The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 2Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson Munroe and Francis, 1805 - American literature Vols. 3-4 include appendix: "The Political cabinet." |
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... become acquainted , and- he has even condefcended to hon- our me with his vifits and his friendfhip . He is of a fhort fat figure , extremely good - natured and free in his difcourfe . laft time I went to fee him he complained bitterly ...
... become acquainted , and- he has even condefcended to hon- our me with his vifits and his friendfhip . He is of a fhort fat figure , extremely good - natured and free in his difcourfe . laft time I went to fee him he complained bitterly ...
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... become ha- bituated to a very erroneous man- ner of conception ; unhappily imagining , that magnificence of diction , novelty of expreffion , and uncommon conftructions are ef- fential requifites in an elegant performance ; and that ...
... become ha- bituated to a very erroneous man- ner of conception ; unhappily imagining , that magnificence of diction , novelty of expreffion , and uncommon conftructions are ef- fential requifites in an elegant performance ; and that ...
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... become more happy our felves , and more quali- fied to communicate happiness to others . As thefe lucubrations are to be principally compofed of literary fketches , mifcellaneous remarks , and diverfified amusement , I have adventured ...
... become more happy our felves , and more quali- fied to communicate happiness to others . As thefe lucubrations are to be principally compofed of literary fketches , mifcellaneous remarks , and diverfified amusement , I have adventured ...
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... become his author's com- mentator upon these fentences . And furely he will not fhrink from the task through an apprehenfion of perplexing orthodox chriftians . He will not fuffer them to wreft fuch paffages to their own confu- fion ...
... become his author's com- mentator upon these fentences . And furely he will not fhrink from the task through an apprehenfion of perplexing orthodox chriftians . He will not fuffer them to wreft fuch paffages to their own confu- fion ...
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... become almost as exactly determined , as the laws of the drama . We are always prepar- ed to find a character brightened by every virtue and adorned with every grace ; a picture covered with the most rich and lavish colouring , but ...
... become almost as exactly determined , as the laws of the drama . We are always prepar- ed to find a character brightened by every virtue and adorned with every grace ; a picture covered with the most rich and lavish colouring , but ...
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Page 636 - In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along: The present scene, the future lot, His toils, his wants, were all forgot: Cold diffidence, and age's frost, In the full tide of song were lost : Each blank, in faithless memory void, The poet's glowing thought supplied ; And, while his harp responsive rung, 'Twas thus the LATEST MINSTREL sung.
Page 492 - It is to be all made of fantasy ; All made of passion, and all made of wishes; All adoration, duty, and observance, All humbleness, all patience, and impatience, All purity, all trial, all observance ; And so am I for Phebe.
Page 578 - As it leaves Anacreon's lip; Void of care, and free from dread, From his fingers snatch his bread, Then with luscious plenty gay...
Page 381 - I have always suspected that the reading is right, which requires many words to prove it wrong ; and the emendation wrong, that cannot without so much labour appear to be right.
Page 500 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Page 230 - Now, therein, of all sciences (I speak still of human, and according to the human conceit,) is our poet the monarch. For he doth not only show the way, but giveth so sweet a prospect into the way, as will entice any man to enter into it...
Page 431 - There is a sensible pleasure in contemplating such beautiful instances of domestic life. The happiness of the conjugal state appears heightened to the highest degree it is capable of, when we see two persons of accomplished minds not only united in the same interests and affections, but in their taste of the same improvements, pleasures, and diversions.
Page 378 - Yet conjectural criticism has been of great use in the learned world; nor is it my intention to depreciate a study, that has exercised so many mighty minds, from the revival of learning to our own age, from the bishop of Aleria to English Bentley.
Page 191 - In brief, acquit thee bravely ; play the man. Look not on pleasures as they come, but go. Defer not the least virtue : life's poor span Make not an ell, by trifling in thy woe. If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains : If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.
Page 438 - The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise. How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks?