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... never more neceffary , nor ever more emi- nently displayed , than upon this occafion . It affords an useful lef- fon in a ftriking inftance , that nothing fhould ever be committed to chance in warfare , which any induftry could fecure ...
... never more neceffary , nor ever more emi- nently displayed , than upon this occafion . It affords an useful lef- fon in a ftriking inftance , that nothing fhould ever be committed to chance in warfare , which any induftry could fecure ...
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... never in his life felt fo deep a melancholy , as when he found himfelf obliged to turn his back on France . - And , that his courage was never put to fuch a trial as in that retreat ; but that it was his firm perfuafion , that his ...
... never in his life felt fo deep a melancholy , as when he found himfelf obliged to turn his back on France . - And , that his courage was never put to fuch a trial as in that retreat ; but that it was his firm perfuafion , that his ...
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... never feen a more inno- cent , humane , fober , confcien- tious , piece of writing in their lives . They confidered it mere- ly , as a fenfible well - mean- ing address to the Americans , warning them of the dangers which they must ...
... never feen a more inno- cent , humane , fober , confcien- tious , piece of writing in their lives . They confidered it mere- ly , as a fenfible well - mean- ing address to the Americans , warning them of the dangers which they must ...
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Edmund Burke. him by Admiral Keppel , that he .would never refume the command of the western fquadron , nor could he ever think of going upon any fervice with the vice - admiral of the blue , until the tranfactions of that day were ...
Edmund Burke. him by Admiral Keppel , that he .would never refume the command of the western fquadron , nor could he ever think of going upon any fervice with the vice - admiral of the blue , until the tranfactions of that day were ...
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... never dif- avow , or be afhamed of his conduc on the day in queftion . But , he faid , that the oldest and most ex- perienced naval officers , would difcover fomething in every en- gagement , with which they were before unacquainted ...
... never dif- avow , or be afhamed of his conduc on the day in queftion . But , he faid , that the oldest and most ex- perienced naval officers , would difcover fomething in every en- gagement , with which they were before unacquainted ...
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Página 23 - The metaphysical poets were men of learning, and to show their learning was their whole endeavour; but, unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme, instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses, and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear; for the modulation was so imperfect, that they were only found to be verses, by counting the syllables.
Página 24 - ... wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil, impassive and at leisure ; as Epicurean deities making remarks on the actions of men, and the vicissitudes of life, without interest and without emotion.
Página 23 - If the father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry, an imitative art, these writers will, without great wrong, lose their right to the name of poets for they cannot be said to have imitated any thing; they neither copied nature nor life; neither painted the forms of matter, nor represented the operations of intellect.
Página 24 - What they wanted however of the sublime, they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole; their amplification had no limits; they left not only reason but fancy behind them; and produced combinations of confused magnificence, that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined.
Página 25 - 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.
Página 26 - He has involved in his account of the fall of man the events which preceded and those that were to follow it : he has interwoven the whole system of theology with such propriety that every part appears to be necessary; and scarcely any recital is wished shorter for the sake of quickening the progress of the main action.
Página 352 - Then the lord chancellor, by his majefty's command, faid : My lords, and gentlemen, It is his majefty's royal will and pleafure, that this parliament be prorogued to Tuefday, the fifth day of September next, to be then here holden ; and this parliament is accordingly prorogued to the fifth day of September next.
Página 149 - ... by the help of the fat of hogs, has covered the whole with flour, laid on by a machine with the utmost regularity; if, when thus attired, he issues forth, and meets a Cherokee Indian, who has bestowed as much time at his toilet, and laid on with equal care and attention his yellow and red ochre on particular parts of his forehead or cheeks, as he judges most becoming...
Página 32 - Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure.
Página 23 - 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.