THE MONTHLY REVIEW OF LITERARY JOURNAL1786 |
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... lefs fplendid than important , the father of pro- phane history had deduced the tranfactions between the Greeks and Barbarians , from the earliest accounts till the conclufion of the Per- fian war ; a work including the hiftory of many ...
... lefs fplendid than important , the father of pro- phane history had deduced the tranfactions between the Greeks and Barbarians , from the earliest accounts till the conclufion of the Per- fian war ; a work including the hiftory of many ...
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... lefs fuccefsful than that of Alexander . He divided philofophy into contemplative and practical . The contemplative or abftract philofophy , to which he firft gave the name of metaphyfics , is obfcure throughout , often unintelligible ...
... lefs fuccefsful than that of Alexander . He divided philofophy into contemplative and practical . The contemplative or abftract philofophy , to which he firft gave the name of metaphyfics , is obfcure throughout , often unintelligible ...
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... lefs elevated parts , and confequently the islands would be- come more or lefs deluged , as the bottom of the fea was more or less elevated ; and this effect must have been more or lefs universal , as the fire prevailed more or lefs ...
... lefs elevated parts , and confequently the islands would be- come more or lefs deluged , as the bottom of the fea was more or less elevated ; and this effect must have been more or lefs universal , as the fire prevailed more or lefs ...
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... lefs able to defend or extricate themselves from fuch interments . Foffil fhells , and other marine relics , have been obferved in all parts of the world hitherto explored , even on the highest moun- tains , in parts very remote from ...
... lefs able to defend or extricate themselves from fuch interments . Foffil fhells , and other marine relics , have been obferved in all parts of the world hitherto explored , even on the highest moun- tains , in parts very remote from ...
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... lefs it was mineralized , till it ter- minated in a white mucus - like fubftance . Quære , Was the ore generated from the mucus - like fubftance , or was that fubftance the product of ore , decompofed by the acid contained in that ...
... lefs it was mineralized , till it ter- minated in a white mucus - like fubftance . Quære , Was the ore generated from the mucus - like fubftance , or was that fubftance the product of ore , decompofed by the acid contained in that ...
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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...