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... fame ftage of refinement , always paid a high veneration to men , who , acting under the im- pulfe of a warm and enthufiaftic fpirit , fancied themselves indued with the power of revealing future events . Having confulted the prophetic ...
... fame ftage of refinement , always paid a high veneration to men , who , acting under the im- pulfe of a warm and enthufiaftic fpirit , fancied themselves indued with the power of revealing future events . Having confulted the prophetic ...
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... fame marked a character formed for exertions that lead to immortality . But Herodotus had preoccupied the fubjects best adapted to historical compofition ; and it was not till the commence- ment of the memorable war of twenty - feven ...
... fame marked a character formed for exertions that lead to immortality . But Herodotus had preoccupied the fubjects best adapted to historical compofition ; and it was not till the commence- ment of the memorable war of twenty - feven ...
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... fame pene- trating and comprehenfive mind , the fame fubtlety of reafoning , and vigour of intellect , directed to objects of great importance and ex- tenfive utility . The condition of the times in which he lived , and the ...
... fame pene- trating and comprehenfive mind , the fame fubtlety of reafoning , and vigour of intellect , directed to objects of great importance and ex- tenfive utility . The condition of the times in which he lived , and the ...
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... fame odious paffions which proved fatal to the offenfive virtue of Socrates , fiercely affailed the fame and merit of Ariftotle . To avoid the cruelty of perfecu- tion , he fecretly withdrew himfelf to Chalcis , in Euboea . This measure ...
... fame odious paffions which proved fatal to the offenfive virtue of Socrates , fiercely affailed the fame and merit of Ariftotle . To avoid the cruelty of perfecu- tion , he fecretly withdrew himfelf to Chalcis , in Euboea . This measure ...
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... fame fpecies are actually af- sembled in the sea . But , on the contrary , when beds of foffil fhells are compofed of fragments , or feparate bivalves , they confift of a great variety of fpecies , confufedly blended ; in the fame ...
... fame fpecies are actually af- sembled in the sea . But , on the contrary , when beds of foffil fhells are compofed of fragments , or feparate bivalves , they confift of a great variety of fpecies , confufedly blended ; in the fame ...
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Página 92 - What hands are here ? ha ! they pluck out mine eyes. Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand ? No, this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red.
Página 445 - I've paced much this weary mortal round, And sage experience bids me this declare 'If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest pair, In other's arms breathe out the tender tale, Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.
Página 446 - There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear ; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere. Compared with this, how poor Religion's pride, In all the pomp of method, and of art, When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace, except the heart...
Página 161 - A' made a finer end and went away an it had been any christom child; a' parted even just between twelve and one, even at the turning o' the tide: for after I saw him fumble with the sheets and play with flowers and smile upon his fingers...
Página 444 - But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor lad cam o'er the moor To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily mother sees the conscious flame Sparkle in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek : Wi...
Página 442 - ... friend! No mercenary bard his homage pays: With honest pride, I scorn each selfish end; My dearest meed, a friend's esteem and praise: To you I sing, in simple Scottish lays, The lowly train in life's sequester'd scene; The native feelings strong, the guileless ways; What Aiken in a cottage would have been; Ah! tho' his worth unknown, far happier there, I ween.
Página 445 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride. His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God !
Página 337 - That an unjust action has more demerit than an ungenerous one: That a generous action has more merit than a merely just one: That no man ought to be blamed for what it was not in his power to hinder...
Página 98 - Cook's person was in any danger, otherwise he would have detained the prince, which no doubt would have been a great check on the Indians. One man was...
Página 447 - From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her lov"d at home, rever'd abroad : Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, ' An honest man's the noblest work of God...