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... such a state as to make all perfons concerned bear a just proportion of it . ' After attending to the operation of thefe clearly ftated facts , can any one be at a lofs to affign a rea- fon why all neceffaries are ftill advancing in ...
... such a state as to make all perfons concerned bear a just proportion of it . ' After attending to the operation of thefe clearly ftated facts , can any one be at a lofs to affign a rea- fon why all neceffaries are ftill advancing in ...
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... such an enormous height above the lower regions of the mountain , it is not poffible , that the internal fire raging for a vent , even round the bafe , and no doubt vaftly below it , fhould be carried to the height of twelve or thirteen ...
... such an enormous height above the lower regions of the mountain , it is not poffible , that the internal fire raging for a vent , even round the bafe , and no doubt vaftly below it , fhould be carried to the height of twelve or thirteen ...
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... such respect , and even reverence . But it is to be remembered that she was the daughter of the Earl of Southampton , and confequently had been educated in the highest principles of loyalty . Even her excellent husband , in the paper ...
... such respect , and even reverence . But it is to be remembered that she was the daughter of the Earl of Southampton , and confequently had been educated in the highest principles of loyalty . Even her excellent husband , in the paper ...
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... such means as may be conducive to that end , when I am not first convinced of the juftice of them . I did not doubt but the Deans of fome of the greatest name in the city would take the oaths , nor do I fufpect but they will proceed to ...
... such means as may be conducive to that end , when I am not first convinced of the juftice of them . I did not doubt but the Deans of fome of the greatest name in the city would take the oaths , nor do I fufpect but they will proceed to ...
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... thinks worthy of the public attention , whether obferved by himself , or deli- vered by others . - Such parents as have not leifure , or oppor- 1 Two Letters , addreffed to the Right Rev. Prelates tunity 88 . Chapman on Education .
... thinks worthy of the public attention , whether obferved by himself , or deli- vered by others . - Such parents as have not leifure , or oppor- 1 Two Letters , addreffed to the Right Rev. Prelates tunity 88 . Chapman on Education .
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Page 423 - Daring the reigns of King Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth, it was...
Page 117 - It is not smooth and even like the greatest part of the latter ; but is finely variegated by an infinite number of those beautiful little mountains that have been formed by the different eruptions of JEtna.
Page 418 - Congreve's four comedies, two are concluded by a marriage in a mask, by a deception, which perhaps never happened, and which, whether likely or not, he did not invent. So careless was this great poet of future fame, that though he retired to ease and plenty, while he was yet little declined into the vale of years...
Page 116 - Strombolo, and Volcano, with their smoking summits, appear under your feet; and you look down on the whole of Sicily as on a map; and can trace every river through all its windings, from its source to its mouth. The view is absolutely boundless on every side; nor is there any one object within the circle of vision to interrupt it, so that the sight is every where lost in the immensity...
Page 418 - ... are read without any other reason than the desire of pleasure, and are therefore praised only as pleasure is obtained; yet, thus unassisted by interest or passion, they have passed through variations of taste and changes of manners, and, as they devolved from one generation to another, have received new honours at every transmission.
Page 500 - So moves the sumpter-mule, in harness'd pride, That bears the treasure which he cannot taste. For him let venal bards disgrace the bay, And hireling minstrels wake the tinkling string ; Her sensual snares let faithless Pleasure...
Page 117 - All these have now acquired a wonderful degree of fertility, except a very few that are but newly formed ; that is, within...
Page 418 - ... profit. When his plays had been acted his hope was at an end; he solicited no addition of honour from the reader.
Page 471 - ... fiery and irregular in all his motions. His name was Genius. He darted like an eagle up the mountain, and left his companions gazing after him with envy and admiration : but his progress was unequal, and interrupted by a thousand caprices. When Pleasure warbled in the valley, he mingled in her train.
Page 111 - The evils of this life appear like rocks and precipices, rugged and barren at a distance ; but at our nearer approach we find little fruitful spots, and refreshing springs, mixed with the harshness and deformities of nature.