The Monthly Magazine, Volume 1R. Phillips, 1826 |
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... writer of theirs took the liberty of calling it some years ago , in the simplicity of his heart- " the Home of the FREE ! " as if it were , indeed , what most of their Fourth of July orators are in the habit of calling it , now about ...
... writer of theirs took the liberty of calling it some years ago , in the simplicity of his heart- " the Home of the FREE ! " as if it were , indeed , what most of their Fourth of July orators are in the habit of calling it , now about ...
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... writer of a short life of Lord Erskine , of which Dr. Parr spoke in terms of the highest approba- tion ; and which , as well as the former tract , are specimens of a pure and forcible style of English composition , not unworthy of the ...
... writer of a short life of Lord Erskine , of which Dr. Parr spoke in terms of the highest approba- tion ; and which , as well as the former tract , are specimens of a pure and forcible style of English composition , not unworthy of the ...
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... writers of English style were : Gray , the poet ; Uvedale Price , author of a Treatise upon Landscape Gardening ; Dr. Shipley , Bishop of St. Asaph ; Dugald Stewart , and Richard Brinsley Sheridan . Next to these , but at a long ...
... writers of English style were : Gray , the poet ; Uvedale Price , author of a Treatise upon Landscape Gardening ; Dr. Shipley , Bishop of St. Asaph ; Dugald Stewart , and Richard Brinsley Sheridan . Next to these , but at a long ...
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... writer's talents . To use his own words , he wrote to him , introducing himself , and soliciting his acquaintance " as an honour to learning . ' " We exchanged pre- sents , " continued the Doctor ; and I may conclude this anecdote with ...
... writer's talents . To use his own words , he wrote to him , introducing himself , and soliciting his acquaintance " as an honour to learning . ' " We exchanged pre- sents , " continued the Doctor ; and I may conclude this anecdote with ...
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... writers of the drama have been rivetting upon themselves those fetters which a cold and timid taste had imposed . While this restraint continues , improvement * See the Quarterly Review , No. 57 , p . 29 , et seq . is hardly to be ...
... writers of the drama have been rivetting upon themselves those fetters which a cold and timid taste had imposed . While this restraint continues , improvement * See the Quarterly Review , No. 57 , p . 29 , et seq . is hardly to be ...
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Page 139 - And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first to be touched by the thorns.
Page 291 - David ; as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began ; that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us ; to perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant, the oath which he sware to our father Abraham...
Page 47 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 171 - ... clothed in purple and fine linen, and fare sumptuously every day, while the laborer is fed with the crumbs which fall from the table of the rich.
Page 491 - His legs were so slender that he enlarged their bulk with three pair of stockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid; for he was not able to dress or undress himself, and neither went to bed nor rose without help.
Page 444 - And thy arch and wily ways, And thy store of other praise. Blithe of heart, from week to week Thou dost play at hide-and-seek ; While the patient primrose sits...
Page 71 - There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and, therefore, men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more, and not to keep their suspicions in smother.
Page 448 - That it shall and may be lawful to and for any number of persons, in Great Britain, to form themselves into, and to establish one or more society or societies of good fellowship, for the purpose of raising from time to time, by subscriptions of the several members...
Page 71 - But that will avail you nothing, for it is a part of a general system. Pound St Paul's church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is, to be sure, good for nothing: but, put all these atoms together, and you have St Paul's church.
Page 297 - GREEK GRAMMAR; With' Notes for the use of those, who have made some Progress in the Language.