The Monthly anthology, and Boston review, 6–7. köide1809 |
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... give us a visionary basis for the founda- tion of our moral principles . Without instituting any comparison between the progress of mankind in literature and the arts at the present age and in former times , I shall here only remark ...
... give us a visionary basis for the founda- tion of our moral principles . Without instituting any comparison between the progress of mankind in literature and the arts at the present age and in former times , I shall here only remark ...
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... gives us a formidable account of a controversy in his own language between the sigma and the tau ; and a modern writer ... give an unauthorized accent to the word sufferance . Is no protection from the rude sufferance . Speaking of an ...
... gives us a formidable account of a controversy in his own language between the sigma and the tau ; and a modern writer ... give an unauthorized accent to the word sufferance . Is no protection from the rude sufferance . Speaking of an ...
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... give accurate descriptions of this extraordinary and singular race of animals . Before I proceed to give the description of the individual lately exhibited , I may save some trouble , and afford some amusement to your readers , by ...
... give accurate descriptions of this extraordinary and singular race of animals . Before I proceed to give the description of the individual lately exhibited , I may save some trouble , and afford some amusement to your readers , by ...
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... give their names to the publick ) cite their authority . AMBROSE ST . This article has a number of childish insertions of short phrases , and even single words , which are very much in the strain of that overweening zeal for the ...
... give their names to the publick ) cite their authority . AMBROSE ST . This article has a number of childish insertions of short phrases , and even single words , which are very much in the strain of that overweening zeal for the ...
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... give us the English without the original , even when the sense of the original is very different from what you give it ; as when you translate consignant ordain ; and in a few other instances , as will be shown hereafter ; and you also ...
... give us the English without the original , even when the sense of the original is very different from what you give it ; as when you translate consignant ordain ; and in a few other instances , as will be shown hereafter ; and you also ...
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Page 311 - That thence the royal actor borne, The tragic scaffold might adorn, While round the armed bands, Did clap their bloody hands. He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor call'd the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Page 313 - I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Page 35 - Give you a reason on compulsion ! if reasons were as plenty as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I. P.
Page 223 - The white people had now found our country. Tidings were carried back and more came amongst us. Yet, we did not fear them. We took them to be friends. They called us brothers. We believed them and gave them a larger seat. At length, their numbers had greatly increased. They wanted more land; they wanted our country. Our eyes were opened and our minds became uneasy.
Page 348 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas, your sorrow, is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor. So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Page 95 - To select a singular event, and swell it to a giant's bulk by fabulous appendages of spectres and predictions, has little difficulty ; for he that forsakes the probable may always find the marvellous. And it has little use ; we are affected only as we believe ; we are improved only as we find something to be imitated or declined. I do not see that The Bard promotes any truth, moral or political.
Page 223 - We understand that your religion is written in a book. If it was intended for us as well as you, why has not the Great Spirit given to us, and not only to us, but why did he not give to our forefathers, the knowledge of that book, with the means of understanding it rightly? We only know what you tell us about it. How shall we know when to believe, being so often deceived by the white people?
Page 414 - Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee : hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity : the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
Page 223 - He has given us different complexions and different customs. To you He has given the arts. To these He has not opened our eyes. We know these things to be true. Since He has made so great a difference between us in other things, why may we not conclude that He has given us a different religion according to our understanding ? The Great Spirit does right He knows what is best for his children ; we are satisfied. BROTHER : We do not wish to destroy your religion, or take it from you. We only want to...
Page 223 - Brother: Continue to listen. You say that you are sent to instruct us how to worship the Great Spirit agreeably to his mind; and, if we do not take hold of the religion which you white people teach, we shall be unhappy hereafter.