The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 2H.D. Symonds, 1797 |
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... fpeak of any thing . How nations can away with such a taste , is to us aftonishing . The analogies of common expe- rience fhould teach them to discountenance this turpitude . Who does not know , that the warmest proteftations of a lover ...
... fpeak of any thing . How nations can away with such a taste , is to us aftonishing . The analogies of common expe- rience fhould teach them to discountenance this turpitude . Who does not know , that the warmest proteftations of a lover ...
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... fpeak with in- tereft and rapture ; it is for those who live in other times , and who read his defcriptions , to know whether their fun is not equally brilliant , and their fummer as pregnant with delight . Characters are beft ...
... fpeak with in- tereft and rapture ; it is for those who live in other times , and who read his defcriptions , to know whether their fun is not equally brilliant , and their fummer as pregnant with delight . Characters are beft ...
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... fpeak in the houfe of commons , he brings to the recollection of his bearers the comparison which Homer makes of the eloquence of Ulyffes , " to flakes of fnow defcending filently from the clouds . " Moved , excited by the fpeech of the ...
... fpeak in the houfe of commons , he brings to the recollection of his bearers the comparison which Homer makes of the eloquence of Ulyffes , " to flakes of fnow defcending filently from the clouds . " Moved , excited by the fpeech of the ...
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... fpeak the inspiration of the mufe . UPON MR . GARRICK : BY THE LATE MR . MICKLE . Fair was the graceful form Prometheus made , Its front , the image of the God difplay'd : All heaven approv'd it , ere Minerva stole The fire of Jove ...
... fpeak the inspiration of the mufe . UPON MR . GARRICK : BY THE LATE MR . MICKLE . Fair was the graceful form Prometheus made , Its front , the image of the God difplay'd : All heaven approv'd it , ere Minerva stole The fire of Jove ...
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... fpeak harfhly of a writer who speaks thus unprefumingly of himself : - " Conscious of each defect , he fain would raise His most deprefs'd , his most familiar ftrains Grace with more heighten'd charms ; through all diffufe More vivid ...
... fpeak harfhly of a writer who speaks thus unprefumingly of himself : - " Conscious of each defect , he fain would raise His most deprefs'd , his most familiar ftrains Grace with more heighten'd charms ; through all diffufe More vivid ...
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Page 418 - Our political system is placed in a just correspondence and symmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory parts ; wherein, by the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race...
Page 418 - The institutions of policy, the goods of fortune, the gifts of Providence, are handed down to us, and from us in the same course and order. Our political system is placed in a just correspondence and symmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory, parts...
Page 421 - ... it is with infinite caution that any man ought to venture upon pulling down an edifice which has answered in any tolerable degree for ages the common purposes of society, or on building it up again, without having models and patterns of approved utility before his eyes.
Page 461 - If a great change is to be made in human affairs, the minds of men will be fitted to it ; the general opinions and feelings will draw that way. Every fear, every hope will forward it ; and then they who persist in opposing this mighty current in human affairs, will appear rather to resist the decrees of Providence itself, than the mere designs of men. They will not be resolute and firm, but perverse and obstinate...
Page 421 - The science of government being therefore so practical in itself, and intended for such practical purposes, a matter which requires experience, and even more experience than any person can gain in his whole life, however sagacious and...
Page 423 - Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone...
Page 417 - You will observe, that from Magna Charta to the Declaration of Right, it has been the uniform policy of our constitution to claim and assert our liberties, as an entailed inheritance derived to us from our forefathers, and to be transmitted to our posterity ; as an estate specially belonging to the people of this kingdom, without any reference whatever to any other more general or prior right.
Page 39 - To paint fair Nature, by divine command, • Her magic pencil in his glowing hand, A Shakspeare rose: then, to expand his fame Wide o'er this breathing world, a Garrick came. Though sunk in death the forms the Poet drew, The Actor's genius bade them breathe anew; Though, like the bard himself, in night they lay, Immortal Garrick call'd them...
Page 88 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; The hair of my flesh stood up : It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: An image was before mine eyes, There was silence, and I heard a voice...
Page 461 - It has given me many anxious moments for the last two years. If a great change is to be made in human affairs, the minds of men will be fitted to it ; the general opinions and feelings will draw that way. Every fear, every hope will forward it ; and then they who persist...