The Annual Register, Volume 22Longmans, Green, 1796 - History |
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Page 94
... observed on that ground , that the admiral , in his official let- ter , had expreffed the highest ap- probation of the conduct of all the officers of the fquadron , among whom the vice- admiral muft of courfe be included ; and that the ...
... observed on that ground , that the admiral , in his official let- ter , had expreffed the highest ap- probation of the conduct of all the officers of the fquadron , among whom the vice- admiral muft of courfe be included ; and that the ...
Page 95
... observation which had been thrown out on a former occafion , not immediately relative to the fubject , " that if Admiral Keppel were to go through the business of that day again , he would not fight the French in the fame manner , " he ...
... observation which had been thrown out on a former occafion , not immediately relative to the fubject , " that if Admiral Keppel were to go through the business of that day again , he would not fight the French in the fame manner , " he ...
Page 143
... observed , that if under the appearance of an enquiry into the conduct of military officers , it was intended to bring charges of neglect or incapacity against mini- fters , be could not but confider it as an exceedingly unfair mode of ...
... observed , that if under the appearance of an enquiry into the conduct of military officers , it was intended to bring charges of neglect or incapacity against mini- fters , be could not but confider it as an exceedingly unfair mode of ...
Page 158
... observed in a fubfequent debate in the Houfe of Lords , that the fortune of that nobleman was unequalled in the hiftory of England , namely , in continuing to hold an office of fuch vaft importance in the ftate , after 39 lords , and ...
... observed in a fubfequent debate in the Houfe of Lords , that the fortune of that nobleman was unequalled in the hiftory of England , namely , in continuing to hold an office of fuch vaft importance in the ftate , after 39 lords , and ...
Page 160
... observe , that as the Duke of Richmond had conftantly difclaimed every idea of any accufation against the first lord of the admiralty , and de- clared that he took up the enquiry merely for the fake of public juf- tice , and the benefit ...
... observe , that as the Duke of Richmond had conftantly difclaimed every idea of any accufation against the first lord of the admiralty , and de- clared that he took up the enquiry merely for the fake of public juf- tice , and the benefit ...
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Page 19 - The metaphysical poets were men of learning, and to show their learning was their whole endeavour; but, unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme, instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses, and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear; for the modulation was so imperfect, that they were only found to be verses, by counting the syllables.
Page 20 - ... wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil, impassive and at leisure ; as Epicurean deities making remarks on the actions of men, and the vicissitudes of life, without interest and without emotion.
Page 19 - If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be considered as Wit which is at once natural and new, that which though not obvious is, upon its...
Page 351 - Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral to will and require the High Court of Admiralty of Great Britain, and the Lieutenant and Judge of the...
Page 19 - Wit, like all other things subject by their nature to the choice of man, has its changes and fashions, and at different times takes different forms. About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical poets; of whom, in a criticism on the works of Cowley, it is not improper to give some account.
Page 19 - Dryden confesses of himself and his contemporaries, that they fall below Donne in wit, but maintains that they surpass him in poetry. If Wit be well described by Pope, as being "that which has been often thought, but was never before so well expressed...
Page 25 - The appearances of nature, and the occurrences of life, did not satiate his appetite of greatness. To paint things as they are, requires a minute attention, and employs the memory rather than the fancy.
Page 320 - March, one thoufand fe»en hundred and feventy-nine, upon lands> tenements, hereditaments, penfions, offices, and perfonal eftates, in that part of Great Britain called England, Wales, and the town of Berwick upon Tweed; and that a proportionable cefs, according...
Page 29 - But such airy beings are for the most part suffered only to do their natural office, and retire. Thus Fame tells a tale and Victory hovers over a general or perches on a standard; but Fame and Victory can do no more.
Page 160 - Tip his tongue with strange matter, his pen with fine taste ; That the rake and the poet o'er all may prevail, Set fire to the head, and set fire to the tail.