The Retrospective Review, Volume 3Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1821 - Books |
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... means intentional , though characteristic of the degree of information which was then prevalent on the subject . " Mahomet of Arabia , at this time , when there was great confu- sion of things both in the east and west , then began his ...
... means intentional , though characteristic of the degree of information which was then prevalent on the subject . " Mahomet of Arabia , at this time , when there was great confu- sion of things both in the east and west , then began his ...
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... mean to have gone to such length of quota- tions from a work so easy of access , but we must still find room for the only favorable specimen we recollect , of quite a different sort of composition ; the attempts at which , in the Koran ...
... mean to have gone to such length of quota- tions from a work so easy of access , but we must still find room for the only favorable specimen we recollect , of quite a different sort of composition ; the attempts at which , in the Koran ...
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... the final assumption of characters , for which he was least of all qualified , those of the monarch and legislator . We do not mean , however , to rate his abilities even here so low as many have done ; on the 18 Sale's Koran .
... the final assumption of characters , for which he was least of all qualified , those of the monarch and legislator . We do not mean , however , to rate his abilities even here so low as many have done ; on the 18 Sale's Koran .
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... means de- tract ; but we are very much inclined to believe that a diligent inquirer , properly qualified for the task , might , at this time of day , with all the opportunities which are now within the reach . of one who knew how to ...
... means de- tract ; but we are very much inclined to believe that a diligent inquirer , properly qualified for the task , might , at this time of day , with all the opportunities which are now within the reach . of one who knew how to ...
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... means to reconcile himself to the monarch , by showing that the word is was a typographical mistake for was , yet it is probable he thought it expedient still farther to manifest his opinions in favour of his own nation . Our author is ...
... means to reconcile himself to the monarch , by showing that the word is was a typographical mistake for was , yet it is probable he thought it expedient still farther to manifest his opinions in favour of his own nation . Our author is ...
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Page 217 - SWEET day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Page 184 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Page 221 - Let us (said he) pour on him all we can: Let the world's riches, which dispersed lie, Contract into a span. So strength first made a way; Then beauty flowed, then wisdom, honour, pleasure: When almost all was out, God made a stay, Perceiving that alone of all his treasure Rest in the bottom lay. For if I should...
Page 218 - Must all be veiled, while he that reads, divines, Catching the sense at two removes? Shepherds are honest people ; let them sing : Riddle who list, for me, and pull for Prime : I envy no man's nightingale or spring ; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say,
Page 142 - Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Page 218 - WHO says that fictions only and false hair Become a verse ? Is there in truth no beauty ? Is all good structure in a winding stair...
Page 58 - ... but only a rod and a ferula. Secondly, others who are able, use it only as a passage to better preferment, to patch the rents in their present fortune, till they can provide a. new one, and betake themselves to some more gainful calling. Thirdly, they are disheartened from doing their best with the miserable reward which in some places they receive, being masters to their children and slaves to their parents.
Page 219 - All may of Thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with this tincture " for Thy sake " Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine. This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold : For that which God doth touch and own Cannot for less be told.
Page 143 - But it is not good to stay too long in the theatre. Let us now pass on to the judicial place or palace of the mind, which we are to approach and view with more reverence and attention.
Page 146 - But the greatest error of all the rest, is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge : for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge...