The English Review, Or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature, Volum 9J. Murray, 1787 |
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Pàgina 6
... because , from the very nature of things , they were them- felves nearly in that fituation ? For , to preferve a popular government in all its integrity , it is not fufficient not to admit either rank or no- bility ; riches alone never ...
... because , from the very nature of things , they were them- felves nearly in that fituation ? For , to preferve a popular government in all its integrity , it is not fufficient not to admit either rank or no- bility ; riches alone never ...
Pàgina 20
... because " there was no room for her in the inn . " In p . 41 we are informed , that the " reafon why fo many unbelievers " abound , is , that feveral prophecies in the New Testament may be fulfilled . " So that the intention and end of ...
... because " there was no room for her in the inn . " In p . 41 we are informed , that the " reafon why fo many unbelievers " abound , is , that feveral prophecies in the New Testament may be fulfilled . " So that the intention and end of ...
Pàgina 21
... because , " in the one cafe , there appears fufficient evidence of the " truth , but not in the other . Faith muft be built on " evidence . The proper object of faith is a propofition of " fome kind or other . ' Some propofitions are ...
... because , " in the one cafe , there appears fufficient evidence of the " truth , but not in the other . Faith muft be built on " evidence . The proper object of faith is a propofition of " fome kind or other . ' Some propofitions are ...
Pàgina 22
... because he afferts these things , but because his affertions carry demonftrations with them . Propofitions that are only probable , require external evidence to produce faith . Evidence of this kind arifes generally and principally from ...
... because he afferts these things , but because his affertions carry demonftrations with them . Propofitions that are only probable , require external evidence to produce faith . Evidence of this kind arifes generally and principally from ...
Pàgina 29
... holinefs ; between the folemnity and the foppery of devotion . We have fuggefted theic hints to the author , because we know him to be a benevolent and worthy man . 1 ART . • ART . VI . The Hiftory of Henry VII Fordyce's Poems . 29.
... holinefs ; between the folemnity and the foppery of devotion . We have fuggefted theic hints to the author , because we know him to be a benevolent and worthy man . 1 ART . • ART . VI . The Hiftory of Henry VII Fordyce's Poems . 29.
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 272 - I retired, and stayed in the outer room to take him home. Upon his coming out, I asked him the result of his conversation: — 'His lordship...
Pàgina 99 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er! Such fate to suffering worth is giv'n, Who long with wants and woes has striv'n, By human pride or cunning driv'n To mis'ry's brink, Till wrench'd of ev'ry stay but Heav'n, He, ruin'd, sink!
Pàgina 96 - With future hope I oft would gaze Fond, on thy little early ways, Thy rudely caroll'd chiming phrase, In uncouth rhymes; Fir'd at the simple, artless lays Of other times. 'I saw thee seek the sounding shore, Delighted with the dashing roar; Or when the North his fleecy store Drove thro' the sky, I saw grim Nature's visage hoar Struck thy young eye.
Pàgina 9 - Brave without temerity, laborious without ambition, generous without prodigality, noble without pride, virtuous without severity ; he seems always to have confined himself within those limits, where the virtues, by clothing themselves in more lively, but more changeable and doubtful colours, may be mistaken for faults.
Pàgina 229 - Wherefore, if that ye could be content with that good and my poor person, I would be the merriest maiden on ground...
Pàgina 130 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Pàgina 9 - His stature is noble and lofty ; he is well made, and exactly proportioned, his physiognomy mild and agreeable, but such as to render it impossible to speak particularly of any of his features, so that in quitting him, you have only the recollection of a fine face. He has neither a grave nor a familiar air; his brow is sometimes marked with thought, but never with inquietude ; in inspiring respect, he inspires confidence, and his smile is always the smile of benevolence.