The British Review, and London Critical Journal, Zväzok 5Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1813 |
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... original plan , and still less some essential deviations from it ; but with respect to other modifications of it which have been adopted , we have no doubt that they had in view the very same principles which the Professor has so ably ...
... original plan , and still less some essential deviations from it ; but with respect to other modifications of it which have been adopted , we have no doubt that they had in view the very same principles which the Professor has so ably ...
Strana 68
... originals or translations , lately printed in the Romaïc character , from which any sound knowledge could be gained , the copies are so very thinly scattered , as to make little or no impression on the character of the Greeks , or to ...
... originals or translations , lately printed in the Romaïc character , from which any sound knowledge could be gained , the copies are so very thinly scattered , as to make little or no impression on the character of the Greeks , or to ...
Strana 74
... original cause of the enmity of the Persians towards the Greeks . Xerxes is said to have ascended the citadel of Priam and sacrificed to the Trojan Minerva ; and Alexander , if we judge by his con- duct , was satisfied of the former ...
... original cause of the enmity of the Persians towards the Greeks . Xerxes is said to have ascended the citadel of Priam and sacrificed to the Trojan Minerva ; and Alexander , if we judge by his con- duct , was satisfied of the former ...
Strana 90
... original is ex- tremely indecent , and that Dr. Busby's translation is yet more obscene , we must give up all claim to philosophy , and be con- tent to bear the charge of being invidious objectors . Perhaps some of our readers may be ...
... original is ex- tremely indecent , and that Dr. Busby's translation is yet more obscene , we must give up all claim to philosophy , and be con- tent to bear the charge of being invidious objectors . Perhaps some of our readers may be ...
Strana 92
... contributed to pro- mote the interest of his work . The life of Lucretius follows ; but we cannot discover , nor have we indeed a right to expect any thing new or original ; and is succeeded by a 92 Busby's Lucretius .
... contributed to pro- mote the interest of his work . The life of Lucretius follows ; but we cannot discover , nor have we indeed a right to expect any thing new or original ; and is succeeded by a 92 Busby's Lucretius .
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Strana 137 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
Strana 442 - He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
Strana 139 - The sting she nourish'd for her foes, Whose venom never yet was vain, Gives but one pang, and cures all pain, And darts into her desperate brain...
Strana 153 - God do to us, who hath made us, not to devour and destroy one another, but to live soberly and kindly together in the world.
Strana 87 - For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. for there are no bands in their death : but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men , neither are they plagued like other men.
Strana 140 - Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower ? No: gayer insects fluttering by !Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame.
Strana 195 - ... with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength ; and, therefore, they loved him as truly and as fervently as he loved England.
Strana 138 - As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power ; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look, by death revealed ! Such is the aspect of this shore ; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there.
Strana 94 - But though the ancients thus their rules invade, (As kings dispense with laws themselves have made,) Moderns, beware! or if you must offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end; Let it be seldom, and compelled by need; And have, at least, their precedent to plead.
Strana 138 - Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these, and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look by death revealed...