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On the part of our authors now living , whom the learned gentleman in the letter
condemns in the lump , I have only this to observe , that the worse they fare now ,
the better they will succeed with posterity ; for the critics love the sport too well to
...
On the part of our authors now living , whom the learned gentleman in the letter
condemns in the lump , I have only this to observe , that the worse they fare now ,
the better they will succeed with posterity ; for the critics love the sport too well to
...
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... taken in a regular course and under proper regimen are found very efficacious
in all cases , where the constitution is impaired by excess and bad habits of living
: They seem most to resemble those medicinal springs , which are impregnated ...
... taken in a regular course and under proper regimen are found very efficacious
in all cases , where the constitution is impaired by excess and bad habits of living
: They seem most to resemble those medicinal springs , which are impregnated ...
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... who in his library on Mount Aventine set up the statue of his illustrious
contemporary Varro , even whilst he was living : It was usual also to ornament the
press , where any considerable author ' s works were contained , with his figure
in brass ...
... who in his library on Mount Aventine set up the statue of his illustrious
contemporary Varro , even whilst he was living : It was usual also to ornament the
press , where any considerable author ' s works were contained , with his figure
in brass ...
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This Laberius was a Roman knight of good family , and a man withal of high spirit
and pretensions , but unfortunately he had a talent for the drama : he read his
own plays better than any man then living could act them , for neither Garrick nor
...
This Laberius was a Roman knight of good family , and a man withal of high spirit
and pretensions , but unfortunately he had a talent for the drama : he read his
own plays better than any man then living could act them , for neither Garrick nor
...
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idols , few were the knees which bowed to the living , true and only God . Moses ,
their inspired lawgiver , judge and prophet , is generally said to have delivered to
them no doctrine of a future state : I am aware there is a learned author now ...
idols , few were the knees which bowed to the living , true and only God . Moses ,
their inspired lawgiver , judge and prophet , is generally said to have delivered to
them no doctrine of a future state : I am aware there is a learned author now ...
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Página 139 - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Página 173 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill ; cannot be good : — If ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, • Against the use of nature...
Página 211 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
Página 284 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Página 147 - Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments ; which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels ; 5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me ; for I am holier than thou.
Página 174 - And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams, To set my brother Clarence and the King In deadly hate the one against the other...
Página 178 - The effect and it ! Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murth'ring ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief ! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry "Hold, hold!
Página 183 - I hear a knocking At the south entry : — retire we to our chamber : A little water clears us of this deed : How easy is it then ! Your constancy Hath left you unattended.
Página 140 - And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph...
Página 153 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumen42 The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Alexander Chalmers |
| Autor | British essayists |
| Editor | Alexander Chalmers |
| Publicado | 1803 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 12 Jun. 2007 |
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