British Critic, Quarterly Theological Review, and Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 11F. and C. Rivington, 1798 |
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... equal either to his can- dour , or to his diligence in muftering names , his work would have been truly valuable . The difficulty of the attempt excufes , in fome measure , the defects in the performance of it . Another writer extends ...
... equal either to his can- dour , or to his diligence in muftering names , his work would have been truly valuable . The difficulty of the attempt excufes , in fome measure , the defects in the performance of it . Another writer extends ...
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... equal to a given folid ( because a folid , whatever be its bafe , as its height may be indefinitely varied , is capable of all degrees of magnitude , from nothing , upwards ) and yet it may , in many cafes , be a problem of extreme ...
... equal to a given folid ( because a folid , whatever be its bafe , as its height may be indefinitely varied , is capable of all degrees of magnitude , from nothing , upwards ) and yet it may , in many cafes , be a problem of extreme ...
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... equal virtue with inferior talents ; and , of courfe , " the trump of fame is more completely filled " by the former than by the latter ; but is there a man alive who prizes the talents of Cromwell more than the benevolence of the Man ...
... equal virtue with inferior talents ; and , of courfe , " the trump of fame is more completely filled " by the former than by the latter ; but is there a man alive who prizes the talents of Cromwell more than the benevolence of the Man ...
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... equal elegance and juftnefs , that its prefent ftate , com pared with the ancient , is the filent obfcurity of the grave contrafted with the vivid luftre of active life . " Mr. Dallaway paints in ftrong colours the ftriking charac ter ...
... equal elegance and juftnefs , that its prefent ftate , com pared with the ancient , is the filent obfcurity of the grave contrafted with the vivid luftre of active life . " Mr. Dallaway paints in ftrong colours the ftriking charac ter ...
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... equal to the number of those who can write or fing : but , in Turkey , as elfewhere , the lift of poets is comparatively small . To thofe mentioned by Mr. Dallaway , as elegant and spirited , we may add several names ; fuch as Naati ...
... equal to the number of those who can write or fing : but , in Turkey , as elfewhere , the lift of poets is comparatively small . To thofe mentioned by Mr. Dallaway , as elegant and spirited , we may add several names ; fuch as Naati ...
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