The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage ..., 7. köideproprietors, 1810 |
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... true . It cannot be supposed , however , but that the inventor , or improver of it , was regulated by certain principles : and these principles I shall hereafter endeavour to develope ; but shall first attempt to correct an error or two ...
... true . It cannot be supposed , however , but that the inventor , or improver of it , was regulated by certain principles : and these principles I shall hereafter endeavour to develope ; but shall first attempt to correct an error or two ...
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... true , he had been but a little time a judge , but he had been long in the pro- fession . It may appear extraordinary , that as he had not seemingly opposed the court , that he should be superceded ; probably he had either declared he ...
... true , he had been but a little time a judge , but he had been long in the pro- fession . It may appear extraordinary , that as he had not seemingly opposed the court , that he should be superceded ; probably he had either declared he ...
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... true , there is no concurrence ; but there is no tendency to concurrence . They are , therefore , no more approximating asymptotes , than lines infinitely diverging are . But there is no occasion to impute an absurd meaning where there ...
... true , there is no concurrence ; but there is no tendency to concurrence . They are , therefore , no more approximating asymptotes , than lines infinitely diverging are . But there is no occasion to impute an absurd meaning where there ...
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... true this derivation may be , I can . not tell ; modern languages give it some proof , but the an- cient only partially support it , as for instance ; os seems , says Pasor , to come from the Hebrew bn , splendor , Job . xxix . 3 ...
... true this derivation may be , I can . not tell ; modern languages give it some proof , but the an- cient only partially support it , as for instance ; os seems , says Pasor , to come from the Hebrew bn , splendor , Job . xxix . 3 ...
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... true , I shall per- haps be considered by these thirsty souls as dry enough to be burnt for a heretic ; and yet such is undoubtedly my opinion , I am at this moment casting my eyes over a map of Europe , which decorates the screen I use ...
... true , I shall per- haps be considered by these thirsty souls as dry enough to be burnt for a heretic ; and yet such is undoubtedly my opinion , I am at this moment casting my eyes over a map of Europe , which decorates the screen I use ...
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Page 339 - And Paul said; I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Page 276 - Thee, bold Longinus! all the Nine inspire, And bless their critic with a poet's fire: An ardent judge, who, zealous in his trust, With warmth gives sentence, yet is always just; Whose own example strengthens all his laws; And is himself that great Sublime he draws.
Page 337 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Page 131 - I did consent; And often did beguile her of her tears, When I did speak of some distressful stroke That my youth suffer'd. My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs. She swore, in faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange; 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful; She wish'd she had not heard it; yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man.
Page 447 - O come, let us worship, and fall down : and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is the Lord our God : and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
Page 194 - I do not like thee, Dr. Fell. The reason why I cannot tell; But this I know and know full well I do not like thee, Dr. Fell.
Page 336 - tis slander; Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Page 428 - My authority for the opinions which I have declared concerning Mr Francis depends upon facts which have passed within my own certain knowledge. I judge of his public conduct by my experience of his private, which I have found to be void of truth and honour. This is a severe charge, but temperately and deliberately made, from the firm persuasion that I owe this justice to the public and...
Page 325 - But he is dead, and has left nothing in this world that resembles him.
Page 243 - I have observed that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor; with other particulars of a like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.