Something New: In Two VolumesE. and C. Dilly, 1762 - English literature |
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againſt Aleppo alfo almoſt anſwer antient atheiſt becauſe beſt Caliph caufe cauſe CHAP Chapter character circumſtance confefs creature deſtroyed diftinction exerciſe expreffion fafely faid fame fays fcience feems felves fenfe fentiment ferve fexes fhall fhort fhould fide fince fion firft firſt fome fometimes foon foul fpecies ftate ftiled ftill ftory fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperftition fuperior fupply fuppofe furely happened hiftory higheſt himſelf houſe human idea infpired inftance intereſt itſelf juſt Knight laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs mankind manner matter metaphyfics mind miſtake moft moral moſt mufic muft muſt myſelf nature neceffarily neceffary neral never notion occafion ourſelves Paffing paffion perfon philofo philofophy phyfic pleaſe pofed poffibly prefent Prieft purpoſe raiſe reader reafon reft religion ſay ſeems ſhall ſhe ſtate ſtudy thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion treatiſe univerfal uſe virtue Voltaire whatſoever whofe yourſelf
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Page 241 - Were all books reduced thus to their quintessence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny paper : there would be scarce such a thing in nature as a folio : the works of an age would be contained on a few shelves ; not to mention millions of volumes that would be utterly annihilated.
Page ix - HE celebrated wits of the mifcellanarian race, the erfay-writers , cafual difcourfers , refiedtioncoiners , meditation - founders , and others of the irregular kind of writers , may plead it as their peculiar advantage, " that they follow the variety
Page 243 - I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jefus Chrift, who fhall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom...
Page 188 - And tho' by all a wonder own'd, Yet knew not fhe was fair. Till Edwin came, the pride of fwains, A foul that knew no art ; And from whofe eye, ferenely mild, Shone forth the feeling heart.
Page viii - ... above the ground. From every field, from every hedge or hillock, we now gather as delicious fruits and fragrant flowers as of old from the richest and best cultivated gardens.
Page 208 - Mille aret ? At suave est ex magno tollere acervo. Dum ex parvo nobis tantumdem haurire relinquas, Cur tua plus laudes cumeris granaria nostris ? Ut tibi si sit opus liquidi non amplius urna, Vel cyatho, et dicas : Magno de flumine mallem, 55 Quam ex hoc fonticulo tantumdem sumere.
Page 139 - That good-natured author remarks, that there is a certain general claim of kindnefs and benevolence which every fpecies of creatures has a right to from us.
Page 238 - Mon deuil me plaît et doit toujours me plaire ; II me tient lieu de celui que je pleure.
Page 78 - While broken accents breat'ved in fighs, Reveal the fatal caufe. Lie ftill, thou pledge of haplefs love. Lie ftill, my infant dear ; I would thy father were a king. Thy mother on a bier ! Enough had now the lover heard. He clafps her in his arms, Look up my miftrefs, friend, and wife, Revive thy drooping charms. Thy trial now is fairly paft, Thou firft of wornan kind ; Thy form, tho' caft in beauty's mojild, Enfhrines a hero's mind.