The Critical Review, Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1802 - English literature |
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... wishes of the Protector , recalled the order he had issued against them . " The court of London , towards the close of the century , main- tained with them a much more dangerous correspondence . The cele- brated prophet and protestant ...
... wishes of the Protector , recalled the order he had issued against them . " The court of London , towards the close of the century , main- tained with them a much more dangerous correspondence . The cele- brated prophet and protestant ...
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... wish of all Europe , of France , and , I may say , of the majority of the na- tional convention , who were held during these circumstances in a state of terror , both by the commune of Paris and its own minority . " In the upper house ...
... wish of all Europe , of France , and , I may say , of the majority of the na- tional convention , who were held during these circumstances in a state of terror , both by the commune of Paris and its own minority . " In the upper house ...
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... wish to stigmatise the rival country of Great - Britain with a restless and vindictive spirit which does not belong to her . He is garrulous and prolix , it must be confessed ; but the consequence is a minuteness of description , which ...
... wish to stigmatise the rival country of Great - Britain with a restless and vindictive spirit which does not belong to her . He is garrulous and prolix , it must be confessed ; but the consequence is a minuteness of description , which ...
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... wish to please . Should the attainment of this wish be denied me , I shall console myself with re- flecting that the time bestowed on my work has been passed , at least not dishonourably , in endeavouring to excite the love of D4 ...
... wish to please . Should the attainment of this wish be denied me , I shall console myself with re- flecting that the time bestowed on my work has been passed , at least not dishonourably , in endeavouring to excite the love of D4 ...
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... the strangers sought , With glossy plumage into pictures wrought . Vain wish ! dissolve the rocks and soften steel , But hope not harder avarice can feel . As choice directs they move , Some onward fly , 40 Science Revived .
... the strangers sought , With glossy plumage into pictures wrought . Vain wish ! dissolve the rocks and soften steel , But hope not harder avarice can feel . As choice directs they move , Some onward fly , 40 Science Revived .
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Page 314 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Page 169 - How oft, when press'd to marriage, have I said, Curse on all laws but those which love has made! Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies...
Page 298 - I walked around the room, perfectly regardless of what was said to me. As I recovered my former state of mind I felt an inclination to communicate the discoveries I had made during the experiment. I...
Page 238 - Fire !" was given, meaning to pull out my pistol, in a horrible hurry I presented, neck foremost, the villanous diet drink of Lady Kitty Carbuncle ; and the medicine being unfortunately fermented by the jolting of my horse, it forced out the cork with a prodigious pop, full in the face of my gallant commander. Sir C.
Page 426 - Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning : The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
Page 185 - To relate in what manner the gifts of the Holy Spirit were communicated on the day of Pentecost, and the subsequent miracles performed by the Apostles, by which the truth of Christianity was confirmed. An authentic account of this matter was absolutely necessary, because Christ had so often assured his disciples, that they should receive the Holy Spirit. Unbelievers, therefore, whether Jews or Heathens, might have made objections to our religion, if it had not been shown that Christ's declaration...
Page 3 - And Jesus saith. unto him, ..The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Page 411 - Arts in June 1743. In March 1744, he was elected Fellow of his college. He became Master of Arts in October 1746, and was admitted one of the senior proctors of the University in April 1752. Being of an unambitious temper, and strongly attached to the charms of rural scenery, he early fixed his residence in his native village, where he spent the greater part of his life in literary occupations, and especially in the study of nature.
Page 446 - They were all men of good morals, excellent in virtue and virtuous deeds, skilled in the use of weapons to strike with, or to be thrown, brave men, eager for victory in battle.
Page 426 - Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.