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... of the political hori- zon , demand more particularly the attention of History ; since it is from the observation alone of Mankind in their primary condition , that the E former can with certainty discover the principles of all their.
... of the political hori- zon , demand more particularly the attention of History ; since it is from the observation alone of Mankind in their primary condition , that the E former can with certainty discover the principles of all their.
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... observation applies to the interval be- tween the æra of Livius Andronicus and the Au- gustan age ; if it be contrasted with the vast space of time which separates the foundation of Rome from the birth of that poet . This quickness of ...
... observation applies to the interval be- tween the æra of Livius Andronicus and the Au- gustan age ; if it be contrasted with the vast space of time which separates the foundation of Rome from the birth of that poet . This quickness of ...
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... observed by Robertson , that " Whoever attempts to trace the operations of men in more remote times , and to mark the various steps of their pro- gress in any line of exertion , will have the mor- tification to find that the period of ...
... observed by Robertson , that " Whoever attempts to trace the operations of men in more remote times , and to mark the various steps of their pro- gress in any line of exertion , will have the mor- tification to find that the period of ...
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... observe the nicety to which the rules of taste are reduced , and the exact dis- crimination with which the least infringement of them is detected , and exposed to the severity of criticism , can we think it credible that their citi ...
... observe the nicety to which the rules of taste are reduced , and the exact dis- crimination with which the least infringement of them is detected , and exposed to the severity of criticism , can we think it credible that their citi ...
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... observation seems justifiable , that Egypt was created to be over- come . Though now but one dry track of sandy uncultivated wilds , scarcely peopled by an un- lettered race of wretched hordes , she is still the theatre of war and ...
... observation seems justifiable , that Egypt was created to be over- come . Though now but one dry track of sandy uncultivated wilds , scarcely peopled by an un- lettered race of wretched hordes , she is still the theatre of war and ...
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Page 360 - And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. 'And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 43 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 358 - Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength : He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted, Neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 305 - Then gay ideas crowd the vacant brain, While peers and dukes, and all their sweeping train, And garters, stars, and coronets appear, And in soft sounds "Your grace
Page 221 - ... a mind full of ideas, will be apt in speaking to hesitate upon the choice of both ; whereas common speakers have only one set of ideas, and one set of words to clothe them in; and these are always ready at the mouth : so people come faster out of a church when it is almost empty, than when a crowd is at the door.
Page 225 - Wouldst thou to honours and preferments climb? Be bold in mischief, dare some mighty crime, Which dungeons, death, or banishment deserves; For virtue is but dryly praised, and starves.
Page 258 - ... it susceptible of lies. He supposes the soul to be of the nature of a piano-cylindrical speculum, or lookingglass ; that the plain side was made by God Almighty, but that the devil afterwards wrought the other side into a cylindrical figure. The plain side represents objects just as they are; and the cylindrical side, by the rules of catoptrics, must needs represent true objects false, and false objects true ; but the cylindrical side being much the larger surface, takes in a greater compass...
Page 73 - I AM the modest young man whom you favoured with your advice, in a late paper ; and, as I am very far from suspecting that you foresaw the numberless...
Page 347 - Ever with some new fancy struck, Tries twenty charms to mend her luck. "This morning, when the parson came, I said I should not win a game. This odious chair, how came I stuck in't?
Page 290 - Ne'er to have peace with wit, nor truce with sense. The king himself the sacred unction made, As king by office, and as priest by trade. In his sinister hand, instead of ball, He placed a mighty mug of potent ale;