 any thing in the heavens above, in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth. - The latter manner he practises most frequently in his tragedies, the former in his comedies. The comic characters are, without mixture, loathsome and despicable....  Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 128by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Stéphanie Félicité comtesse de Genlis - Conduct of life - 1785 - 300 pages
...tecond Commandment ; for of all that nutn" ber, there is not the likenefs of any thing in heaven " above, in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the *•' earth. The old ornament*, which were put up by Ins " father, whp was a fenfible man, appear to have been in »... | |
 | Samuel Felton - Engraving - 1785 - 132 pages
...not to have broken the fecond com. inandment, there not being the likenefs of any th,ing in heaven above, in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth, and that his bed-chamber and dreffing-room are like two apa ments in Noah's ark, there being fcarce... | |
 | William Granger - Characters and characteristics - 1802 - 672 pages
...broken the fecond commandment; for of all that number, there is not the likenefs of any thing in heaven above, in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth. The old ornaments which were put up by his father, who was a fenfible man, appear to have been in a good... | |
 | G. H. Wilson - Abnormalities, Human - 1806 - 444 pages
...the second commandment ; for of all that number, tln-re is not the likeness of any thing in heaven above, in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth. The old ornaments which were put up by his rather, who was a.sensible man, appear to have been in a good... | |
 | Joseph Nightingale - Catholics - 1812 - 588 pages
...Worships" any idols, images, pictures, or any graven thing, whatsoever the object be, whether iu heaven above, in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth, for God, breaks the commandment, by committing idolatry, and stands guilty of an inexcusable and most... | |
 | Patrick Brydone - Malta - 1817 - 552 pages
...broke the second commandment; for of all that number, there is not the likeness of any thing in heaven above, in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth. The old ornaments which were put up by his father, who was a sensible man, appear to have been in a good... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1821 - 486 pages
...the other for its undoubted claim to worship, as being unlike any thing « in the heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth. » The appearance of Childe Harold made Walter Scott tremble on his throne ; he saw the sceptre ready to pass-... | |
 | James Harley, John Hamilton Reynolds - Journalism - 1822 - 148 pages
...by its author, as it certainly is an unique production, unlike any thing " in the heavens above, or in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth." The following lines will be understood by those who have perused it, and the "curiosities" at the end of... | |
 | 1825 - 668 pages
...<•lf.ii evidence of success, wanting to all other " exploitations" (excuse the gallicism) whether" in the heavens above, in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth." It is all very fine talking for you. Mr. Editor, who sit at your ease, surrounded by long rows of elegantlj... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1827 - 552 pages
...whom the period of imagination does not precede, but follow, the period of observation and reflection. The latter manner he practises most frequently in...despicable. The men of Etherege and Vanbrugh are bad enough. Thoeo of Smollett are perhaps worse. But they do not approach to the Celadons, the Wildbloods, the... | |
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