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You cannot expect that I should name all the rest of the commanders : but there
were ( you see ) some difficulties in my way , which seemed insuperable , and yet
the Lord of Hosts did bring me through these difficulties , safe from Bramber to ...
You cannot expect that I should name all the rest of the commanders : but there
were ( you see ) some difficulties in my way , which seemed insuperable , and yet
the Lord of Hosts did bring me through these difficulties , safe from Bramber to ...
Page 89
Webster was not behind the rest in these singular predilections , and if he had
less imagination in the conception of them , he had more skill in working them up
. Theobald , in the preface to his tragedy of The fatal Secret , altered from the ...
Webster was not behind the rest in these singular predilections , and if he had
less imagination in the conception of them , he had more skill in working them up
. Theobald , in the preface to his tragedy of The fatal Secret , altered from the ...
Page 151
His example prevailed with the rest of us , one after another , to taste and eat ;
and as there had been a heavy dew or rain in the night , and we had spread out
every thing we had of linen and woollen to receive it , we were a little refreshed
by ...
His example prevailed with the rest of us , one after another , to taste and eat ;
and as there had been a heavy dew or rain in the night , and we had spread out
every thing we had of linen and woollen to receive it , we were a little refreshed
by ...
Page 183
... lodgethe vast wilderness ” which the poor poet vainly sighed for , to escape the
“ rumours of wars , oppression and deceit , ” we quit it with regret , having found it
a pleasant hour ' s rest for our thoughts , as well as food for the imagination .
... lodgethe vast wilderness ” which the poor poet vainly sighed for , to escape the
“ rumours of wars , oppression and deceit , ” we quit it with regret , having found it
a pleasant hour ' s rest for our thoughts , as well as food for the imagination .
Page 210
A story , which Burnet tells to this effect , was long considered as a fable of the
reverend author ' s ; but like many other of that historian ' s supposed fables , it
has been found to rest upon the basis of truth . There is in the British Museum * ,
a ...
A story , which Burnet tells to this effect , was long considered as a fable of the
reverend author ' s ; but like many other of that historian ' s supposed fables , it
has been found to rest upon the basis of truth . There is in the British Museum * ,
a ...
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| Title | The Retrospective Review.., Volume 7 |
| Editor | Henry Southern |
| Contributors | David Sampson Maurice, Charles and Henry Baldwyn |
| Publisher | Charles and Henry Baldwyn, Newgate Street., 1823 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 14 Aug 2007 |
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