The Retrospective Review, 6. köideCharles and Henry Baldwyn, 1822 |
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... eye , will bewilder the traveller and deceive the student . He is still more culpable , who not only involves real persons in ima- ginary events , but who chooses a real time , a real event , as- sumes an historical style , utters ...
... eye , will bewilder the traveller and deceive the student . He is still more culpable , who not only involves real persons in ima- ginary events , but who chooses a real time , a real event , as- sumes an historical style , utters ...
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... eye witness of all the scenes he describes . As in most of the other works of Defoe , no author's name appears to the work ; but no one who knows the mannerism of Defoe as collected from a view of all his writings , can , for a moment ...
... eye witness of all the scenes he describes . As in most of the other works of Defoe , no author's name appears to the work ; but no one who knows the mannerism of Defoe as collected from a view of all his writings , can , for a moment ...
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... eyes pretty much towards that end of the town ; and the weekly bills shewing an increase of burials in St. Giles's parish more than usual , it began to be suspected that the plague was among the people at that end of the town ; and that ...
... eyes pretty much towards that end of the town ; and the weekly bills shewing an increase of burials in St. Giles's parish more than usual , it began to be suspected that the plague was among the people at that end of the town ; and that ...
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... eyes , that they did not so much concern themselves for the loss of their friends , expecting that themselves should be summoned the next hour . " Superstition , as it always does , ushered in misfortune , and furnished another ...
... eyes , that they did not so much concern themselves for the loss of their friends , expecting that themselves should be summoned the next hour . " Superstition , as it always does , ushered in misfortune , and furnished another ...
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... eyes , and said something to himself ; at which the first citizen turned pale , and said no more but this , then I ... eye - witness , like that we find in the pages of Thucydides , which is perhaps the most perfect piece of composition ...
... eyes , and said something to himself ; at which the first citizen turned pale , and said no more but this , then I ... eye - witness , like that we find in the pages of Thucydides , which is perhaps the most perfect piece of composition ...
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Page 302 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
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Page 341 - Merry Margaret, as midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon or hawk of the tower, With solace and gladness, Much mirth and no madness, All good and no badness; So joyously, So maidenly, So womanly, Her demeaning; In every thing Far far passing That I can indite Or suffice to write Of merry Margaret, as midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon or hawk of the tower.
Page 133 - 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 260 - Rejoice, O young man in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes ; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 226 - HE that loves a rosy cheek, Or a coral lip admires, Or from starlike eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires ; As old Time makes these decay, So his flames must waste away. But a smooth and steadfast mind, Gentle thoughts and calm desires, Hearts with equal love combined, Kindle never-dying fires. Where these are not, I despise Lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyes...
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Page 121 - Therefore we proclaim, If any spirit breathes within this round Uncapable of weighty passion — As from his birth being hugged in the arms, And nuzzled 'twixt the breasts of Happiness — Who winks and shuts his apprehension up From common sense of what men were, and are ; Who would not know what men must be : let such Hurry amain from our black-visaged shows ; We shall affright their eyes.
Page 234 - The snake each year fresh skin resumes, And eagles change their aged plumes; The faded rose each spring receives A fresh red tincture on her leaves : But if your beauties once decay, You never know a second May.
Page 14 - But this is but one; it is scarce credible what dreadful cases happened in particular families every day. People in the rage of the distemper, or in the torment of their swellings, which was indeed intolerable, running out of their own government, raving and distracted, and oftentimes laying violent hands upon themselves, throwing themselves out at their windows, shooting themselves, etc. ; mothers murdering their own children in their lunacy...