Letters, by Several Eminent Persons Deceased: Including the Correspondence of John Hughes, Esq. ... and Several of His Friends, Published from the Originals; with Notes Explanatory and Historical, Volumen1J. Johnson, 1773 |
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... shall defire you to keep the direc- tions private , and not to make use of sir William Temple's name . He is of opi- nion that the best and readiest way to com- pile a good General Hiftory of England will be to take in all thofe parts ...
... shall defire you to keep the direc- tions private , and not to make use of sir William Temple's name . He is of opi- nion that the best and readiest way to com- pile a good General Hiftory of England will be to take in all thofe parts ...
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... you flight , and then a mercenary pen will never bear a fecond impreffion . You will find , by the event , that I guess well . I wish you a great deal of success , VOL . I. C and and shall be willing to fee your propofals , if [ 9 ]
... you flight , and then a mercenary pen will never bear a fecond impreffion . You will find , by the event , that I guess well . I wish you a great deal of success , VOL . I. C and and shall be willing to fee your propofals , if [ 9 ]
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... shall his blood be fhed ; and whoever shall protect a murderer , makes the guilt his own . Hecuba , in this cafe , cannot but move terror in the audience . Nothing can take off more from the aggravation of Hecuba's guilt , than that the ...
... shall his blood be fhed ; and whoever shall protect a murderer , makes the guilt his own . Hecuba , in this cafe , cannot but move terror in the audience . Nothing can take off more from the aggravation of Hecuba's guilt , than that the ...
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... shall exact " fo fevere a vengeance ? " At the fame time , Hecuba must needs be a great object of compaffion . So many calamities , for a crime of which every one is ready to acquit her for the fake of the , circumstances , must make ...
... shall exact " fo fevere a vengeance ? " At the fame time , Hecuba must needs be a great object of compaffion . So many calamities , for a crime of which every one is ready to acquit her for the fake of the , circumstances , must make ...
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... shall die , " he there appeals to men confidered as individuals , or feparate mem- bers of fociety , whom God never punishes but for their own tranfgreffions . For inftance , When God , by his prophet , reproves the Jews for ufing this ...
... shall die , " he there appeals to men confidered as individuals , or feparate mem- bers of fociety , whom God never punishes but for their own tranfgreffions . For inftance , When God , by his prophet , reproves the Jews for ufing this ...
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Página 68 - Tempest the ocean : there leviathan, Hugest of living creatures, on the deep Stretched like a promontory, sleeps or swims, And seems a moving land ; and at his gills Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out, a sea.
Página 210 - Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Página 85 - I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee : but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
Página 170 - So far, to make us wish for ignorance, And rather in the dark to grope our way Than, led by a...
Página 85 - And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
Página 83 - I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee, and shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul...
Página 71 - Ransacked the Centre, and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother Earth For treasures better hid.
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Página 107 - So much understanding, so much knowledge, so much innocence, and such humility, I did not think had been the portion of any but angels, till I saw this gentleman...
Página 73 - Incline thofe heads, that never ach'd or thought. This muft provoke his mirth or his difdain, Cure his complaint, — or make him fick again. I too, like them, the poet's path purfue, And keep great Flaccus ever in my view ; But in a diftant...