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... degree a matter of compromise or arrangement , with a view to that appointment : —the fact being , on the contrary , that I gave no hint of my purpose , in any quarter , till after the election was over - or at all events till after the ...
... degree a matter of compromise or arrangement , with a view to that appointment : —the fact being , on the contrary , that I gave no hint of my purpose , in any quarter , till after the election was over - or at all events till after the ...
Side xiv
... degree , the Chronological order of the original publi- cations : though the actual date of its first appearance is prefixed to each paper . The great extent and very mis- cellaneous nature of the subjects discussed , seemed to make ...
... degree , the Chronological order of the original publi- cations : though the actual date of its first appearance is prefixed to each paper . The great extent and very mis- cellaneous nature of the subjects discussed , seemed to make ...
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... degree , can discover nothing of it in objects where it is distinctly felt and perceived by others with the same use of the faculty ? This one consideration , we confess , appears to us con- clusive against the supposition of beauty ...
... degree , can discover nothing of it in objects where it is distinctly felt and perceived by others with the same use of the faculty ? This one consideration , we confess , appears to us con- clusive against the supposition of beauty ...
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... degree of all the philosophers of antiquity : but they show clearly enough the subtle and abstract character of Greek speculation , and prove at how early a period , and to how great an extent , the inherent difficulties of the subject ...
... degree of all the philosophers of antiquity : but they show clearly enough the subtle and abstract character of Greek speculation , and prove at how early a period , and to how great an extent , the inherent difficulties of the subject ...
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... degree of bodily languor and sinking . Of all the suppositions that have been at any time hazarded to explain the phenomena of beauty , this , we think , is the most unfortunately imagined , and the most weakly supported . There is no ...
... degree of bodily languor and sinking . Of all the suppositions that have been at any time hazarded to explain the phenomena of beauty , this , we think , is the most unfortunately imagined , and the most weakly supported . There is no ...
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Side 400 - is fought ; His work of glory done. " It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. " His sword was in its sheath; His fingers held the pen, "When Kempenfelt went down, With twice four hundred men.
Side 493 - 13th. I went out to Charing Cross, to see Major-General Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered ; which was done there ; he looking as cheerful ! as any man could do in that condition. — 18th. This morning, it being expected that Colonel Hacker and Axtell should die, I went to Newgate,
Side 285 - to be composed. An oak-tree is planted in a costly jar, which should have borne only pleasant flowers in its bosom ; the roots expand, the jar is shivered ! A lovely, pure, noble, and most moral nature, without the strength of nerve which forms a hero, sinks beneath a burden which it cannot bear, and must not cast away. All
Side 179 - Rotterdam. He stopped F. Gwynne, Esq., going in with the red bag to the Queen, and told him aloud he had something to say to him from my Lord Treasurer. He talked with the son of Dr. Davenant to be sent abroad, and took out his pocket-book, and wrote down
Side 179 - and had a bow from every body but me. When I came to the antichamber to wait before prayers, Dr. Swift was the principal man of talk and business, and acted as a master of requests. lie was soliciting the Earl of Arran
Side 150 - vase — the British empire ; for I knew that, being once broken, the separate parts could not retain even their share of the strength and value that existed in the whole; and that a perfect re-union of those parts could scarce ever be hoped for. Your Lordship may possibly remember the tears of joy that wetted my
Side 305 - Haifa dozen of them, when met to work with their needles, used, when they got a book they liked, and thought I should, to borrow me to read to them ; their mothers sometimes with them ; and both mothers and daughters used to be pleased with the observations they put me upon making. '• I was not
Side 179 - for,' says he, 'the author shall not begin to print till / have a thousand guineas for him." Lord Treasurer, after leaving the Queen, came through the room, beckoning Dr. Swift to follow him: both went off just before
Side 422 - we think they must immediately feel the propriety. " I have heard before of a room, with a floor laid upon springs, and such like things with so much art, in every part, that when you went in, you was forced to begin a minuet pace, with an air and a grace,
Side 402 - of it at this moment. Talk not of an inn ; mention it not for your life. We have never had so many visitors, but we could easily accommodate them all, though we have received Unwin, and his wife, and his sister, and his son, all at once. My dear, I will not let