , feparated by the fermentation , is thought to fix , to bite in , ' the colouring parts of the indigo . The red is produced by a kind of madder the rubia Chilenfis . A kind of eupatorium ...
... beautiful colour : the volatile alkali , feparated by the fermentation , is thought to fix , to bite in , ' the colouring parts of the indigo . The red is produced by a kind of madder the rubia Chilenfis . A kind of eupatorium ...
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... beautiful picture , which had ftrongly excited her curiofity , but to which , as it was in a monastery , women were not oftenfi- bly admitted . We cannot blame fo laudable an inclination ; but , if she would not be a correfpondent , she ...
... beautiful picture , which had ftrongly excited her curiofity , but to which , as it was in a monastery , women were not oftenfi- bly admitted . We cannot blame fo laudable an inclination ; but , if she would not be a correfpondent , she ...
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Page 1 - ORIGINAL LETTERS, written during the Reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III., by various Persons of Rank or Consequence.
Page 352 - And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go, and search diligently for the young child, and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
Page 325 - But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
Page 467 - Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies and animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden.
Page 273 - Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
Page 428 - I had the curiosity to break down, to inform myself of the internal structure of it, and found it equally ingenious with that of the external. There are many entrances, each of which forms a regular street, with nests on both sides, at about two inches
Page 273 - But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.' Pilate asked him, 'So you are a king?' Jesus answered, 'You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.
Page 377 - Stay thy soft murmuring waters, gentle Rill ; Hush, whispering Winds; ye rustling Leaves, be still; Rest, silver Butterflies, your quivering wings ; Alight, ye Beetles, from your airy rings ; Ye painted Moths, your gold-eyed plumage furl, Bow your wide horns, your spiral trunks uncurl; Glitter, ye Glow-worms, on your mossy beds ; Descend, ye Spiders, on your lengthened threads ; Slide here, ye horned Snails, with varnished shells; Ye Bee-nymphs, listen in your waxen cells...
Page 417 - ... an Account of a Particular Change of Structure in the Human Ovarium.
Page 287 - ... from the shoulder to the ends of the fingers. It is equally clear that intellectual life, or the powers of the understanding and the mind, make themselves most apparent in the circumference and form of the solid parts of the head, especially the forehead ; though they will discover themselves to an attentive and accurate eye in every part and point of the human body, by the congeniality and harmony of the various parts, as will be frequently noticed in the course of this work.