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... Soon after his return from Ber- lin , he wrote the tragedies of Ma- homet and Merope . The tragedy of Merope is the firft piece , not upon a facred fubject , that fuc- ceeded without the aid of an amo- rous paffion , and which procured ...
... Soon after his return from Ber- lin , he wrote the tragedies of Ma- homet and Merope . The tragedy of Merope is the firft piece , not upon a facred fubject , that fuc- ceeded without the aid of an amo- rous paffion , and which procured ...
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... Soon after we fee him again taking a journey to the King of Pruffia , who was always inviting him to Berlin , but could never prevail on him to quit his old friends for any confiderable time . In this journey he performed a fingular ...
... Soon after we fee him again taking a journey to the King of Pruffia , who was always inviting him to Berlin , but could never prevail on him to quit his old friends for any confiderable time . In this journey he performed a fingular ...
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... Soon after his departure from Berlin , he purchased the Seignory of Ferney in the Pays de Gex , about a league from Geneva . It was here , that he undertook the defence of the celebrated family of Calas ; and it was not long before he ...
... Soon after his departure from Berlin , he purchased the Seignory of Ferney in the Pays de Gex , about a league from Geneva . It was here , that he undertook the defence of the celebrated family of Calas ; and it was not long before he ...
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... soon af- ter parting with you at the Cape of Good - Hope . The voyage round the world , of which I fhared the perils and pleasures with you , had only made me more eager to ' con- tinue my rambles in queft of new difcoveries , I fet out ...
... soon af- ter parting with you at the Cape of Good - Hope . The voyage round the world , of which I fhared the perils and pleasures with you , had only made me more eager to ' con- tinue my rambles in queft of new difcoveries , I fet out ...
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... Soon after the mines of Sacotecas , in New Spain , little inferior to the other in value , were opened . From that time , fuccef- five difcoveries have been made in both colonies , and filver mines are now fo numerous , that the working ...
... Soon after the mines of Sacotecas , in New Spain , little inferior to the other in value , were opened . From that time , fuccef- five difcoveries have been made in both colonies , and filver mines are now fo numerous , that the working ...
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Página 269 - ... religious factions, they seemed to be disarmed in my behalf of their wonted fury. My friends never had occasion to vindicate any one circumstance of my character and conduct: not but that the zealots, we may well suppose, would have been glad to invent and propagate any story to my disadvantage, but they could never find any which they thought would wear the face of probability. I cannot...
Página 269 - In 1745, I received a letter from the Marquis of Annandale, inviting me to come and live with him in England ; I found also, that the friends and family of that young nobleman were desirous of putting him under my care and direction, for the state of his mind and health required it. I lived with him a twelvemonth. My appointments during that time made a considerable accession to my small fortune.
Página 269 - I was assailed by one cry of reproach, disapprobation, and even detestation; English, Scotch, and Irish, Whig and Tory, churchman and sectary, freethinker and religionist, patriot and courtier, united in their rage against the man who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles I. and the earl of Strafford...
Página 269 - My company was not unacceptable to the young and careless, as well as to the studious and literary ; and as I took a particular pleasure in the company of modest women, I had no reason to be displeased with the reception I met with from them. In a word, though most men...
Página 33 - That there may be a continent, or large tract of land, near the Pole, I will not deny; on the contrary I am of opinion there is ; and it is probable that we have seen a part of it.
Página 269 - I consider, besides, that a man of sixty-five, by dying, cuts off only a few years of infirmities; and though I see many symptoms of my literary reputation's breaking out at last with additional lustre, I knew that I could have but few years to enjoy it. It is difficult to be more detached from life than I am at present.
Página 269 - Millar told me, that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty-five copies of it. I scarcely, indeed, heard of one man in the three kingdoms, considerable for rank or letters, that could endure the book. I must only except the primate of England, Dr Herring, and the primate of Ireland, Dr Stone, which seem two odd exceptions. These dignified prelates separately sent me messages not to be discouraged.
Página 160 - They presented to him choice specimens of those works of ingenuity which his light had guided the hand of man in forming. But the Incas never stained his altars with human blood, nor could they conceive that their beneficent father the Sun would be delighted with such horrid victims fj£J.
Página 135 - Oh! that's me! the villain! Throw it behind the fire, and never more Let that vile paper come within my door." Thus at our friends we laugh, who feel the dart; To reach our feelings, we ourselves must smart. Is our young bard so young, to think that he Can stop the full spring-tide of calumny?
Página 269 - Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born from the press, without reaching such distinction, as even to excite a murmur among the zealots. But being naturally of a cheerful and sanguine temper, I very soon recovered the blow, and prosecuted with great ardour my studies in the country.