The Analytical Review, Or History of Literature, Domestic and Foreign, on an Enlarged Plan, Bind 71790 Containing scientific abstracts of important and interesting works, published in English; a general account of such as are of less consequence, with short characters; notices, or reviews of valuable foreign books; criticisms on new pieces of music and works of art; and the literary intelligence of Europe, &c. |
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... nature , the conqueft of the Saracens , occafioned a fimilar downfall of literature , by the burning the Alexandrian library under the fanatical caliph Omar . We fee how foon after they flourished , planted by the fame hands that before ...
... nature , the conqueft of the Saracens , occafioned a fimilar downfall of literature , by the burning the Alexandrian library under the fanatical caliph Omar . We fee how foon after they flourished , planted by the fame hands that before ...
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... nature , or works of art , which are the objects of tafte , derive their power of exciting emotions in us , not from ... nature of the emotion than the particular object . It is fhewn that when we are not in a humour to purfue fuch a ...
... nature , or works of art , which are the objects of tafte , derive their power of exciting emotions in us , not from ... nature of the emotion than the particular object . It is fhewn that when we are not in a humour to purfue fuch a ...
Side 28
... nature , notes of ani- mals , and the tones of the human voice in fpeaking and mufic . The objects of fight , under which he confiders colours and forms . Sounds he confiders as the figns of certain energies 3 thus the howling of a ...
... nature , notes of ani- mals , and the tones of the human voice in fpeaking and mufic . The objects of fight , under which he confiders colours and forms . Sounds he confiders as the figns of certain energies 3 thus the howling of a ...
Side 29
... nature to produce emotion . ' We now take our leave of a work which has afforded us much entertainment , and of which we are glad to learn , that the au- thor promifes a fecond part , He will therefore excufe our mention- ing , as the ...
... nature to produce emotion . ' We now take our leave of a work which has afforded us much entertainment , and of which we are glad to learn , that the au- thor promifes a fecond part , He will therefore excufe our mention- ing , as the ...
Side 30
... nature . 6 How different , from this period , become the fentiments with which the fcenery of nature is contemplated , by thofe who have any imagination ! The beautiful forms of ancient mythology , with which the fancy of poets peopled ...
... nature . 6 How different , from this period , become the fentiments with which the fcenery of nature is contemplated , by thofe who have any imagination ! The beautiful forms of ancient mythology , with which the fancy of poets peopled ...
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Side 425 - God : praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Side 212 - Christian, armed with a bayonet, holding me by the bandage that secured my hands. The guard round me had their pieces cocked ; but on my daring the ungrateful wretches to fire, they uncocked them.
Side 428 - The question is, whether falsehood was ever attested by evidence like this. Falsehoods, we know, have found their way into reports, into tradition, into books; but is an example to be met with, of a man voluntarily undertaking a life of want and pain, of incessant fatigue, of continual peril ; submitting to the loss of his home and country, to stripes and stoning, to tedious imprisonment, and the constant expectation of a violent death, for the sake of carrying about a story of what was false, and...
Side 133 - As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger.
Side 213 - I'll be damned if he does not find his way home if he gets any thing with him," meaning me ; and when the carpenter's chest was carrying away, " Damn my eyes, he will have a vessel built in a month...
Side 100 - ... feet higher than my head as I stood upon the brink : but, there being little or no wind, they fell back perpendicularly into the crater, increasing the conical hill.
Side 100 - Vesuvius to the south-west, whence we rode four or five miles before we came to the burning river, which was about midnight. The roaring of the volcano grew exceeding loud and horrible as we approached. I...
Side 371 - On examining this subterranean wonder, it was found to be a complete gallery, which had been driven forward many hundred yards to the bed of coal : that it branched off into numerous...
Side 212 - Samuel got 150 pounds of bread, with a small quantity of rum and wine, also a quadrant and compass ; but he was forbidden, on pain of death, to touch either map, ephemeris, book of astronomical observations, sextant, timekeeper, or any of my surveys or drawings. The mutineers having forced those of the seamen whom they meant to get rid of into the boat, Christian directed a dram to be served to each of his own crew.
Side 145 - All that is material to say further concerning the book of Enoch is, that it is a Gnostic book, containing the age of the Emims, Anakims, and Egregores...