Letters Concerning the English NationL. Davis and C. Reymers; R. Baldwin, and S. Crowder and Company, 1760 - 255 страници |
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... subject all the delicate touches it was suscep- tible of ; deep and abftrufe enough to fhew that he was mafter of it , and al- ways perfpicuous enough to be under-- ftood . SOME of his English readers may perhaps be diffatisfied at his ...
... subject all the delicate touches it was suscep- tible of ; deep and abftrufe enough to fhew that he was mafter of it , and al- ways perfpicuous enough to be under-- ftood . SOME of his English readers may perhaps be diffatisfied at his ...
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... subject of every one's discourse . Sir Ifaac Newton is allowed every advantage , whilft Des Cartes is not indulg'd a fingle one . According to fome , it is to the former that we owe the difcovery of a Vacuum , that the air is a heavy ...
... subject of every one's discourse . Sir Ifaac Newton is allowed every advantage , whilft Des Cartes is not indulg'd a fingle one . According to fome , it is to the former that we owe the difcovery of a Vacuum , that the air is a heavy ...
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... subjects in them had been more thoroughly examined , and that others had not been treated at all . As for inftance , we should have been very well fatisfied , had they omitted I know not what differ- tation on the prerogative of the ...
... subjects in them had been more thoroughly examined , and that others had not been treated at all . As for inftance , we should have been very well fatisfied , had they omitted I know not what differ- tation on the prerogative of the ...
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... other curious Subjects , written originally in French by Monfieur Pafchal . London , printed for J. Pemberton , 1731. 8vo . REM . K 4 account account as well for thefe apparent contra- rieties . The Thoughts on RELIGION . 199.
... other curious Subjects , written originally in French by Monfieur Pafchal . London , printed for J. Pemberton , 1731. 8vo . REM . K 4 account account as well for thefe apparent contra- rieties . The Thoughts on RELIGION . 199.
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Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.