An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, L.L.D...Isaac Riley, 1806 - 559 páginas |
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... thing is indiscriminately admitted , whether having merit or not , because it bears the name of the eminent literary characters of his day ? I believe few readers of taste will be at any loss to find an answer to the question . If any ...
... thing is indiscriminately admitted , whether having merit or not , because it bears the name of the eminent literary characters of his day ? I believe few readers of taste will be at any loss to find an answer to the question . If any ...
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... thing similar in the characters of the three brothers , Harlowes , and at the same time something peculiar in each . The same thing may be observed , upon a comparison of others of the characters that are apparently pretty much alike ...
... thing similar in the characters of the three brothers , Harlowes , and at the same time something peculiar in each . The same thing may be observed , upon a comparison of others of the characters that are apparently pretty much alike ...
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... thing from style which is affected , superfluous , indefinite , or obscure ; but admits every grace , which ... things , that to us is and must be truth , which we feel that we must believe ; and that to us is falsehood , which we feel ...
... thing from style which is affected , superfluous , indefinite , or obscure ; but admits every grace , which ... things , that to us is and must be truth , which we feel that we must believe ; and that to us is falsehood , which we feel ...
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... thing like an appearance . " My employment , and indeed my inclination , leads me rather to prose composition ; and in this way I have much to do . The doctrines commonly comprehended under the name of moral phi- losophy are at present ...
... thing like an appearance . " My employment , and indeed my inclination , leads me rather to prose composition ; and in this way I have much to do . The doctrines commonly comprehended under the name of moral phi- losophy are at present ...
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... thing of a sense of virtue and regard to justice . I have just re- ceived a letter from him , which I will answer as soon as possible . Mr Arbuthnot and he will please to accept of my best wishes ; may you live long happy in each ...
... thing of a sense of virtue and regard to justice . I have just re- ceived a letter from him , which I will answer as soon as possible . Mr Arbuthnot and he will please to accept of my best wishes ; may you live long happy in each ...
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An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, L. L. D William Forbes Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, L. L. D William Forbes Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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Página 306 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Página 498 - His studies had been so various, that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great; and what he did not immediately know he could at least tell where to find.
Página 306 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Página 543 - Oh, how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, Oh, how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! X.
Página 14 - Thy shades, thy silence, now be mine, Thy charms my only theme ; My haunt the hollow cliff, whose pine Waves o'er the gloomy stream, Whence! the scared owl on pinions grey Breaks from the rustling boughs, And down the lone vale sails away To more profound repose.
Página 191 - Reynolds,, who was the intimate and beloved friend of that great man ; the friend whom he declared to be " the most invulnerable man he knew ; whom, if he should quarrel with him, he should find the most difficulty how to abuse.
Página 351 - True wit is nature to advantage dressed, — What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed; Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.
Página 340 - I know not who will go to heaven if Langton does not. Sir, I could almost say, Sit anima mea cum Langtono.
Página 520 - gainst Passion's threatful blast Let steady Reason urge the struggling oar ; Shot through the dreary gloom, the morn at last Gives to thy longing eye the blissful shore. Forget my frailties, thou art also frail ; Forgive my lapses, for thyself may'st fall ; Nor read, unmoved, my artless tender tale, — I was a friend, O man, to thee, to all.
Página 79 - See the grisly texture grow, ("Tis of human entrails made,) And the weights, that play below, Each a gasping warrior's head. Shafts for shuttles, dipt in gore, Shoot the trembling cords along Sword, that once a Monarch bore, Keep the tissue close and strong.