Memoirs of the Life of Gilbert Wakefield, Volum 2J. Johnson, 1804 |
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... attention ; for he was accustomed to declare his persuasion that persons of taste and curiosity , especially in early life , would be often encouraged se- riously to examine the Jewish and Christian Scriptures if tutors would recommend ...
... attention ; for he was accustomed to declare his persuasion that persons of taste and curiosity , especially in early life , would be often encouraged se- riously to examine the Jewish and Christian Scriptures if tutors would recommend ...
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... attention which is fresh in the recollection of every reader . The alarm expressed by Mr. Pitt and his colleagues in administration on the rapid cir- culation of the latter pamphlet is well known , together with the severe expedients ...
... attention which is fresh in the recollection of every reader . The alarm expressed by Mr. Pitt and his colleagues in administration on the rapid cir- culation of the latter pamphlet is well known , together with the severe expedients ...
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... attention was thus excited to the " Age of Reason . " Age of Reason . " Of the in- creased demand for that work a bookseller , named Williams , took the advantage common to his trade , and published a cheap edition . " The Society for ...
... attention was thus excited to the " Age of Reason . " Age of Reason . " Of the in- creased demand for that work a bookseller , named Williams , took the advantage common to his trade , and published a cheap edition . " The Society for ...
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... attention , many corrections and illustrations will be found in the notes subjoined to each volume . It is evident , however , from the preface , that this edition of the Mantuan bard , with all its merit , is far inferior to what Mr ...
... attention , many corrections and illustrations will be found in the notes subjoined to each volume . It is evident , however , from the preface , that this edition of the Mantuan bard , with all its merit , is far inferior to what Mr ...
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... attention to the translation itself , and consider the great extent and multifarious difficulties of such an undertaking ; we must pronounce it an unrivalled effort , in its kind , of ingenuity and taste . In the descriptive parts of ...
... attention to the translation itself , and consider the great extent and multifarious difficulties of such an undertaking ; we must pronounce it an unrivalled effort , in its kind , of ingenuity and taste . In the descriptive parts of ...
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Side 32 - So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
Side 45 - But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest : and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Side 325 - And having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly rewarded : for God proved them, and found them worthy for himself.
Side 435 - Yet conjectural criticism has been of great use in the learned world; nor is it my intention to depreciate a study, that has exercised so many mighty minds, from the revival of learning to our own age, from the bishop of Aleria to English Bentley.
Side 440 - I have always suspected that the reading is right, which requires many words to prove it wrong ; and the emendation wrong, that cannot without so much labour appear to be right.
Side 320 - For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.
Side 278 - For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: 2. Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
Side 325 - But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery. And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace.
Side 201 - ... These diminutive observations seem to take away something from the dignity of writing, and therefore are never communicated but with hesitation, and a little fear of abasement and contempt. But it must be remembered, that life consists not of a series of illustrious actions, or elegant enjoyments; the greater part of our time passes in compliance with necessities, in the performance of daily duties, in the removal of small inconveniences, in the procurement of petty pleasures ; and we are well...
Side 416 - Belerium to the northern main, The grave unites ; where e'en the great find rest, And blended lie the...