The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 50Philological Society of London, 1806 |
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... fatire on common hireling fubftitute conftables , in which one fuch and his watchmen are perfonated by apes , and a beau and a lady ( prifoners ) by cats . A very good engraving from this picture was given at the time in the Weltmin ...
... fatire on common hireling fubftitute conftables , in which one fuch and his watchmen are perfonated by apes , and a beau and a lady ( prifoners ) by cats . A very good engraving from this picture was given at the time in the Weltmin ...
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... fatire , the laugh- ing , like that of Horace , and the vin- dictive , like that of Juvenal , the laugh- ing kind is by most critics preferred to the other , as more likely to be effectual , and as indicating a better difpofition in the ...
... fatire , the laugh- ing , like that of Horace , and the vin- dictive , like that of Juvenal , the laugh- ing kind is by most critics preferred to the other , as more likely to be effectual , and as indicating a better difpofition in the ...
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... fatire , levelled at the vices and follies of the age , is our delight , because we know its ufe : while perfonal traits are our averfion , because we are equally fenfible of their abuse . The former may be compared to the finished ...
... fatire , levelled at the vices and follies of the age , is our delight , because we know its ufe : while perfonal traits are our averfion , because we are equally fenfible of their abuse . The former may be compared to the finished ...
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... fatire , if it had any at the time , muft have recoiled upon its author . Swift , it must be obferved , had a moft contemptible opinion of frivolous philofophy , and this induced him to deem many inquiries and experiments fuch that had ...
... fatire , if it had any at the time , muft have recoiled upon its author . Swift , it must be obferved , had a moft contemptible opinion of frivolous philofophy , and this induced him to deem many inquiries and experiments fuch that had ...
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... fatire in which he pictures the dif orders of the court of that Emperor , and the depraved manners of the times , in a manner at once free and ingenious . He alfo has left behind him a poem of the civil war between Cæfar , and Pom- pey ...
... fatire in which he pictures the dif orders of the court of that Emperor , and the depraved manners of the times , in a manner at once free and ingenious . He alfo has left behind him a poem of the civil war between Cæfar , and Pom- pey ...
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Page 44 - The Pythagorean scale of numbers' was at once discovered to be perfect; but the poems of Homer we yet know not to transcend the common limits of human intelligence, but by remarking, that nation after nation, and century after century, has been able to do little more than transpose his incidents, new name his characters, and paraphrase his sentiments.
Page 173 - Shakespeare engaged in dramatic poetry with the world open before him. The rules of the ancients were yet known to few; the public judgment was unformed ; he had no example of such fame as might force him upon imitation, nor critics of such authority as might restrain his extravagance.
Page 72 - Could I have rewarded these services I would not now call upon my Country ; but as that has not been in my power, I leave Emma Lady Hamilton, therefore, a Legacy to my King and Country, that they will give her an ample provision to maintain her rank in life.
Page 41 - Horatio — heavens, what a transition! — it seemed as if a whole century had been stept over in the transition of a single scene; old things were done away, and a new order at once brought forward, bright and luminous, and clearly destined to dispel the barbarisms and bigotry of a tasteless age, too long attached to the prejudices of custom, and superstitiously devoted to the illusions of imposing declamation.
Page 295 - Essay, which, they said, was a book they always kept by them ; and the King said he had one copy of it at Kew, and another in town, and immediately went and took it down from a shelf. I found it was the second edition. ' I never stole a book but one,' said his Majesty, ' and that was yours (speaking to me); I stole it from the Queen, to give it to Lord Hertford to read.
Page 107 - ... that you cannot but by active force get down to the egg. Thus you feel the power of the water to support you, and learn to confide in that power ; while your endeavours to overcome it, and...
Page 86 - The labour and fatigue of the navy have been continued and excessive ; it has not been of one day or of one week, but for months together. In the bay of Aboukir, on the New Inundation, and on the Nile, for 160 miles, they have been employed without intermission ; and have submitted to many privations, with a cheerfulness and patience highly creditable to them, and advantageous to the public service.
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Page 294 - The Doctor told me, that he had not seen the King yesterday, but had left a note in writing, to intimate, that I was to be at his house today ; and that one of the King's pages had come to him this morning, to say, ' that his Majesty would see me a little after twelve.
Page 236 - Maldonado and other assailable points. Our progress up the river was very much retarded by the shoalness of the water, adverse winds and currents, continual fogs, and the great inaccuracy of the charts; but by the unremitting, and laborious exertions of the officers and men I had the honour to command, these difficulties were surmounted, and the squadron anchored on the afternoon of the 25th off Point Quelmey a Pouichin, about twelve miles from Buenos Ayres. As it was impossible for the Narcissus...