Critical EssaysT. Spilsbury, 1770 - 327 sider |
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Side xi
... subjects of morality , grossly patched with ribaldry and profaneness , are the puny offspring of irreverend dotage . Thefe follies are below contempt , having fearce a glimmering of genius to recommend them . -I know not whether it may ...
... subjects of morality , grossly patched with ribaldry and profaneness , are the puny offspring of irreverend dotage . Thefe follies are below contempt , having fearce a glimmering of genius to recommend them . -I know not whether it may ...
Side 60
... subject ; namely , to follow the best examples in the branch of writing we undertake . In Poetry we should confult HOMER ; in Oratory , DEMOSTHENES , & c . As felf - par- tiality is the ruling disease of the human . mind , we ought to ...
... subject ; namely , to follow the best examples in the branch of writing we undertake . In Poetry we should confult HOMER ; in Oratory , DEMOSTHENES , & c . As felf - par- tiality is the ruling disease of the human . mind , we ought to ...
Side 68
... when the subject requires energy , is a glaring fault it proves a want of genius and fenfibility ; for in this cafe , while the author fhould fhould affect with all the powers of defcrip- tion , 68 SECTION XIV . SECTION ...
... when the subject requires energy , is a glaring fault it proves a want of genius and fenfibility ; for in this cafe , while the author fhould fhould affect with all the powers of defcrip- tion , 68 SECTION XIV . SECTION ...
Side 76
... subjects from " flaves , ( and in which this free - born nation " has the advantage of all Christendom ) dear to them ? They fhall not only be impri- " foned , but for fo long a time as the com- " mittee of the house of commons shall ap ...
... subjects from " flaves , ( and in which this free - born nation " has the advantage of all Christendom ) dear to them ? They fhall not only be impri- " foned , but for fo long a time as the com- " mittee of the house of commons shall ap ...
Side 80
... subjects where a concise energy is required , they are always to be rejected ; they ener- vate a description , which in itself is majestic . The ocean rolls with fuperior vehemence , when its waves are collected together . As an ...
... subjects where a concise energy is required , they are always to be rejected ; they ener- vate a description , which in itself is majestic . The ocean rolls with fuperior vehemence , when its waves are collected together . As an ...
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Side 81 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Side 84 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar.
Side 140 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the Sun stood still, and the Moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies...
Side 68 - For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
Side 51 - ... to God. Carry her to his table to view his poor fare, and hear his heavenly discourse.
Side 87 - God. 2 Corrupt are they, and become abominable in their wickedness : there is none that doeth good. 3 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men : to see if there were any, that would understand, and seek after God. 4 But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become abominable : there is also none that doeth good, no not one.
Side 85 - Ambition should be made of sterner stuff; Yet Brutus says he was ambitious ; And Brutus is an honorable man.
Side 140 - And the Sun stood still, and the Moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies: is not this written in the book of Jasher ? so the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. And there was no day like that, before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man : for the LORD fought for Israel.
Side 120 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent.
Side 88 - Watch therefore : for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning ; lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.