The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, Volume 4F. and C. Rivington, 1794 |
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... whofe fituation moft demands it , the Profeffor of Poetry at Oxford . The Tears of Affection which this writer ( Mr. Hurdis ) has pour- ed out , on the death of a beloved fifter , muft draw tears of fympathy from every eye , and will ...
... whofe fituation moft demands it , the Profeffor of Poetry at Oxford . The Tears of Affection which this writer ( Mr. Hurdis ) has pour- ed out , on the death of a beloved fifter , muft draw tears of fympathy from every eye , and will ...
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... whofe opinions on fome topics are more fteady than thofe of the ingenious compiler . The new and curious fubject of Animal Electricity having been taken up by Dr. Monro of Edinburgh † , we should not act juftly towards our readers were ...
... whofe opinions on fome topics are more fteady than thofe of the ingenious compiler . The new and curious fubject of Animal Electricity having been taken up by Dr. Monro of Edinburgh † , we should not act juftly towards our readers were ...
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... whofe extent of knowledge , and acutenefs of obfervation , are univer- fally acknowledged , muft command attention . He proceeds like a true philofopher , ftudious to establishe a fufficient number of facts before he attempts to esta ...
... whofe extent of knowledge , and acutenefs of obfervation , are univer- fally acknowledged , muft command attention . He proceeds like a true philofopher , ftudious to establishe a fufficient number of facts before he attempts to esta ...
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... whofe feeling , during health , is obfcure and hardly known , are routed to a degree of fenfibility , far furpaffing the foft parts . The wound of a joint is indeed less painful at first , but when the inflammation comes , its ...
... whofe feeling , during health , is obfcure and hardly known , are routed to a degree of fenfibility , far furpaffing the foft parts . The wound of a joint is indeed less painful at first , but when the inflammation comes , its ...
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... ( whofe motives in the first inftance to fuch an impofition would not caffly be ascertained ) could have discovered any inducement , either from an acquaintance with human manners , or the operations of the human mind , to deliver fuch an ...
... ( whofe motives in the first inftance to fuch an impofition would not caffly be ascertained ) could have discovered any inducement , either from an acquaintance with human manners , or the operations of the human mind , to deliver fuch an ...
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Page 126 - Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Page 511 - Wealth, my lad, was made to wander, Let it wander as it will; Call the jockey, call the pander, Bid them come, and take their fill. When the bonny blade carouses, Pockets full, and spirits high — What are acres?
Page 300 - There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
Page 114 - ... surmounting the gates: from these the walls of the ramparts extended to other towers overlooking the precipice, whose shattered outline, appearing on a gleam that lingered in the west, told of the ravages of war.
Page 300 - And Jefus faid, Make the men fit down. Now there was much grafs in the place. So the men fat down, in number about five thoufand. And Jefus took the loaves, and -f- when he had given thanks, he diftributed to the difciples, and the difciples to them that were fet down, and likewife of the fifties, as much as they would.
Page 113 - As she gazed, the light died away on its walls, leaving a melancholy purple tint, which spread deeper and deeper as the thin vapour crept up the mountain, while the battlements above were still tipped with splendour.
Page 151 - Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it...
Page 230 - Some times, t' amufe my forrow, I Unto the hollow rocks repair, And loudly to the echo cry, Ah ! gentle nymph, come eafe my care. Thou who, times paft, a lover wert, Ah ! pity me, who now am fo, And by a fenfe of thine own fmart, Alleviate my mighty woe.
Page 493 - The influence of religion is not to be sought for in the councils of princes, in the debates or resolutions of popular assemblies, in the conduct of governments towards their subjects, or of states and sovereigns towards one another; of conquerors at the head of their armies, or of parties intriguing for power at home (topics which...
Page 149 - Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: 3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.