The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireJ. M'Gowan, 1825 |
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Side v
... merit , excepting that of likeness to the original . The verses of Pope accustomed my ear to the sound of poetic harmony . In the death of Hector , and the ship- wreck of Ulysses , I tasted the new emotions of terror and pity ; and ...
... merit , excepting that of likeness to the original . The verses of Pope accustomed my ear to the sound of poetic harmony . In the death of Hector , and the ship- wreck of Ulysses , I tasted the new emotions of terror and pity ; and ...
Side xvii
... merits of a professor and a veteran . The discipline and evolutions of a modern battalion , gave me a clearer notion of the phalanx and the legion ; and the captain of the Hampshire grenadiers ( the reader may smile ) , has not been ...
... merits of a professor and a veteran . The discipline and evolutions of a modern battalion , gave me a clearer notion of the phalanx and the legion ; and the captain of the Hampshire grenadiers ( the reader may smile ) , has not been ...
Side xix
... merit : in some I met with good dinners ; in others , societies for the evening ; and in all , good sense , entertainment , and civility , which , as I have no favours to ask , or business to transact with them , is sufficient for me ...
... merit : in some I met with good dinners ; in others , societies for the evening ; and in all , good sense , entertainment , and civility , which , as I have no favours to ask , or business to transact with them , is sufficient for me ...
Side xx
... merit he might fairly impute to his own labours . " He stayed at Lausanne nearly eleven months ; in the course of which time he became acquainted with Mr. Holroyd ( the late lord Sheffield ) , of whom he speaks in the most affectionate ...
... merit he might fairly impute to his own labours . " He stayed at Lausanne nearly eleven months ; in the course of which time he became acquainted with Mr. Holroyd ( the late lord Sheffield ) , of whom he speaks in the most affectionate ...
Side xxiii
... merit indeed . He possesses that industry of research , without which no man deserves the name of an historian . His narrative is perspicuous and interesting ; his style is elegant and forcible ; though in some passages I think rather ...
... merit indeed . He possesses that industry of research , without which no man deserves the name of an historian . His narrative is perspicuous and interesting ; his style is elegant and forcible ; though in some passages I think rather ...
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