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... a style purely historical , or logical , it is scarcely less disadvantageous ; the cold severity of judgment being painfully decorated , and appearing to the eye of taste like a sculpture , or statue , painted with tawdry colours .
... a style purely historical , or logical , it is scarcely less disadvantageous ; the cold severity of judgment being painfully decorated , and appearing to the eye of taste like a sculpture , or statue , painted with tawdry colours .
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... in the island of so consummate a military genius , so thoroughly qualified to conduct the war with a victorious event , as Cromwell . He was also , whatever some historians have said on the subject , of scarcely less weight in the ...
... in the island of so consummate a military genius , so thoroughly qualified to conduct the war with a victorious event , as Cromwell . He was also , whatever some historians have said on the subject , of scarcely less weight in the ...
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... juggled into a belief , that there is nothing good in America , ) in order to see fair play , and to redeem the character of the Americans from the sinister imputations which ignorance , no less than jealousy , have occasioned .
... juggled into a belief , that there is nothing good in America , ) in order to see fair play , and to redeem the character of the Americans from the sinister imputations which ignorance , no less than jealousy , have occasioned .
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It is , in fact , much better for the reading public , that a descriptive author , provided he he faithful , should have less , rather than more , of learning than his capacity can manage . The cavern - temples of Elora , certainly ...
It is , in fact , much better for the reading public , that a descriptive author , provided he he faithful , should have less , rather than more , of learning than his capacity can manage . The cavern - temples of Elora , certainly ...
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No where in the world is there less religious hypocrisy Crit . Gaz . Vol . 1. No. 1 , E than in France ; and for this manifest reason that AND TRAVELS . ) 25 Wilson's Travels in Egypt , & c .
No where in the world is there less religious hypocrisy Crit . Gaz . Vol . 1. No. 1 , E than in France ; and for this manifest reason that AND TRAVELS . ) 25 Wilson's Travels in Egypt , & c .
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Página 64 - Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
Página 390 - I went for a draught of the river water ; and, being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in the boat with us, and were waiting to go farther.
Página 391 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but, if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day ; demands it, before he can receive it, in a lump.
Página 390 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Página 296 - THERE are three things, young gentleman," said Nelson to one of his Midshipmen, "which you are constantly to bear in mind. First, you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own respecting their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king ; and, thirdly, you must hate a Frenchman as you do the devil.
Página 395 - All the idols or images were examined and put in order, and a grand dance was supposed not only to be an agreeable entertainment for the Great Being, but it was believed that it might, with the addition of a sacrifice, contribute to appease him, if he was angry with them.
Página 457 - Look on its broken arch, its ruined wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yes, this was once Ambition's airy hall, The dome of Thought, the palace of the Soul : Behold through each lack-lustre, eyeless hole, The gay recess of Wisdom and of Wit And Passion's host, that never brooked control: Can all, saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit?
Página 341 - But these are poor and narrow views of its importance. It has increased indefinitely the mass of human comforts and enjoyments, and rendered cheap and accessible all over the world the materials of wealth and prosperity.
Página 390 - I walked towards the top of the street gazing about till near Market Street, where I met a boy with bread. I had often made a meal of dry bread, and inquiring where he had bought it, I went immediately to the baker's, he directed me to. I asked for biscuits, meaning such as we had at Boston; that sort, it seems, was not made in Philadelphia. I then asked for a threepenny loaf, and was told they had none.
Página 296 - Suckling, and he valued it like a relic. Nisbet, who was close to him, placed him at the bottom of the boat, and laid his hat over the shattered arm, lest the sight of the blood, which gushed out in great abundance, should increase his faintness. He then examined the wound, and taking some silk handkerchiefs from his neck, bound them tightly above the lacerated vessels.