A New History of Great Britain: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Present Time ...C. Law, 1803 - 455 страница |
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... poet Aufonius , whofe indignation he incurred by criticifing his works . Aufonius wrote no fewer than fix epigrams against Sylvius , in which he reproached him chiefly on account of his country ; for the fting of all thefe epigrams is ...
... poet Aufonius , whofe indignation he incurred by criticifing his works . Aufonius wrote no fewer than fix epigrams against Sylvius , in which he reproached him chiefly on account of his country ; for the fting of all thefe epigrams is ...
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... poets ; and , as they knew nothing of writing , men of genius foon per- ceived that their compofitions could not be circulated among their contemporaries , nor tranfmitted to pof- terity , if they did not clothe them in melodious num ...
... poets ; and , as they knew nothing of writing , men of genius foon per- ceived that their compofitions could not be circulated among their contemporaries , nor tranfmitted to pof- terity , if they did not clothe them in melodious num ...
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... poets have ftept in between them , and by their sweet perfuafive fongs , have calmed their fury like that of wild beafts ... poet was a musician , and fung his own verfes to the found of fome musical in- ftrument . This was one of those ...
... poets have ftept in between them , and by their sweet perfuafive fongs , have calmed their fury like that of wild beafts ... poet was a musician , and fung his own verfes to the found of fome musical in- ftrument . This was one of those ...
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... poet , " to the down of the Swan , when flow the fails the lake , and fidelong winds are blowing . " * The hair of the Ca- ledonians , or North Britons , is faid to have been of a reddifh caft ; and that of the Silures , or people of ...
... poet , " to the down of the Swan , when flow the fails the lake , and fidelong winds are blowing . " * The hair of the Ca- ledonians , or North Britons , is faid to have been of a reddifh caft ; and that of the Silures , or people of ...
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... poets , and that a favourite fong , which was univerfally fung in his time , near two cen- turies after its author's death , was of his compofition . When he was abbot of Malmesbury , having a fine voice , and great skill in mufic as ...
... poets , and that a favourite fong , which was univerfally fung in his time , near two cen- turies after its author's death , was of his compofition . When he was abbot of Malmesbury , having a fine voice , and great skill in mufic as ...
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Страница 254 - THE Lord descended from above, And bowed the heavens most high ; And underneath his feet he cast The darkness of the sky. 2 On cherub and on cherubim, Full royally he rode ; And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad.
Страница 394 - I had friends who endeavoured to shake my belief in the Christian religion. I saw difficulties which staggered me ; but I kept my mind open to conviction. The evidences and doctrines of Christianity, studied with attention, made me a most firm and persuaded believer of the Christian religion. I have made it the rule of my life, and it is the ground of my future hopes.
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Страница 270 - Christ was the word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it ; And what the word did make it, That I believe and take it.
Страница 379 - It has been so long said as to be commonly believed, that the true characters of men may be found in their letters, and that he who writes to his friends lays his heart open before him. But the truth is, that such were the simple friendships of the "Golden Age," and are now the friendships only of children.
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Страница 370 - I have heard him frequently own with pleasure, that if he had any talent for English prose, it was owing to his having often read the writings of the great Archbishop Tillotson.