The lounger's common-place book, or, Miscellaneous collections, in history, criticism, biography, poetry & romance. [by J.W. Newman]. New vol, Volume 4Henry Reynell, 21, Piccadilly, 1807 - 252 pagina's |
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Pagina 5
... writer's throwing himself on the mercy of God , to pardon the crime of suicide , which he felt himself compelled to commit , in order to preserve his honor in- violate ; he trusts his life will be considered as sacrificed , however ...
... writer's throwing himself on the mercy of God , to pardon the crime of suicide , which he felt himself compelled to commit , in order to preserve his honor in- violate ; he trusts his life will be considered as sacrificed , however ...
Pagina 16
... writer of this article unhealthy climate had returned BAYLE , a French refugee ,. hoary with age , and cloathed in a long loose gown , a leathern girdle was about his loins , his beard thick and grizly , a large fur cap on his head , and ...
... writer of this article unhealthy climate had returned BAYLE , a French refugee ,. hoary with age , and cloathed in a long loose gown , a leathern girdle was about his loins , his beard thick and grizly , a large fur cap on his head , and ...
Pagina 18
... writer , not very clean . of It is by no means my wish to restore that old papistic tyranny in literature , an index expur- gatorious ; but I appeal to pa- rents , guardians , and the many worthy persons engaged in edu- cating the ...
... writer , not very clean . of It is by no means my wish to restore that old papistic tyranny in literature , an index expur- gatorious ; but I appeal to pa- rents , guardians , and the many worthy persons engaged in edu- cating the ...
Pagina 19
... writer who says many good things , but carries them gene- rally too far , " that the in- numerable places of this de- scription for both sexes are among the greatest abuses of the age ; this he thinks obvious from the little improvement ...
... writer who says many good things , but carries them gene- rally too far , " that the in- numerable places of this de- scription for both sexes are among the greatest abuses of the age ; this he thinks obvious from the little improvement ...
Pagina 23
... writer ; but the visionary fabrication will not bear the touchstone of critical examination , and vanishes from the magic talisman of truth and historical fact . The convent of La Trappe had existed for two centuries before the birth of ...
... writer ; but the visionary fabrication will not bear the touchstone of critical examination , and vanishes from the magic talisman of truth and historical fact . The convent of La Trappe had existed for two centuries before the birth of ...
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Pagina 52 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Pagina 51 - Bid him disband his legions, Restore the commonwealth to liberty, Submit his actions to the public censure, And stand the judgment of a Roman senate. Bid him do this, and Cato is his friend.
Pagina 52 - Oh, think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods! Oh, 'tis a dreadful interval of time, Fill'd up with horror all, and big with death...
Pagina 223 - Appears not half so bright as thee: 'Tis then, that with delight I rove Upon the boundless depth of love; I bless my chain; I hand my oar; Nor think on all I left on shore.
Pagina 211 - STERNHOLD and Hopkins had great qualms, When they translated David's Psalms, To make the heart full glad : But had it been poor David's fate To hear thee sing, and them translate, By Jove, 'twould have made him mad. Rhyme to Lisbon. By the same. • HERE'S a health to Kate, Our Sovereign's mate, Of the Royal House of Lisbon : But the devil take Hyde, And the Bishop beside That made her bone of his bone.
Pagina 220 - at the Mount of St Mary's, in the stony stage where I now stand, I have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation.
Pagina 183 - No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
Pagina 52 - Oh, let it never perish in your hands! But piously transmit it to your children. Do thou, great liberty, inspire our souls, And make our lives in thy possession happy, Or our deaths glorious...
Pagina 52 - Lucius seems fond of life; but what is life? 'Tis not to stalk about, and draw fresh air From time to time, or gaze upon the sun; Tis to be free. When liberty is gone, Life grows insipid, and has lost its relish.
Pagina 93 - ... a cadaverous aspect, and broken beak, ready to stoop and pounce upon your prey. "You can be trusted by no man; the people cannot trust you, the Ministers cannot trust you ; you deal out the most impartial treachery to both. You tell the nation it is ruined by other men while it is sold by you.