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... High- lands , in order to pass over to the relief of the Jerfeys , he must have fubjected himself to hazard the confequences of a general action , in a country which , from its na- ture , would have been very unfa vourable to him in ...
... High- lands , in order to pass over to the relief of the Jerfeys , he must have fubjected himself to hazard the confequences of a general action , in a country which , from its na- ture , would have been very unfa vourable to him in ...
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... high and flattering eulogiums which this gentleman had fo lately beftowed on the Americans , in thofe very letters which were the fubject of the prefent conteft . In one of thefe , to Mr. Dana , is the follow- ing remarkable paffage ...
... high and flattering eulogiums which this gentleman had fo lately beftowed on the Americans , in thofe very letters which were the fubject of the prefent conteft . In one of thefe , to Mr. Dana , is the follow- ing remarkable paffage ...
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... high in the opinion of the Americans , as well as in their fer- vice ) to the Earl of Carlifle , chal- lenging that nobleman , as firft commiffioner , to the field ; there to anfwer in his own perfon , and in fingle combat , for fome ...
... high in the opinion of the Americans , as well as in their fer- vice ) to the Earl of Carlifle , chal- lenging that nobleman , as firft commiffioner , to the field ; there to anfwer in his own perfon , and in fingle combat , for fome ...
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... high reward produced no manner of discovery . The fame fpirit operated juft about the fame time , and in the fame manner , but much more violent in degree , and fatal in confequence , between the Ame- rican and French feamen , in the ...
... high reward produced no manner of discovery . The fame fpirit operated juft about the fame time , and in the fame manner , but much more violent in degree , and fatal in confequence , between the Ame- rican and French feamen , in the ...
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... high a de- gree of confidence , hope , and spirit , through the army and fleet , that they totally forgot the vast fuperiority of the enemy , the pre- carioufnefs and danger of their own fituation , and feemed infen- fible to fuch ...
... high a de- gree of confidence , hope , and spirit , through the army and fleet , that they totally forgot the vast fuperiority of the enemy , the pre- carioufnefs and danger of their own fituation , and feemed infen- fible to fuch ...
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Página 32 - It contains the history of a miracle, of creation and redemption; it displays the power and the mercy of the Supreme Being ; the probable therefore is marvellous, and the marvellous is probable.
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Página 27 - If, by a more noble and more adequate conception, that be considered as wit which is at once natural and new; that which, though not obvious, is, upon its first production, acknowledged to be just; if it be that which he that never found it wonders how he missed; to wit of this kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen.
Página 151 - In fact, we never are satisfied with our opinions, whatever we may pretend, till they are ratified and confirmed by the suffrages of the rest of mankind. We dispute and wrangle for ever; we endeavour to get men to come to us, when we do not go to them.
Página 174 - With the love of a wench, let his writings be chaste ; Tip his tongue with strange matter, his pen with fine taste ; That the rake and the poet o'er all may prevail, Set fire to the head, and set fire to the tail.
Página 28 - Nor was the sublime more within their reach than the pathetic ; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration. Sublimity is produced by aggregation, and littleness by dispersion.
Página 29 - This kind of writing, which was, I believe borrowed from Marino and his followers, had been recommended by the example of Donne, a man of very extensive and various knowledge ; and by Jonson, whose manner resembled that of Donne more in the ruggedness of his lines than in the cast of his sentiments.
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