Letters Concerning the English NationL. Davis and C. Reymers; R. Baldwin, and S. Crowder and Company, 1760 - 255 sider |
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... kind , the most just and regular writer does not propofe to obferve any method . Mr. de Voltaire in all probability fol- lowed no other rule in the choice of his fubjects than his particular taste , or perhaps the queries of his friend ...
... kind , the most just and regular writer does not propofe to obferve any method . Mr. de Voltaire in all probability fol- lowed no other rule in the choice of his fubjects than his particular taste , or perhaps the queries of his friend ...
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... proper for the prefs . The public indeed thereby often lofe a great ma- ny agreeable particulars ; but why fhould they complain , if the want of them them is compenfated by a thoufand beauties of another kind VI PREFACE .
... proper for the prefs . The public indeed thereby often lofe a great ma- ny agreeable particulars ; but why fhould they complain , if the want of them them is compenfated by a thoufand beauties of another kind VI PREFACE .
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Voltaire. them is compenfated by a thoufand beauties of another kind ? The variety of the fubjects , the graces of the dic- tion , the folidity of the reflections , the delicate turn of the criticism ; in fine , the noble fire , which ...
Voltaire. them is compenfated by a thoufand beauties of another kind ? The variety of the fubjects , the graces of the dic- tion , the folidity of the reflections , the delicate turn of the criticism ; in fine , the noble fire , which ...
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... kind , and from places where gaming is practis'd ; and indeed our cafe wou'd be very deplorable , fhould we fill with fuch levities , as thofe I have men- tion'd , the heart which ought to be the habitation of God . We never swear , not ...
... kind , and from places where gaming is practis'd ; and indeed our cafe wou'd be very deplorable , fhould we fill with fuch levities , as thofe I have men- tion'd , the heart which ought to be the habitation of God . We never swear , not ...
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... kind of houfe of Commons ) compos'd wholly of the clergy , was in fome credit at that time ; at leaft the mem- . bers of it had the liberty to meet , to dif- pute on ecclefiaftical matters , to sentence impious books from time to time ...
... kind of houfe of Commons ) compos'd wholly of the clergy , was in fome credit at that time ; at leaft the mem- . bers of it had the liberty to meet , to dif- pute on ecclefiaftical matters , to sentence impious books from time to time ...
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Side 171 - And screen'd in shades from day's detested glare, She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her, side, and Megrim at her head.
Side 139 - Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Side 149 - He spoke of his works as of trifles that were beneath him ; and hinted to me, in our first conversation, that I should visit him upon no other foot than that of a gentleman, who led a life of plainness and simplicity.
Side 170 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
Side 18 - ... is both to God and man : If after all these warnings and advertisements, thou dost not turn unto the Lord with all thy heart, but forget him, who remembered thee in thy distress, and give up thyself to follow lust and vanity; surely great will be thy condemnation.
Side 136 - No Traveller returns) puzzles the Will ; And makes us rather bear thofe Ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of. Thus...
Side 148 - He was infirm and come to the verge of life when I knew him. Mr. Congreve had one defect, which was his entertaining too mean an idea of his first profession (that of a writer), though it was to this he owed his fame and fortune.
Side 18 - Against which snare as well as the temptation of those that may or do feed thee, and prompt thee to evil, the most excellent and prevalent remedy will be, to apply thyself to that Light of Christ, which shineth in thy...
Side 135 - To be, or not to be : that is the queftion— — — Whether 'tis nobler in the mind, to fuffer The flings and arrows of outragious fortune j Or to take arms againft a fea of troubles, * And by oppofing end them.
Side 171 - She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her side, and Megrim at her head. Two handmaids wait the throne: alike in place, But differing far in figure and in face.