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... interesting ( though rather too con cise ) view of their singular manners . Their attachment to the house of Stuart , and their readiness to join in every at- tempt to restore that family to the throne of its ancestors , he attributes ...
... interesting ( though rather too con cise ) view of their singular manners . Their attachment to the house of Stuart , and their readiness to join in every at- tempt to restore that family to the throne of its ancestors , he attributes ...
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... interesting : but we remarked , with a degree of surprise , which indeed was les- sened by observing that the work was dedicated to his Majesty , the silence maintained by the author regarding the conduct of the commander in chief at ...
... interesting : but we remarked , with a degree of surprise , which indeed was les- sened by observing that the work was dedicated to his Majesty , the silence maintained by the author regarding the conduct of the commander in chief at ...
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... interesting paper contains the most satisfactory view , which we have yet seen , of a subject that has long tantalized the expectations of naturalists . From the dis-- covery of some bones in the county of Greenbriar , Mr. Jef- ferson ...
... interesting paper contains the most satisfactory view , which we have yet seen , of a subject that has long tantalized the expectations of naturalists . From the dis-- covery of some bones in the county of Greenbriar , Mr. Jef- ferson ...
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... interesting notes : in which he professes " not to be sparing of quotations from the poets , " and conceives " no author to be a more proper vehicle for remarks of " this sort , at once useful and entertaining , than Mr. Gray : " yet ...
... interesting notes : in which he professes " not to be sparing of quotations from the poets , " and conceives " no author to be a more proper vehicle for remarks of " this sort , at once useful and entertaining , than Mr. Gray : " yet ...
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... interesting history , which we have been accustomed to read from our childhood , and to think im- portant from an early reverence for the writings in which it is con- tained , are at once recalled to the mind ; and give to the passage a ...
... interesting history , which we have been accustomed to read from our childhood , and to think im- portant from an early reverence for the writings in which it is con- tained , are at once recalled to the mind ; and give to the passage a ...
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Página 500 - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick: He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came, And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame, Till, his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please.
Página 348 - The more I am acquainted with agricultural affairs, the better I am pleased with them; insomuch, that I can no where find so great satisfaction as in those innocent and useful pursuits. In indulging these feelings; I am led to reflect how much more delightful to an undebauched mind, is the task of making improvements on the earth, than all the vain glory which can be acquired from ravaging it, by the most uninterrupted career of conquests.
Página 448 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among the ruins of lona.
Página 50 - And now, my dear mother," he ended, seeing the old lady's face gloom, " after having struggled so hard to come home to you, I wonder you are not more rejoiced to see me.
Página 350 - I do not find touched by either of the gentlemen whose letters are sent to you, namely, that the aim of the farmers in this country (if they can be called farmers) is, not to make the most they can from the land, which is, or has been cheap, but the most of the labour, which is dear ; the consequence of which has been, much ground has been scratched over, and none cultivated or improved as it ought to have been...
Página 196 - Yet soon he heal'd ; for spirits that live throughout Vital In every part, not as frail man In entrails, heart or head, liver or reins, Cannot but by annihilating die ; Nor in their liquid texture mortal wound Receive, no more than can the fluid air...
Página 51 - After we had finished our breakfast he drew from his pocket part of a tragedy, which he said he had brought for my correction. In vain I pleaded inability, when he began to read ; and every part on which I expressed a doubt as to the propriety was immediately blotted out. I then...
Página 3 - If government pre-engages the Highlanders in the manner I propose, they will not only serve well against the enemy abroad, but will be hostages for the good behaviour of their relations at home ; and I am persuaded that it will be absolutely impossible to raise a rebellion in the Highlands.
Página 51 - He now told me he had submitted his production, so far as he had written, to Mr. Richardson, the author of Clarissa, on which I peremptorily declined offering another criticism on the performance.
Página 29 - So spake our mother Eve, and Adam heard Well pleased, but answered not; for now too nigh The Archangel stood, and from the other hill To their fixed station, all in bright array The cherubim descended; on the ground Gliding meteorous, as...