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Page xxxiii
... greater park , whe arraigned Hous sentiments and indecent narcMĒNES probeer " rendered , his sufferings as a man , more against their charges he stood , detence‐ and no defence indeed , could be attempted Will . & reasonabic expectation ...
... greater park , whe arraigned Hous sentiments and indecent narcMĒNES probeer " rendered , his sufferings as a man , more against their charges he stood , detence‐ and no defence indeed , could be attempted Will . & reasonabic expectation ...
Page xxv
... greater part , who arraigned his impious sentiments and indecent narratives , probably rendered his sufferings as a man more acute . Against their charges he stood defence- less : and no defence indeed could be attempted with a ...
... greater part , who arraigned his impious sentiments and indecent narratives , probably rendered his sufferings as a man more acute . Against their charges he stood defence- less : and no defence indeed could be attempted with a ...
Page xli
... greater exactness and perspicuity than any other trans- lation we have ; that the versification is easy and harmonious , and the style correct and pure : yet that , if read for themselves , they are inferior , as pleasing poems , to the ...
... greater exactness and perspicuity than any other trans- lation we have ; that the versification is easy and harmonious , and the style correct and pure : yet that , if read for themselves , they are inferior , as pleasing poems , to the ...
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... greater part consist of elegant criticism ; not that of cold sagacity , but warm from the heart , and powerfully ad- dressed to the finer feelings as well as to the In the account of Dr. Warton , in the Gentleman's Maga- zine , it is ...
... greater part consist of elegant criticism ; not that of cold sagacity , but warm from the heart , and powerfully ad- dressed to the finer feelings as well as to the In the account of Dr. Warton , in the Gentleman's Maga- zine , it is ...
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... greater part of the friends of her youth ; and after the death of her brother in 1799 , as London had no more charms for her , she determined to settle at Winchester , where her favourite niece was married to the Rev. Ben . Jeffreys ...
... greater part of the friends of her youth ; and after the death of her brother in 1799 , as London had no more charms for her , she determined to settle at Winchester , where her favourite niece was married to the Rev. Ben . Jeffreys ...
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Page 61 - Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Page 24 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great.
Page 23 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 27 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
Page 61 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 61 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Page 97 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 51 - Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Page 96 - Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law, Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'da Newton as we show an ape.
Page 61 - Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.