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... respect to the literature of his countrymen . We more easily bear with reproaches on our morals , than on our understanding . He could allow the profligacy of his times , and compli- ment the domestic chastity of ancient Rome ; but the ...
... respect to the literature of his countrymen . We more easily bear with reproaches on our morals , than on our understanding . He could allow the profligacy of his times , and compli- ment the domestic chastity of ancient Rome ; but the ...
Pagina 6
... respecting the progress of taste was repeated through the successive ages of Roman literature . We may safely surmise that Seneca prided himself on excelling Cicero in philosophical reasoning and majesty of style , and that Martial was ...
... respecting the progress of taste was repeated through the successive ages of Roman literature . We may safely surmise that Seneca prided himself on excelling Cicero in philosophical reasoning and majesty of style , and that Martial was ...
Pagina 15
... respecting them , both by private individuals and by some of the public journals , I shall take the op- portunity of stating through the medium of your pages , that my friend George still lives - happy in the enjoy- ment of the present ...
... respecting them , both by private individuals and by some of the public journals , I shall take the op- portunity of stating through the medium of your pages , that my friend George still lives - happy in the enjoy- ment of the present ...
Pagina 17
... respect , I have always thought that the description of the poet is peculiarly applicable to my friend— With prospects bright upon the world he came , Pure love of virtue , strong desire of fame ; Men marked the way his ardent mind ...
... respect , I have always thought that the description of the poet is peculiarly applicable to my friend— With prospects bright upon the world he came , Pure love of virtue , strong desire of fame ; Men marked the way his ardent mind ...
Pagina 22
... respects similar to my own , and you are now so fully in possession of my regard , that , if you were my brother , I could not esteem you more affectionately ; but , if a total disunion from me in any way of life be more conducive to ...
... respects similar to my own , and you are now so fully in possession of my regard , that , if you were my brother , I could not esteem you more affectionately ; but , if a total disunion from me in any way of life be more conducive to ...
Termeni și expresii frecvente
Abona Aldermen ancient appears Atys Aumere Bath Bedminster Bishop Bristol Memorialist Caerwent called Castle Catullus Charles Christian Church City of Bristol CLAUDIUS JAMES RICH court Cybele DEAR PRITCHARD Discourse doth Earl edition Editor England English Fcap garrisons Gate grace Gunner harts hath High Cross hill fort History History of Bristol honour Hotwell James John JONES King Knight labours late letter literary living London Lord Majestie Mayor means Midgham miles mind native of Bristol Observations painted peace Poems possession present prince Prince Rupert printed prisoners published Queen readers Redcliffe Richard Ritson Royal Sea Mills Sermon preached shee Sheriffs shew ship Simmons Sir William Jones Society Stourhead Sudbrook thear Thomas thou tion town Trajectus Turks Turnor Uncle unto Venta Silurum vols warres whear William wogh word write Xenocrates Ywaine & Gawin
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Pagina 12 - I .was yesterday, about sunset, walking in the open fields, till the night insensibly fell upon me. I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of colours which appeared in the western parts of heaven. In proportion as., they faded away and went out, several stars and planets appeared one after another, till the whole firmament was in a glow.
Pagina 99 - Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down...
Pagina 84 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Pagina 242 - A table richly spread, in regal mode, With dishes piled, and meats of noblest sort And savour, beasts of chase, or fowl of game, In pastry built, or from the spit, or boiled, Gris-amber-steamed ; all fish from sea or shore, Freshet, or purling brook, of shell or fin, And exquisitest name, for which was drained Pontus, and Lucrine Bay, and Afric coast.
Pagina 84 - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the...
Pagina 305 - On some of the Causes by which Evangelical Religion has been rendered less acceptable to Persons of cultivated Taste.
Pagina 12 - I seated myself by the candle that stood on a table at one end of the room; and pretending to read a book that I took out of my pocket, heard several dreadful stories of ghosts as pale as ashes that had stood at the feet of a bed, or walked over a churchyard by moonlight...
Pagina 12 - I took out of my pocket, heard several dreadful stories of ghosts as pale as ashes, that had stood at the feet of a bed, or walked over a churchyard by moonlight; and of others that had...
Pagina 225 - The' Work of Faith, the Labour of Love, and the Patience of Hope illustrated, in the Life and Death of the Rev.
Pagina 64 - Remains of William Reed, late of Thornbury ; including Rambles in Ireland, with other Compositions in Prose; his Correspondence, and Poetical Productions. To which is prefixed, a Memoir of his Life. By the Rev. John Evans, Author of the Ponderer. 8vo.