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Pagina 74
... Russia , or Muscovy , as it was then more gene- rally called , were far thrown back from the more civilised nations of southern Europe , by the inter- vention of Lithuania , Livonia , and other provinces now incorporated in the Russian ...
... Russia , or Muscovy , as it was then more gene- rally called , were far thrown back from the more civilised nations of southern Europe , by the inter- vention of Lithuania , Livonia , and other provinces now incorporated in the Russian ...
Pagina 75
Henry Malden. ficance , Peter , the first Emperor of Russia , raised his country , by introducing into it the arts of ... Russians to maritime pursuits ; and he added the fine provinces of Plescow and Smolensko to his paternal dominions ...
Henry Malden. ficance , Peter , the first Emperor of Russia , raised his country , by introducing into it the arts of ... Russians to maritime pursuits ; and he added the fine provinces of Plescow and Smolensko to his paternal dominions ...
Pagina 79
... Russia he sent sixty young Russians to Venice and Leghorn to learn ship - building and navigation , and especially the construction and management of galleys moved by oars , which were so much used by the Venetian republic . Others he ...
... Russia he sent sixty young Russians to Venice and Leghorn to learn ship - building and navigation , and especially the construction and management of galleys moved by oars , which were so much used by the Venetian republic . Others he ...
Pagina 82
... Russia , and enrich it by the produce of their industry . We cannot trace the progress of that protracted contest between Sweden and Russia , in which the short - lived greatness of Sweden was broken : we can only state the causes of ...
... Russia , and enrich it by the produce of their industry . We cannot trace the progress of that protracted contest between Sweden and Russia , in which the short - lived greatness of Sweden was broken : we can only state the causes of ...
Pagina 83
... Russians , strongly intrenched and with a numerous artillery . Had Charles prosecuted his success with vigour , he might probably have delayed for many years the rise of Russia ; but whether from contempt or mis- take he devoted his ...
... Russians , strongly intrenched and with a numerous artillery . Had Charles prosecuted his success with vigour , he might probably have delayed for many years the rise of Russia ; but whether from contempt or mis- take he devoted his ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 168 - His Tale of a Tub has little resemblance to his other pieces. It exhibits a vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted. It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar, that it must be considered by itself; what is true of that, is not true of anything else which he has written.
Pagina 107 - The original Power of the Collective Body of the People of England examined and asserted...
Pagina 284 - I know that the conquest of English America is an impossibility. You cannot, I venture to say it, you cannot conquer America.
Pagina 489 - I should grieve to see Reynolds transfer to heroes and to goddesses, to empty splendour and to airy fiction, that art which is now employed in diffusing friendship, in renewing tenderness, in quickening the affections of the absent, and continuing the presence of the dead.
Pagina 158 - After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet, otherwise than by asking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found?
Pagina 44 - It is not uncommon, for those who have grown wise by the labour of others, to add a little of their own, and overlook their masters. Addison is now despised by some who perhaps would never have seen his defects, but by the lights which he afforded them.
Pagina 242 - Millar told me that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty-five copies of it. I scarcely, indeed, heard of one man in the three kingdoms, considerable for rank or letters, that could endure the book.
Pagina 149 - Miscellany, in a volume which began with the pastorals of Philips, and ended with those of Pope. The same year was written the Essay on Criticism ; a work which displays such extent of comprehension, such nicety of distinction, such acquaintance with mankind, and such knowledge both of ancient and modern learning, as are not often attained by the maturest age and longest experience. It was published about two years afterwards ; and being praised by Addison in the Spectator* with sufficient liberality,...
Pagina 480 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was on very many accounts one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.
Pagina 42 - I must confess I am amazed that the press should be only made use of in this way by news-writers, and the zealots of parties : as if it were not more advantageous to mankind, to be instructed in wisdom and virtue, than in politics ; and to be made good fathers, husbands, and sons, than counsellors and statesmen.