The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 36Tobias Smollett W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1773 - English literature Each number includes a classified "Monthly catalogue." |
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... Knowledge and Ufe of Maps , ibid . Confiderations on the Uufe and Abuse of Antimonial Medicines in Fevers and other Disorders , 238 The Univerfal Botanist and Nurfeman . Vol . III . By Richard Wetton , Efq . 239 A faith- A faithful ...
... Knowledge and Ufe of Maps , ibid . Confiderations on the Uufe and Abuse of Antimonial Medicines in Fevers and other Disorders , 238 The Univerfal Botanist and Nurfeman . Vol . III . By Richard Wetton , Efq . 239 A faith- A faithful ...
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... knowledge . " At first view one might fuppofe that in the more civilized districts at least , fame mea- fures might have been pursued for promoting the knowledge of re- ligion ; and that archbishop Browne , not contented with removing ...
... knowledge . " At first view one might fuppofe that in the more civilized districts at least , fame mea- fures might have been pursued for promoting the knowledge of re- ligion ; and that archbishop Browne , not contented with removing ...
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... knowledge of the laws , and zealous op- pofers of the prefent tax . They were fent into England with let- ters to the queen and to the English council , figned by the lords Baltinglafs , Delvin , Hoath , Trimblefton , Bellew , Nangle ...
... knowledge of the laws , and zealous op- pofers of the prefent tax . They were fent into England with let- ters to the queen and to the English council , figned by the lords Baltinglafs , Delvin , Hoath , Trimblefton , Bellew , Nangle ...
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... knowledge of Irish affairs ; and though thefe Effays are replete with strokes of satire and ridicule , they touch the foibles with fuch gentleness as to excite the laughter , rather than provoke the refentment , even of those who are ...
... knowledge of Irish affairs ; and though thefe Effays are replete with strokes of satire and ridicule , they touch the foibles with fuch gentleness as to excite the laughter , rather than provoke the refentment , even of those who are ...
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... knowledge of a fcience which diffufes fo much blame- lefs pleasure , through a circle of fuch vaft extent , to be of fmall importance , yet I moft fincerely with that I could have procured it upon easier terms , and have vifited remote ...
... knowledge of a fcience which diffufes fo much blame- lefs pleasure , through a circle of fuch vaft extent , to be of fmall importance , yet I moft fincerely with that I could have procured it upon easier terms , and have vifited remote ...
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Page 289 - What reward! A large, comprehensive soul, well purged from vulgar fears and perturbations and prejudices; able to comprehend and interpret the works of man — of God. A rich, flourishing, cultivated mind, pregnant with inexhaustible stores of entertainment and reflection. A perpetual spring of fresh ideas; and the conscious dignity of superior intelligence.
Page 289 - In short, you must not attempt to enlarge your ideas, or polish your taste, or refine your sentiments ; but must keep on in one beaten track, without turning aside either to the right hand or to the left. " But I cannot submit to drudgery like this. I feel a spirit above it.
Page 289 - Was it in order to raise a fortune that you consumed the sprightly hours of youth in study and retirement? Was it to be rich that you grew pale over the midnight lamp, and distilled the sweetness from the Greek and Roman spring?
Page 314 - When we reflect on our character as guilty and depraved creatures, in the presence of Him " who is of purer eyes than to behold iniquity...
Page 292 - ... had locked up their religion in a foreign tongue, they would take care not to lose the key. This gave an importance to the learned languages ; and every scholar could not only read, but wrote and disputed in Latin, which without such a motive would probably have been no more studied than the Chinese. And at a time when the modern.
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Page 365 - Dr Solander, who had more than once crossed the mountains which divide Sweden from Norway, well knew that extreme cold, especially when joined with fatigue, produces a torpor and sleepiness that are almost irresistible: He therefore conjured the company to keep moving, whatever pain it might cost them, and whatever relief they might be promised by an inclination to rest: Whoever sits down...
Page 201 - Brun, an indefatigable and inquifitive traveller, has publiihed many views of eaftern buildings, particularly about the Holy Land : in all thefe, only one Gothic ruin, the church near Acre, and a few pointed arches, occur ; and thofe built by the Chriftians, when in pofleflion of the country.
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Page 242 - British navy with the best masts in the world. Some of them are of a great height, and more than eight feet in diameter, which is proportionably more than eight yards in circumference; so that four men, joining hand in hand, could not compass them: among others, we found the pepper tree, or winter's bark, in great plenty. Among these woods, notwithstanding the coldness of the climate, there are innumerable parrots, and other birds of the most beautiful plumage.