The Analytical Review, Or History of Literature, Domestic and Foreign, on an Enlarged Plan, Volume 131792 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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... heads of the tribes chofe a kief and the nobility elected a tanist . Teutonic origin of this cuftom , is clearly evinced by the German practice at this day of electing a king of the Romans , the prefump- tive heir of the empire , and ...
... heads of the tribes chofe a kief and the nobility elected a tanist . Teutonic origin of this cuftom , is clearly evinced by the German practice at this day of electing a king of the Romans , the prefump- tive heir of the empire , and ...
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... head of the pafs , and encamped at Palamnaire , a thort way beyond it.- The pass is defcribed thus : - Several parts of it are fteep , particularly the second , and longest afcent , of about 500 yards , which at the top has rather a ...
... head of the pafs , and encamped at Palamnaire , a thort way beyond it.- The pass is defcribed thus : - Several parts of it are fteep , particularly the second , and longest afcent , of about 500 yards , which at the top has rather a ...
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... head of the principal part of his troops , at eleven o'clock on the evening of the 14th , leaving orders for the nizam's horfe to follow early in the morning ; but tire night proving wet and ftormy , the troops were found to have ...
... head of the principal part of his troops , at eleven o'clock on the evening of the 14th , leaving orders for the nizam's horfe to follow early in the morning ; but tire night proving wet and ftormy , the troops were found to have ...
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... head , is , that the human foul is a divine principle , which , when it paffes out of the body , returns to heaven ; and that this paffage is moft eafy to thofe who have , in this life , made the greatest progrefs in virtue . The fyttem ...
... head , is , that the human foul is a divine principle , which , when it paffes out of the body , returns to heaven ; and that this paffage is moft eafy to thofe who have , in this life , made the greatest progrefs in virtue . The fyttem ...
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... head , and to breathe a freer air . Determined no longer to yield implicit obe dience to human authority , but to exercife their own understand . ings , and follow their own judgments , thefe bold reformers pro- fecuted religious and ...
... head , and to breathe a freer air . Determined no longer to yield implicit obe dience to human authority , but to exercife their own understand . ings , and follow their own judgments , thefe bold reformers pro- fecuted religious and ...
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Page 310 - I swear to be faithful to the nation, the law, and the king ; and to maintain with all my powers the constitution decreed by the national assembly, and accepted by the king.
Page 213 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page 35 - ... pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Page 521 - Claudian sings) the gods And earth-born giants fell at odds, The stout Enceladus in malice Tore mountains up to throw at Pallas ; And...
Page 59 - There is nothing, certainly, more unreasonable, more inconsistent with the rights of human nature, more contrary to the spirit and precepts of the Christian religion, more iniquitous and unjust, more impolitic, than persecution.
Page 286 - She thinking it to be no more than his usual humour, took no notice of it ; but in the way home, to her great mortification, he unriddled the jest, by acquainting her with what he had done the preceding day.
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Page 145 - On rich and poor, on friend and foe; Her doors to all were open'd wide, The pilgrim there might safe abide; For th...
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Page 316 - I can conceive nothing so degrading and dishonourable, as an argument such as this. To hold out a menace, without ever seriously meaning to enforce it, constitutes, in common language, the true description of a bully; applied to the transactions of a nation, the disgrace is deeper, and the consequences fatal to its honour.