Letters Concerning the English NationL. Davis and C. Reymers; R. Baldwin, and S. Crowder and Company, 1760 - Всего страниц: 255 |
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... object . IN the deteftable Reigns of Charles the ninth , and Henry the third , the whole af- fair was only whether the people should be flaves to the Guifes . With regard to the laft war of Paris , it deferves only to be hooted at ...
... object . IN the deteftable Reigns of Charles the ninth , and Henry the third , the whole af- fair was only whether the people should be flaves to the Guifes . With regard to the laft war of Paris , it deferves only to be hooted at ...
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... objects to the mind ; and no one has given better proofs than he , that ' tis poffible for a man to have a geometrical head , without the affiftance of geometry . Before his time , feveral great philofophers had declar'd , in the moft ...
... objects to the mind ; and no one has given better proofs than he , that ' tis poffible for a man to have a geometrical head , without the affiftance of geometry . Before his time , feveral great philofophers had declar'd , in the moft ...
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... objects as small as those we dif- cern upon the earth . BUT Sir Ifaac has fhewn , that dioptric telescopes cannot be brought to a greater ... object , the the error which arifes from the construction and pofition of the ENGLISH NATION . 119.
... objects as small as those we dif- cern upon the earth . BUT Sir Ifaac has fhewn , that dioptric telescopes cannot be brought to a greater ... object , the the error which arifes from the construction and pofition of the ENGLISH NATION . 119.
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... objects by reflexion and not by refraction . Telescopes of this new kind are very hard to make , and their use is not eafy . But according to the English , a reflective telescope of but five feet has the fame effect as another of an ...
... objects by reflexion and not by refraction . Telescopes of this new kind are very hard to make , and their use is not eafy . But according to the English , a reflective telescope of but five feet has the fame effect as another of an ...
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... object of ridicule , which is un- * Species of Satyr in Profe and Verfe , written in France in 1594 , against the Chiefs of the League at that time . This Satyr which is also call'd Catholicon d'Efpagne , was look'd upon as a Master ...
... object of ridicule , which is un- * Species of Satyr in Profe and Verfe , written in France in 1594 , against the Chiefs of the League at that time . This Satyr which is also call'd Catholicon d'Efpagne , was look'd upon as a Master ...
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Стр. 171 - And screen'd in shades from day's detested glare, She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her, side, and Megrim at her head.
Стр. 139 - Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Стр. 149 - He spoke of his works as of trifles that were beneath him ; and hinted to me, in our first conversation, that I should visit him upon no other foot than that of a gentleman, who led a life of plainness and simplicity.
Стр. 170 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
Стр. 18 - ... is both to God and man : If after all these warnings and advertisements, thou dost not turn unto the Lord with all thy heart, but forget him, who remembered thee in thy distress, and give up thyself to follow lust and vanity; surely great will be thy condemnation.
Стр. 136 - No Traveller returns) puzzles the Will ; And makes us rather bear thofe Ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of. Thus...
Стр. 148 - He was infirm and come to the verge of life when I knew him. Mr. Congreve had one defect, which was his entertaining too mean an idea of his first profession (that of a writer), though it was to this he owed his fame and fortune.
Стр. 18 - Against which snare as well as the temptation of those that may or do feed thee, and prompt thee to evil, the most excellent and prevalent remedy will be, to apply thyself to that Light of Christ, which shineth in thy...
Стр. 135 - To be, or not to be : that is the queftion— — — Whether 'tis nobler in the mind, to fuffer The flings and arrows of outragious fortune j Or to take arms againft a fea of troubles, * And by oppofing end them.
Стр. 171 - She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her side, and Megrim at her head. Two handmaids wait the throne: alike in place, But differing far in figure and in face.