The English Review, Or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature, Volume 9J. Murray, 1787 |
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againſt alfo alſo ancient becauſe beſt Botany Bay cafes Carta Mercatoria caufe cauſe character Chriftian circumftances compofition confequence confiderable confidered conftitution defcribed defcription defire diſcover diſeaſe Duke of Marlborough effect English eſtabliſhed faid fame fatire fays fcenes fecond feems fent fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhould firft firſt fituation fome fometimes foon fpecies fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fufficient fupport fyftem Great-Britain Haftings happineſs hiftory himſelf honour Houfe houſe ibid illuftrated increaſe India inftances intereft itſelf juft king laft laws lefs letters London Lord manner meaſure mind moft moſt muft muſt nations nature neceffary obfervations occafion oppofition paffage paffed paffion perfon philofophical pleaſure poffeffed prefent preferved Prince publiſhed purpoſe racter raiſed reader reafon refpect rife Ruffia ſcene Scotland ſhall ſhe ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tranflation univerfal uſeful virtue whofe whoſe
Popular passages
Page 340 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 291 - Mevils, through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron ; forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving: for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
Page 183 - Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas? For neither were ye playing on the steep, Where your old Bards, the famous Druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream: Ay me!
Page 171 - But he may certainly break an ill-formed hillock; and fhovel the earth about him, as he pleafes, without offence. He may pull up a piece of awkward paling — he may throw down a cottage...
Page 266 - I found Goldsmith waiting for an audience in an outer room. I asked him what had brought him there: he told me an invitation from his lordship. I made my business as short as I could, and, as a reason, mentioned that Dr.
Page 96 - Let the motive be in the deed, and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for action is the hope of reward. Let not thy life be spent in inaction.
Page 223 - I trust it shall be better in time coming. No more to you at this time, but the Holy Trinity have you in keeping ; and I beseech you that this bill be not seen of none earthly creature save only yourself, &c.
Page 96 - Wise men who have abandoned all thought of the fruit which is produced from their actions, are freed from the chains of birth, and go to the regions of eternal happiness.
Page 471 - O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
Page 90 - With future hope, I oft would gaze, Fond, on thy little early ways, Thy rudely caroll'd, chiming phrase, In uncouth rhymes, Fir'd at the simple, artless lays, Of other times.