The Eclectic Review, Volume 5;Volume 23Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood 1816 |
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... writer Mr. Gibbon is . We allude to certain remarks writ- ten in French , on the characters and writings of Sallust , Cæsar , Cornelius Nepos , and Livy . We had gone through the former three , and had proceeded so far in what relates ...
... writer Mr. Gibbon is . We allude to certain remarks writ- ten in French , on the characters and writings of Sallust , Cæsar , Cornelius Nepos , and Livy . We had gone through the former three , and had proceeded so far in what relates ...
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... writer , while he relates Quæque ipse miserrima vidit ; ' especially if he can add- Et quorum pars magna fui . ' This is probably one reason that biography in general , and auto - bio- graphy especially , is so peculiarly captivaing : a ...
... writer , while he relates Quæque ipse miserrima vidit ; ' especially if he can add- Et quorum pars magna fui . ' This is probably one reason that biography in general , and auto - bio- graphy especially , is so peculiarly captivaing : a ...
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... writers . The period which our Author had under- taken to enlighten , gave him more than his full share of this un- pleasant work . But , what was still worse , he had to travel through what are justly called dark ages ; periods of time ...
... writers . The period which our Author had under- taken to enlighten , gave him more than his full share of this un- pleasant work . But , what was still worse , he had to travel through what are justly called dark ages ; periods of time ...
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... writers could assign no precise boundary to the indefinite terra incognita of their story . That he has been able to make such parts of his work equal in interest to other parts , we would not venture to assert ; he has himself ...
... writers could assign no precise boundary to the indefinite terra incognita of their story . That he has been able to make such parts of his work equal in interest to other parts , we would not venture to assert ; he has himself ...
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... writer ? In some respects undoubt- edly he is ; in others the praise of luminousness must be re- fused him . If we ... writers as describe the manners and customs of the several countries and ages , which constitute the varying scene of ...
... writer ? In some respects undoubt- edly he is ; in others the praise of luminousness must be re- fused him . If we ... writers as describe the manners and customs of the several countries and ages , which constitute the varying scene of ...
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Pagina 432 - My Godfathers and Godmothers in my Baptism ; wherein I was made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.
Pagina 562 - Jesu, Maria, shield her well! She folded her arms beneath her cloak, And stole to the other side of the oak.
Pagina 349 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow ; which came up in a night, and perished in a night. And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle ?
Pagina 564 - A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy, And the lady's eyes they shrunk in her head, Each shrunk up to a serpent's eye, And with somewhat of malice, and more of dread, At Christabel she looked askance!
Pagina 561 - Is the night chilly and dark ? The night is chilly, but not dark. The thin gray cloud is spread on high, It covers but not hides the sky. The moon is behind, and at the full; And yet she looks both small and dull. The night ,is chill, the cloud is gray : "Tis a month before the month of May, And the Spring comes slowly up this way.
Pagina 565 - So deeply had she drunken in That look, those shrunken serpent eyes, That all her features were resigned To this sole image in her mind: And passively did imitate That look of dull and treacherous hate!
Pagina 386 - But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Pagina 267 - Out upon Time! it will leave no more Of the things to come than the things before ! Out upon Time! who for ever will leave But enough of the past for the future to grieve...
Pagina 426 - they are made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the Kingdom of Heaven...
Pagina 561 - The thin gray cloud is spread on high, It covers but not hides the sky. The moon is behind, and at the full; And yet she looks both small and dull. The night is chill, the cloud is gray: 'Tis a month before the month of May, And the Spring comes slowly up this way. The lovely lady, Christabel...