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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... nature of the country which furrounds it , of which before we were entirely ignorant ; we know the utmost of the difficulties we have to encounter , and when we again move forward , we fhall be perfectly provided against them . Till ...
... nature of the country which furrounds it , of which before we were entirely ignorant ; we know the utmost of the difficulties we have to encounter , and when we again move forward , we fhall be perfectly provided against them . Till ...
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... nature , and taking no pains to render themselves useful to mankind . His favourite maxim was ; whatever is above us , doth not concern Hc eftimated the value of knowledge by its utility , and re- commended the ftudy of geometry ...
... nature , and taking no pains to render themselves useful to mankind . His favourite maxim was ; whatever is above us , doth not concern Hc eftimated the value of knowledge by its utility , and re- commended the ftudy of geometry ...
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... nature unimpaired , and to whofe laws all beings are fubject , this fupreme Deity , though himself invifible , is manifeftly feen in his magnificent operations . - Learn , then , from the things which are produced , to infer the ...
... nature unimpaired , and to whofe laws all beings are fubject , this fupreme Deity , though himself invifible , is manifeftly feen in his magnificent operations . - Learn , then , from the things which are produced , to infer the ...
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... nature ; that man excels all other animals in the faculty of reafon , and that the existence of good men will be continued after death , in a state in which they will receive the reward of their virtue . Although it appears that , on ...
... nature ; that man excels all other animals in the faculty of reafon , and that the existence of good men will be continued after death , in a state in which they will receive the reward of their virtue . Although it appears that , on ...
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... nature , by the re- ports which he made to the royal fociety of many curious and important experiments in natural philofophy . In the year one thousand fix hundred and feventy - one , his papers on the proper- ties of light were read to ...
... nature , by the re- ports which he made to the royal fociety of many curious and important experiments in natural philofophy . In the year one thousand fix hundred and feventy - one , his papers on the proper- ties of light were read to ...
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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.
Page 202 - Private credit is wealth ; public honour is security. The feather that adorns the royal bird supports his flight. Strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth.
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...
Page 141 - To hail the long-defir'd return ? Speak, wilt thou fcrew into a fmile thy mouth, And welcome LIBERTY, with WIT and TRUTH ; And for a moment leave thy gang, to mourn ? : Yes, thou wilt greet her with a half-forc'd fmile, Quitting thy virtuous Company, a while, To fay, ** Dear Madam, welcome—howdy'edo?
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.