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... attention . In this copious collection fomething will be found fuitable to every taste . And , although particular fubjects may be found to yield more fenfible de- light than this various entertainment to particular minds ; yet , it may ...
... attention . In this copious collection fomething will be found fuitable to every taste . And , although particular fubjects may be found to yield more fenfible de- light than this various entertainment to particular minds ; yet , it may ...
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... attention , or interefts the hearts of men , the talents , the public fpirit , and the political measures of Chatham will be related with admiration and remembered with gratitude . This renowned flatesman had two fons , the prefent Lord ...
... attention , or interefts the hearts of men , the talents , the public fpirit , and the political measures of Chatham will be related with admiration and remembered with gratitude . This renowned flatesman had two fons , the prefent Lord ...
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... Attention , affiduity and correctnefs in ac- complishing the feveral talks impofed for ftoring his young understanding with the various elements of grammar and fcience , were the principal indications of genius , which distinguified his ...
... Attention , affiduity and correctnefs in ac- complishing the feveral talks impofed for ftoring his young understanding with the various elements of grammar and fcience , were the principal indications of genius , which distinguified his ...
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... attention . He propofed a fimilar but more fpecific meafure laft year , which , however , had no better fuccefs . It is moft earnestly to be wifhed , the friends of the people may never grow languid or indifferent in their caufe , and ...
... attention . He propofed a fimilar but more fpecific meafure laft year , which , however , had no better fuccefs . It is moft earnestly to be wifhed , the friends of the people may never grow languid or indifferent in their caufe , and ...
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... attention . No cha racter was ever more problematical than his feems at the prefent juncture . His late promotion to power was one of thofe fe cret evolutions in politics of which com- His fituation with regard to this parlia- they have ...
... attention . No cha racter was ever more problematical than his feems at the prefent juncture . His late promotion to power was one of thofe fe cret evolutions in politics of which com- His fituation with regard to this parlia- they have ...
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Page 245 - Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux. Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes. The...
Page 245 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled and the white.
Page 129 - That lost in long futurity expire. Fond impious man, think'st thou yon sanguine cloud Raised by thy breath, has quench'd the orb of day? To-morrow he repairs the golden flood And warms the nations with redoubled ray. Enough for me : with joy I see The different doom our fates assign : Be thine Despair and sceptred Care, To triumph and to die are mine.
Page 329 - Gray should have entertained suspicions with regard to the authenticity of these fragments of our Highland poetry. The first time I was shown the copies of some of them in manuscript, by our friend John Home, I was inclined to be a little incredulous on that head; but Mr. Home removed my scruples, by informing me of the manner in which he procured them from Mr. Macpherson, the translator. These two gentlemen were drinking the waters together at Moffat last autumn, when their conversation fell upon...
Page 427 - Performed Under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery.
Page 330 - Lochaber, who, he says, can recite a great number of them, but never committed them to writing; as indeed the orthography of the Highland language is not fixed, and the natives have always employed more the sword than the pen. This surgeon has by heart the epic poem mentioned by Mr Macpherson in his preface; and as he is somewhat old, and is the only person living that has it entire, we are in the more haste to recover a monument, which will certainly be regarded as a curiosity in the Republic of...
Page 169 - ... plaintiff; but, far from coveting your acquaintance, I never dreamed of exchanging a word with you on that or any other subject : you might therefore have spared your invidious declaration, until I had put it in your power to mortify me with a repulse, which, upon my honour, would never .have been the case, were you a much greater man than you really are. Yet this was not the only expedient you used to prepossess the jury against me. You...
Page 23 - The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Page 329 - ... asked whether he had ever translated any of them ? Mr. Macpherson replied, that he never had attempted any such thing; and doubted whether it was possible to transfuse such beauties into our language; but for Mr. Home's satisfaction, and in order to give him a general notion of the strain of that wild poetry, he would endeavour to turn one of them into English. He accordingly brought him one next day ; which our friend was so much pleased with, that he never ceased soliciting Mr. Macpherson till...
Page 172 - ... fallen together upon my grave. The men were used to say, that no woman had so many graces as Eliza: the women said so too. They all praised her candour; they all extolled her sensibility; they were all ambitious of the honour of her acquaintance. The stings of envy were never pointed against unconscious merit.