The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, Volumen44Tobias Smollett W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1777 Each number includes a classified "Monthly catalogue." |
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... themselves and their art . For , in the be- ginning of the year 1186 , all the great aftrologers in the Chrif tian world agreed in declaring , that from an extraordinary con- junction of the planets in the fign Libra , which had never ...
... themselves and their art . For , in the be- ginning of the year 1186 , all the great aftrologers in the Chrif tian world agreed in declaring , that from an extraordinary con- junction of the planets in the fign Libra , which had never ...
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... themselves into the fea ; fome concealed themfelves in hollow trees , or in the clifts of rocks ; and I myself plunged into a certain fountain . As foon as he had faid this , finding that he had discovered his fecret , his face was ...
... themselves into the fea ; fome concealed themfelves in hollow trees , or in the clifts of rocks ; and I myself plunged into a certain fountain . As foon as he had faid this , finding that he had discovered his fecret , his face was ...
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... themselves in this dilemma , and their very valuable work bears too many marks of it . To avoid repetitions , they have left almost all the hiftories imperfect , which obliges a reader to look into several , be- before he can find a ...
... themselves in this dilemma , and their very valuable work bears too many marks of it . To avoid repetitions , they have left almost all the hiftories imperfect , which obliges a reader to look into several , be- before he can find a ...
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... themselves to thofe perfons who attend only to the connexion and fubordi- nation of the incidents they have invented , and who , therefore , never introduce more perfons or things than are neceffary to fill them up whereas a redundancy ...
... themselves to thofe perfons who attend only to the connexion and fubordi- nation of the incidents they have invented , and who , therefore , never introduce more perfons or things than are neceffary to fill them up whereas a redundancy ...
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... themselves , while other modes are obfcure to them , they imagine that it must be the fame to others if it were published , and that the publication will ferve as an advertisement and recommendation to their school . Though fuch ...
... themselves , while other modes are obfcure to them , they imagine that it must be the fame to others if it were published , and that the publication will ferve as an advertisement and recommendation to their school . Though fuch ...
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Página 37 - As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes. And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Página 57 - The tenure by which the great body of the people held their property, was very different. In every district a certain quantity of land was measured out in proportion to the number of families. This was cultivated by the joint labour of the whole ; its produce was deposited in a common storehouse, and divided among them according to their respective exigencies.
Página 455 - So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Página 60 - ... the wrath of their gods, and the Mexicans never approached their altars without sprinkling them with blood drawn from their own bodies. But, of all offerings, human sacrifices were deemed the most acceptable. This religious belief mingling with the implacable spirit of vengeance, and adding new force to it, every captive taken in war was brought to the temple, was devoted as a victim to the deity, and sacrificed with rites no less solemn than cruel.
Página 309 - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me ; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
Página 56 - Pizarro, at the head of his chosen band, advanced directly towards the inca; and though his nobles crowded around him with officious zeal, and fell in numbers at his feet, while they vied one with another in sacrificing their own lives, that they might cover the sacred person of their sovereign, the Spaniards soon penetrated to the royal seat; and Pizarro...
Página 210 - At the last of those towns were several of our ship's crew, and my servant. I had sufficient evidence of their being treated with such barbarity, that many hundreds had perished ; and that thirty-six were buried...
Página 154 - February, 1704, and educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he took the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Soon after his return to...
Página 374 - Foote corporally, and have made him feel that your wooden leg which he mimicked had an avenging arm to protect it; but you scorned so inglorious a victory, and called justice and the laws of your country to punish the criminal, and to avenge your cause. You triumphed ; and I heartily join my weak voice to the loud acclamations of the good citizens of Dublin upon this occasion.
Página 60 - They presented to him choice specimens of those works of ingenuity which his light had guided the hand of man in forming. But the Incas never stained his altars with human blood, nor could they conceive that their beneficent father the Sun would be delighted with such horrid victims fj£J.