Reminiscences of Charles Butler, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn: With a Letter to a Lady on Ancient and Modern MusicE. Bliss & E. White, 1824 - 351 pages |
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... Writers in the British Era of Li- terature with those in the French , page 248 252 ib . 255 257 4. The present general Diffusion of Learning among all Ranks of Persons , 261 5 ... Writer's time of life admonishes him viii CONTENTS .
... Writers in the British Era of Li- terature with those in the French , page 248 252 ib . 255 257 4. The present general Diffusion of Learning among all Ranks of Persons , 261 5 ... Writer's time of life admonishes him viii CONTENTS .
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... Writer's time of life admonishes him , that this * may be the last occasion , on which any production of his pen will solicit the attention of the public , he avails him- self of it to mention the TITLES of all his works , and to state ...
... Writer's time of life admonishes him , that this * may be the last occasion , on which any production of his pen will solicit the attention of the public , he avails him- self of it to mention the TITLES of all his works , and to state ...
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... i . p . 102 . In the account of his life inserted in the 3d vol . of the writer's works . Elôges des Hommes Sçavans tirés de l'Histoire de M. de Thou . Leyde , 4 vols . 12mo . or even thinking on modern party politics , -and , 2.
... i . p . 102 . In the account of his life inserted in the 3d vol . of the writer's works . Elôges des Hommes Sçavans tirés de l'Histoire de M. de Thou . Leyde , 4 vols . 12mo . or even thinking on modern party politics , -and , 2.
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... writers were permitted to be read ; none , which had not been similarly expur- gated . The consequence was , that a foreign college was the abode of innocence , learning , and piety . It has been questioned , whether this system of ...
... writers were permitted to be read ; none , which had not been similarly expur- gated . The consequence was , that a foreign college was the abode of innocence , learning , and piety . It has been questioned , whether this system of ...
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... writers , who had brought poetry to the perfec- tion , or nearly to the perfection , in which we find it in his writings ; or that he himself created the poetry of his own immortal work . 66 It is observable that Herodotust seems to ...
... writers , who had brought poetry to the perfec- tion , or nearly to the perfection , in which we find it in his writings ; or that he himself created the poetry of his own immortal work . 66 It is observable that Herodotust seems to ...
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Page 132 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never.
Page 257 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 173 - A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, — without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of...
Page 133 - ... such principles confessed — to hear them avowed in this house, or in this country...
Page 172 - When at length Hyder Ali found that he had to do with men who either would sign no convention, or whom no treaty, and no signature could bind, and who were the determined enemies of human intercourse itself, he decreed to make the country possessed by these incorrigible and predestinated criminals...
Page 131 - I CANNOT, my lords, I WILL NOT join in congratulation on misfortune and disgrace. This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment : it is not a time for adulation : the smoothness of flattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the throne, in the language of TRUTH.
Page 173 - ... respect of rank, or sacredness of function ; fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity in an unknown and hostile land. Those who were able to evade this tempest fled to the walled cities. But escaping from fire, sword, and exile, they fell into the jaws of famine.
Page 76 - Private credit is wealth ; public honour is security. The feather that adorns the royal bird supports his flight. Strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth.
Page 80 - Nor has he dreaded the terrors of your brow, sir ; he has attacked even you — he has — and I believe you have no reason to triumph in the encounter. In short, after carrying away our royal eagle in his pounces, and dashing him against a rock, he has laid you prostrate. King, lords, and commons, are but the sport of his fury.
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