The Four Ages; Together with Essays on Various SubjectsCadell and Davies, 1798 - 454 páginas |
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... give an instance from another people , of that violence which is the prominent cha- racteristic of favage life . " The more important the cause that calls them to arms , the more greedy they are of death . Neither the bravery , nor the ...
... give an instance from another people , of that violence which is the prominent cha- racteristic of favage life . " The more important the cause that calls them to arms , the more greedy they are of death . Neither the bravery , nor the ...
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... give the first hint for shaking off his authority - His fubjects rebel and conquer . They then make terms with their Prince , and oblige him to govern upon principles dictated by themselves , as in the cafe of King John ; or refolve to ...
... give the first hint for shaking off his authority - His fubjects rebel and conquer . They then make terms with their Prince , and oblige him to govern upon principles dictated by themselves , as in the cafe of King John ; or refolve to ...
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... gives an opportunity for fome one man of abilities to take the lead , as in the inftance of Cromwell . As defpotism produces liberty , liberty in its turn may revert to defpotism , which was nearly the cafe in the reign of James the ...
... gives an opportunity for fome one man of abilities to take the lead , as in the inftance of Cromwell . As defpotism produces liberty , liberty in its turn may revert to defpotism , which was nearly the cafe in the reign of James the ...
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... flesh and fat . The flesh of a ferpent is efteemed as a fpecific for bad eyes - that of a wolf for a difordered ftomach - a wolf's tongue for a fore throat , & c . " " I " I will give one instance ( fays Pulte- ney [ 28 ]
... flesh and fat . The flesh of a ferpent is efteemed as a fpecific for bad eyes - that of a wolf for a difordered ftomach - a wolf's tongue for a fore throat , & c . " " I " I will give one instance ( fays Pulte- ney [ 28 ]
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William Jackson. " I will give one instance ( fays Pulte- ney in his Sketches of Botany ) from Apuleius , of that credulity and fupersti- tion , which , sanctioned by antiquity , yet prevailed in the administration of reme- dies ; and ...
William Jackson. " I will give one instance ( fays Pulte- ney in his Sketches of Botany ) from Apuleius , of that credulity and fupersti- tion , which , sanctioned by antiquity , yet prevailed in the administration of reme- dies ; and ...
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Página 152 - I have done but half my errand; what is your lute worth if I have not your book? ' ' What book, Master Gainsborough? ' ' Why, the book of airs you have composed for the lute.
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Página 280 - A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he died.
Página 120 - ... or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the other side, in separating carefully, one from another, ideas, wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being misled by similitude, and by affinity to take one thing for another. This is a way of proceeding quite contrary to metaphor and allusion, wherein for the most part lies that entertainment and pleasantry of wit which strikes so lively on...
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Página 271 - Fix'd to one side, but moderate to the rest: An honest courtier, yet a patriot too, Just to his prince, and to his country true, Fill'd with the sense of age, the fire of youth, A scorn of wrangling, yet a zeal for truth; A generous faith, from superstition free; A love to peace, and hate of tyranny; Such this man was; who now, from earth remov'd, At length enjoys that liberty he lov'd.
Página 153 - What use is your book to me if I don't understand it? And your lute, you may take it again if you won't teach me to play on it. Come home with me and give me the first lesson.' 'I will come to-morrow!