Fugitive Pieces on Various Subjects: A vindication of natural society. The history and antiquities of the ancient villa of Wheatfield, in the county of Suffolk. Fragments of ancient poetry. An account of Russia, by Charles, Lord Whitworth. A journey into England, by Paul Hentzner. A project for raising an hospital for decayed authors, by John Gilbert-Cooper. A parallel; in the manner of Plutarch, by the Reverend Mr. SpenceRobert Dodsley J. Dodsley, 1771 |
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... Kings of Syria and of Egypt , the Kings of Pergamus and Macedon , without Intermiffion , worried each other for above two hun- dred Years , until at laft a ftrong Power , arifing in the Weft , rufhed in upon them and filenced their ...
... Kings of Syria and of Egypt , the Kings of Pergamus and Macedon , without Intermiffion , worried each other for above two hun- dred Years , until at laft a ftrong Power , arifing in the Weft , rufhed in upon them and filenced their ...
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... King of Armenia , his Ally , by the Greatnefs of his Ruin . All who had Connections with him fhared the fame Fate . The merciless Genius of Sylla had its full Scope ; and the Streets of Athens were not the only ones which ran with Blood ...
... King of Armenia , his Ally , by the Greatnefs of his Ruin . All who had Connections with him fhared the fame Fate . The merciless Genius of Sylla had its full Scope ; and the Streets of Athens were not the only ones which ran with Blood ...
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... Kings of Babylon and Affyria made immenfe Ra- vages . Yet we have their History but partially , in an indiftinct confused Manner ; fo that I fhall only throw the ftrong Point of Light upon that Part which coincides with Roman History ...
... Kings of Babylon and Affyria made immenfe Ra- vages . Yet we have their History but partially , in an indiftinct confused Manner ; fo that I fhall only throw the ftrong Point of Light upon that Part which coincides with Roman History ...
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... King is ever surround- ed by a Crowd of infamous Flatterers , who find their Account in keeping him from the least Light of Reafon , till all Ideas of Rectitude and Juftice are utterly erased from his Mind . When Alexander had , in his ...
... King is ever surround- ed by a Crowd of infamous Flatterers , who find their Account in keeping him from the least Light of Reafon , till all Ideas of Rectitude and Juftice are utterly erased from his Mind . When Alexander had , in his ...
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... King of Egypt fent them a Donation of Corn . This they were mean enough to accept . And had the Egyptian Prince intended the Ruin of this City of wicked Bedlamites , he could not have taken a more effectual Method to do it , than by ...
... King of Egypt fent them a Donation of Corn . This they were mean enough to accept . And had the Egyptian Prince intended the Ruin of this City of wicked Bedlamites , he could not have taken a more effectual Method to do it , than by ...
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Page 275 - ... kneeled, as the others had done, and placed what was brought upon the table, they too retired with the same ceremonies performed by the first. At last came an unmarried lady (we...
Page 269 - There is still another place, built in the form of a Theatre, which serves for the baiting of Bulls and Bears ; they are fastened behind, and then worried by great English bull-dogs; but not without great...
Page 144 - It is night; I am alone, forlorn on the hill of storms. The wind is heard in the mountain. The torrent pours down the rock. No hut receives me from the rain; forlorn on the hill of winds ! Rise, moon!
Page 274 - English ladies have it, till they marry; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low; her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging. That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads; her train was very long, the end of it...
Page 145 - To Colma they give no reply. Speak to me: I am alone! My soul is tormented with fears! Ah! they are dead! Their swords are red from the fight. O my brother! my brother! why hast thou slain my Salgar? why, O Salgar!
Page 149 - RYNO The wind and the rain are past: calm is the noon of day. The clouds are divided in heaven. Over the green hills flies the inconstant sun.
Page 150 - Thy voice was a stream after rain, like thunder on distant hills. Many fell by thy arm: they were consumed in the flames of thy wrath. But when thou didst return from war, how peaceful was thy brow! Thy face was like the sun after rain, like the moon in the silence of night; calm as the breast of the lake when the loud wind is laid.
Page 301 - Slavery ; vastly fond of great Noises that fill the Ear, such as the firing of Cannon, Drums, and the ringing of Bells, so that it is common for a number of them, that have got a Glass in their Heads, to go up into some Belfry, and ring the Bells for Hours together, for the sake of Exercise.
Page 277 - Eoman emperors in white marble, and a table of touchstone ; the upper part of it is set round with cisterns of lead, into which the water is conveyed through pipes, so that fish may be kept in them, and in summer time they are very convenient for bathing; in another room for entertainment very near this, and joined to it by a little bridge, was an oval table of red marble.
Page 309 - ... and arrived about two or three o'clock in the morning at Dover. In our way to it, which was rough and dangerous enough, the following accident happened to us: our guide, or postillion, a youth, was before with two of our company, about the distance of a...