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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... prefent undertaking . The fubject chofen by him is an interefting one , and as the prefent article contains the only regular and connected narrative as yet publifhed of the late operations of the British forces in India , we fhall pay ...
... prefent undertaking . The fubject chofen by him is an interefting one , and as the prefent article contains the only regular and connected narrative as yet publifhed of the late operations of the British forces in India , we fhall pay ...
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... prefent work , that wherever a title to a book in a foreign language is mentioned , or a quotation made from a foreign writer , a tranflation is ufually fubjoined . And if men of learn- ing would be always thus condefcending , at least ...
... prefent work , that wherever a title to a book in a foreign language is mentioned , or a quotation made from a foreign writer , a tranflation is ufually fubjoined . And if men of learn- ing would be always thus condefcending , at least ...
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prefent century , comprehending the times , when learning was refcued from the thorns and briars of barbarifin , and philosophy restored to its ancient honours , is highly important . ( Vol . 11. p . 413. ) If , at this period ...
prefent century , comprehending the times , when learning was refcued from the thorns and briars of barbarifin , and philosophy restored to its ancient honours , is highly important . ( Vol . 11. p . 413. ) If , at this period ...
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... prefent trial affords a ftriking in ftance how far military men may be difpofed to extend their ju rifdiction upon a profecution inftituted by command of a prince of the blood royal . ' We look upon this to be a fubject deferving the ...
... prefent trial affords a ftriking in ftance how far military men may be difpofed to extend their ju rifdiction upon a profecution inftituted by command of a prince of the blood royal . ' We look upon this to be a fubject deferving the ...
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... prefent them as rebels to both . It cannot be denied , that an at- tempt to impofe writings upon a nation , containing their history , their civil and ecclefiaftical polity , would be confidered as a chimerical project . But if this ...
... prefent them as rebels to both . It cannot be denied , that an at- tempt to impofe writings upon a nation , containing their history , their civil and ecclefiaftical polity , would be confidered as a chimerical project . But if this ...
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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.
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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...
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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.