Lives of men of letters and science who flourished in the time of George iii, Volume 2; Volume 123 |
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... successful with Voltaire's against priestcraft . Rous- seau's political works are wholly beneath contempt . No proofs are required to shew the ignorance and even incapacity of a writer whose notions of the representative system . -the ...
... successful with Voltaire's against priestcraft . Rous- seau's political works are wholly beneath contempt . No proofs are required to shew the ignorance and even incapacity of a writer whose notions of the representative system . -the ...
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... success of the Gentleman's Magazine ' next seems to have struck him as affording the hope of a connexion with Mr. Cave , its conductor ; and to him he addressed a letter under a feigned name , proposing to write articles the subjects of ...
... success of the Gentleman's Magazine ' next seems to have struck him as affording the hope of a connexion with Mr. Cave , its conductor ; and to him he addressed a letter under a feigned name , proposing to write articles the subjects of ...
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... to write on such subjects should have had the simplicity to praise Johnson for the success with which he had " exhibited the manner of each particular speaker " -there being no manner exhibited in any of 20 JOHNSON .
... to write on such subjects should have had the simplicity to praise Johnson for the success with which he had " exhibited the manner of each particular speaker " -there being no manner exhibited in any of 20 JOHNSON .
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... success was only moderate ; for an awkward incident happened on the first night , when the audience positively refused to let the heroine be strangled on the stage , crying out " murder , " in a tone that made it necessary to omit the ...
... success was only moderate ; for an awkward incident happened on the first night , when the audience positively refused to let the heroine be strangled on the stage , crying out " murder , " in a tone that made it necessary to omit the ...
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... success . The pamphlet on the American Dispute ' was written with great force and effect , and is the best of these pieces . It appeared in 1775. That on the Falkland Islands , ' distinguished by the eloquent defence of peace , and the ...
... success . The pamphlet on the American Dispute ' was written with great force and effect , and is the best of these pieces . It appeared in 1775. That on the Falkland Islands , ' distinguished by the eloquent defence of peace , and the ...
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Page 292 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 19 - Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour.
Page 272 - I arrived at Oxford with a stock of erudition, that might have puzzled a doctor, and a degree of ignorance, of which a school-boy would have been ashamed.
Page 64 - New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns. Now kindred Merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated Friendship claims a tear. Year chases year, decay pursues decay, Still drops some joy from...
Page 58 - What was said of Rome, adorned by Augustus, may be applied by an easy metaphor to English poetry embellished by Dryden, " lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit." He found it brick and he left it marble.
Page 278 - But chief her shrine where naked Venus keeps, And Cupids ride the lion of the deeps; Where, eased of fleets, the Adriatic main Wafts the smooth eunuch and enamour'd swain.
Page 46 - Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful 'for anything we allow them short of hanging.
Page 292 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Page 414 - D'Alembert, was the Precession of the equinoxes and the Nutation of the earth's axis, according to the theory of gravitation.
Page 294 - He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation ; while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more perfectly exempt from the taint of malevolence, vanity, or falsehood.