Letters Concerning the English NationL. Davis and C. Reymers; R. Baldwin, and S. Crowder and Company, 1760 - English literature - 255 pages |
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... by a judicious people who abhor flat- tery . The English are pleased to have their faults pointed out to them , be- cause this fhews at the fame time , that the the writer is able to distinguish their merit . We iv PREFACE .
... by a judicious people who abhor flat- tery . The English are pleased to have their faults pointed out to them , be- cause this fhews at the fame time , that the the writer is able to distinguish their merit . We iv PREFACE .
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... fame time forgot very fincerely an hundred texts which made directly against them . I had more fenfe than to conteft with him , fince there is no poffibility of convincing an enthusiast . A man fhou'd never pretend to inform a lover of ...
... fame time forgot very fincerely an hundred texts which made directly against them . I had more fenfe than to conteft with him , fince there is no poffibility of convincing an enthusiast . A man fhou'd never pretend to inform a lover of ...
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... fame time faid Thee and Thou to thee . However , thou appeareft to me too well read , not to know that in Chrift's time no nation was fo ridiculous as to put the plural number for the fingular . Au- guftus Cæfar himself was fpoke to in ...
... fame time faid Thee and Thou to thee . However , thou appeareft to me too well read , not to know that in Chrift's time no nation was fo ridiculous as to put the plural number for the fingular . Au- guftus Cæfar himself was fpoke to in ...
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... fame freedom as we do a beggar , and falute no perfon ; we owing nothing to mankind but charity , and to the laws refpect and obedience . OUR apparel is alfo fomewhat different from that of others , and this purely , that it may be a ...
... fame freedom as we do a beggar , and falute no perfon ; we owing nothing to mankind but charity , and to the laws refpect and obedience . OUR apparel is alfo fomewhat different from that of others , and this purely , that it may be a ...
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... fame time , and ' tis then that a moft charming noife is heard in the Lord's houfe . You have then no priests , fays I to him . No , no , friend , replies the Qua- ker , to our great happinefs . Then open- ing one of the friends books ...
... fame time , and ' tis then that a moft charming noife is heard in the Lord's houfe . You have then no priests , fays I to him . No , no , friend , replies the Qua- ker , to our great happinefs . Then open- ing one of the friends books ...
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Page 171 - And screen'd in shades from day's detested glare, She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her, side, and Megrim at her head.
Page 139 - Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Page 149 - He spoke of his works as of trifles that were beneath him ; and hinted to me, in our first conversation, that I should visit him upon no other foot than that of a gentleman, who led a life of plainness and simplicity.
Page 170 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
Page 18 - ... is both to God and man : If after all these warnings and advertisements, thou dost not turn unto the Lord with all thy heart, but forget him, who remembered thee in thy distress, and give up thyself to follow lust and vanity; surely great will be thy condemnation.
Page 136 - No Traveller returns) puzzles the Will ; And makes us rather bear thofe Ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of. Thus...
Page 148 - He was infirm and come to the verge of life when I knew him. Mr. Congreve had one defect, which was his entertaining too mean an idea of his first profession (that of a writer), though it was to this he owed his fame and fortune.
Page 18 - Against which snare as well as the temptation of those that may or do feed thee, and prompt thee to evil, the most excellent and prevalent remedy will be, to apply thyself to that Light of Christ, which shineth in thy...
Page 135 - To be, or not to be : that is the queftion— — — Whether 'tis nobler in the mind, to fuffer The flings and arrows of outragious fortune j Or to take arms againft a fea of troubles, * And by oppofing end them.
Page 171 - She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her side, and Megrim at her head. Two handmaids wait the throne: alike in place, But differing far in figure and in face.