The Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, Том 5Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1798 - 552 страница |
Из књиге
Резултати 1-5 од 19
Страница 6
... whose mere reports tranfcend even facts in point of entertainment , aud whofe hints and fur- mifes are to the thirsty reader - Confirmations Arong , " As proofs of holy writ . " By means of morning papers , the in- habitants of the ...
... whose mere reports tranfcend even facts in point of entertainment , aud whofe hints and fur- mifes are to the thirsty reader - Confirmations Arong , " As proofs of holy writ . " By means of morning papers , the in- habitants of the ...
Страница 17
... whose steeples , indeed it is to be lamented , are fo few , at the fame time that this view of Dublin is the moft unfavourable which can be taken . The most eligible is that which prefents itself from the Phoenix Park , a place weftward ...
... whose steeples , indeed it is to be lamented , are fo few , at the fame time that this view of Dublin is the moft unfavourable which can be taken . The most eligible is that which prefents itself from the Phoenix Park , a place weftward ...
Страница 31
... ( whose remains are buried or monuments erected within that pile ) there was to be held , on the night of the vifion ( fuppofed to be that following the erection of the monument to Milton ) an affembly of great importance , for debating ...
... ( whose remains are buried or monuments erected within that pile ) there was to be held , on the night of the vifion ( fuppofed to be that following the erection of the monument to Milton ) an affembly of great importance , for debating ...
Страница 101
... whose houfe , as he wrote to Petrarch , he at last found a permanent afylum . How long he remained with his patron , whom fome believe to have been Cardinal Philip , and what happened to him till the death of Petrarch in 1374 , and for ...
... whose houfe , as he wrote to Petrarch , he at last found a permanent afylum . How long he remained with his patron , whom fome believe to have been Cardinal Philip , and what happened to him till the death of Petrarch in 1374 , and for ...
Страница 126
... whose writings will be re- lished in the most remote countries , and by the latest pofterity . His profound knowledge of the human heart , his ex- tenfive description of the vices and vir- tues of men , in all ages and ftations , will ...
... whose writings will be re- lished in the most remote countries , and by the latest pofterity . His profound knowledge of the human heart , his ex- tenfive description of the vices and vir- tues of men , in all ages and ftations , will ...
Друга издања - Прикажи све
Чести термини и фразе
acid addreffed affert aged alfo almoft appear becauſe cafe caufe compofed compofition confequence confiderable confifts conftitution correfpondent courfe daugh daughter defcription defign defire Editor Effay England faid falt fame fatire fcience fecond feems feen fent ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhort fhould fimilar fince firft fituation fmall fociety fome foon former fpirit France French ftate ftill ftyle fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed fupport furgeon fyftem hiftory himſelf houfe houſe illuftrated inftance interefting Jofeph John lady laft late lefs letter Lord Married meaſure Menorrhagia ment Mifs Mifs Mary minifter moft Monthly Magazine moſt muft muſt nature neceffary neral nitrous acid obfervations occafion paffage paffed perfons Petrarch Philofophical prefent Profeffor publiſhed purpoſe racter reafon refpect Ruffia ſtate thefe theſe thofe Thomas thoſe tion tranflated troy weight ufual univerfal uſeful verfe vols Weft whofe wife William
Популарни одломци
Страница 323 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Страница 285 - I do, his private character, I wished to make him the happy instrument of alleviating the horrors of hopeless captivity, when the brave are overpowered and made prisoners of war. It was perhaps, fortunate for you, Madam, that he was from home, for it was my intention to have taken him on board the Ranger, and to have detained him until, through his means, a general and fair exchange of prisoners, as well in Europe as in America, had been effected.
Страница 85 - Nor knowing us nor known; and if by prayer Incessant I could hope to change the will Of Him who all things can, I would not cease To weary Him with my assiduous cries. But prayer against His absolute decree No more avails than breath against the wind, Blown stifling back on him that breathes it forth: Therefore to His great bidding I submit.
Страница 10 - But we may perceive the mixed kind of fables, as well in many other particulars, as when they relate that Discord, at a banquet of the gods, threw a golden apple, and that a dispute about it arising among the goddesses, they were sent by Jupiter to take the judgment of Paris, who, charmed with the beauty of Venus, gave her the apple in preference to the rest.
Страница 286 - Though I have drawn my sword in the present generous struggle for the rights of men, yet I am not in arms as an American, nor am I in pursuit of riches.
Страница 357 - ... of wood, and water, and buildings, leaves not one trace in the memory; historical painting is perpetually false in a variety of ways, in the costume, the grouping, the portraits, and is nothing more than fabulous painting; but a real portrait is truth itself, and calls up so many collateral ideas as to fill an intelligent mind more than any other species.
Страница 364 - I remember,) and courting the attornies' clerks for scraps. The extraordinary observance and diligence of the boy, made the society willing to do him good. He appeared very ambitious to learn to write ; and one of the attornies got a board knocked up at a window on the top of a staircase ; and that was his desk, where he sat and wrote after copies of court and other hands the clerks gave him.
Страница 169 - ... more to establish with children, than that of their speaking truth ; and there is not any in which we succeed worse. And why? Because children readily see we have an interest in it. Their speaking truth is used by us as an engine of government—" Tell me, my dear child, when you have broken any thing, and I will not be angry with you."
Страница 487 - Heart of Every Man and Woman in Great Britain, respecting the Threatened French Invasion and the Importance of immediately coming forward with Voluntary Contributions. London, 1798.
Страница 261 - Esq. was digging a well near his house. At the depth of twentyfive or thirty feet from the surface of the earth, the labourers threw out with their shovels something which they suspected to be ground-nuts, or stones covered with earth. Upon examining these appearances, they were found to be frogs, to which the earth every where adhered. The examination was then made of the earth, in the well where they were digging ; a large number of frogs were found covered with the earth, and so numerous that...