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Pagina 5
... attention that our literary friends can give , and every honour that the Editor can bestow . They certainly claim a conspicuous place in this paper . and if they contribute to rouse , in any degree , an emulation to be skilled in those ...
... attention that our literary friends can give , and every honour that the Editor can bestow . They certainly claim a conspicuous place in this paper . and if they contribute to rouse , in any degree , an emulation to be skilled in those ...
Pagina 7
... attention is the chief reason why many stu- dents get so little knowledge from so exten- sive opportunities as a classical education af- fords . They do not consider what they are doing , or what sort of people they are con- versing ...
... attention is the chief reason why many stu- dents get so little knowledge from so exten- sive opportunities as a classical education af- fords . They do not consider what they are doing , or what sort of people they are con- versing ...
Pagina 8
... attention to the history of the times , and the want of knowledge of the cha , racter , rank , situation , and connexions of the persons spoken of occasions obscurity of conception , and hinders our entertainment and improvement . A ...
... attention to the history of the times , and the want of knowledge of the cha , racter , rank , situation , and connexions of the persons spoken of occasions obscurity of conception , and hinders our entertainment and improvement . A ...
Pagina 21
... attention of mind which mathematical studies require , contribute much to exact observation , accurate concep- tion , and just reasoning , which are all so ne- cessary in the study of Philosophy . To dis- tinguish the dictates of nature ...
... attention of mind which mathematical studies require , contribute much to exact observation , accurate concep- tion , and just reasoning , which are all so ne- cessary in the study of Philosophy . To dis- tinguish the dictates of nature ...
Pagina 26
... attention to poetry . When we had conversed sometime upon this subject , she showed me Anacreon's ode , and asked me , if I knew the authour . I evaded the question , and found the address did not displease her . I became so charmed ...
... attention to poetry . When we had conversed sometime upon this subject , she showed me Anacreon's ode , and asked me , if I knew the authour . I evaded the question , and found the address did not displease her . I became so charmed ...
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Pagina 71 - Churchyard" abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind, and with sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo. The four stanzas, beginning "Yet even these bones," are to me original; I have never seen the notions in any other place, yet he that reads them here persuades himself that he has always felt them. Had Gray written often thus, it had been vain to blame and useless to praise him.
Pagina 29 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Pagina 237 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won ; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun : But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. 'Great praise the Duke of Marlbro* won And our good Prince Eugene;' 'Why 'twas a very wicked thing !' Said little Wilhelmine; 'Nay . . nay . . my little girl,' quoth he, 'It was a famous victory.
Pagina 100 - ... glistering with dew, fragrant the fertile earth after soft showers, and sweet the coming on of grateful evening mild, then silent night with this her solemn bird, and this fair moon and these the gems of heaven, her starry train.
Pagina 41 - The forward violet thus did I chide : Sweet thief, whence didst thou steal thy sweet that smells, If not from my love's breath ? The purple pride Which on thy soft cheek for complexion dwells In my love's veins thou hast too grossly dyed.
Pagina 100 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Pagina 237 - Old Kaspar took it from the boy, Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh, ' 'Tis some poor fellow's skull,' said he, 'Who fell in the great victory.
Pagina 93 - Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him : every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an ear-ring of gold.
Pagina 219 - Celestial odours breathe through purpled air; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light...
Pagina 35 - Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. I have showed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.