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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... Nature ought to have been more fully difplayed . This had un- doubtedly been a very ample Subject for De- clamation ; but they do not confider the Cha- racter of the Piece . The Writers against Re- ligion , whilft they oppofe every ...
... Nature ought to have been more fully difplayed . This had un- doubtedly been a very ample Subject for De- clamation ; but they do not confider the Cha- racter of the Piece . The Writers against Re- ligion , whilft they oppofe every ...
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... Nature , than by the Conviction of your Judgment ? We laid open the Foundations of Society ; and you feared , that the Curiofity of this Search might endanger the Ruin of the whole Fabrick . You would readily have allowed my Prin- ciple ...
... Nature , than by the Conviction of your Judgment ? We laid open the Foundations of Society ; and you feared , that the Curiofity of this Search might endanger the Ruin of the whole Fabrick . You would readily have allowed my Prin- ciple ...
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... natural Evils ( in spite of the Boast of Stoicifm they are Evils ) ; and every Endeavour which the Art and Policy of ... Nature which , if left to itself , were the beft and fureft Guide . It finds finds out imaginary Beings prefcribing ...
... natural Evils ( in spite of the Boast of Stoicifm they are Evils ) ; and every Endeavour which the Art and Policy of ... Nature which , if left to itself , were the beft and fureft Guide . It finds finds out imaginary Beings prefcribing ...
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... Nature , is wifer in its own plain . Way , and attends its own Bufiuefs more directly than the Mind with all its boasted Subtilty . In the State of Nature , without ... Nature went , and fucceeded ; but Man would OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 13.
... Nature , is wifer in its own plain . Way , and attends its own Bufiuefs more directly than the Mind with all its boasted Subtilty . In the State of Nature , without ... Nature went , and fucceeded ; but Man would OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 13.
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Robert Dodsley. far Nature went , and fucceeded ; but Man would go farther . The great Error of our Nature is , not to know where to ftop ; not to be satisfied with any reasonable Acquirement ; not to compound with our Condition ; but to ...
Robert Dodsley. far Nature went , and fucceeded ; but Man would go farther . The great Error of our Nature is , not to know where to ftop ; not to be satisfied with any reasonable Acquirement ; not to compound with our Condition ; but to ...
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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...