The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 42Tobias Smollett W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1776 - English literature Each number includes a classified "Monthly catalogue." |
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... perhaps the lofs of fifty pounds he would have scarcely felt : but I fhould be glad to know how much the movement or paffion must be moderated ; or , in other words , as the difference arifeth folely from the different degrees of the ...
... perhaps the lofs of fifty pounds he would have scarcely felt : but I fhould be glad to know how much the movement or paffion must be moderated ; or , in other words , as the difference arifeth folely from the different degrees of the ...
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... ( perhaps half a century ) when the English language was but little understood by the common Irish , it was not to be wondered at , that they frequently ufed improper words , and blundered , because , as the Irish was their native tongue ...
... ( perhaps half a century ) when the English language was but little understood by the common Irish , it was not to be wondered at , that they frequently ufed improper words , and blundered , because , as the Irish was their native tongue ...
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... perhaps at Christmas once or twice ; what little the men can obtain by their labour , or the women by their spinning , is ufually confumed in whisky , which is a fpirituous liquor refembling gin . Shoes and ftockings are feldom worn by ...
... perhaps at Christmas once or twice ; what little the men can obtain by their labour , or the women by their spinning , is ufually confumed in whisky , which is a fpirituous liquor refembling gin . Shoes and ftockings are feldom worn by ...
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... perhaps it may not be amifs to fay fomething more of thefe manufcripts , and of the firft printed editions of the Greek Teftament . 1 The Cambridge manufcript , containing the four Gospels and the Acts of the Apoftles , is written in ...
... perhaps it may not be amifs to fay fomething more of thefe manufcripts , and of the firft printed editions of the Greek Teftament . 1 The Cambridge manufcript , containing the four Gospels and the Acts of the Apoftles , is written in ...
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... perhaps the first writer , who cites and explains it , as part of the Lord's Prayer . It is fuppofed to be taken from the Greek liturgies , and in- ferted in the copies , which the Greeks used in their churches . But fee Glaff . Critic ...
... perhaps the first writer , who cites and explains it , as part of the Lord's Prayer . It is fuppofed to be taken from the Greek liturgies , and in- ferted in the copies , which the Greeks used in their churches . But fee Glaff . Critic ...
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Page 118 - And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Page 54 - Murray, and the countries about. As these Highlanders use a light dress, and are very swift of foot, they went up and down so nimbly, that in less than two months' time they brought together 2000 red deer, besides roes and fallow deer.
Page 338 - But the issue of this debate proved tragical to poor Malebranche. In the heat of disputation he raised his voice so high, and gave way so freely to the natural impetuosity of a man of parts and a Frenchman, that he brought on himself a violent increase of his disorder, which carried him off a few days after.
Page 112 - The young man did not want natural talents ; but the father of him was a coxcomb, who affected being a fine gentleman so unmercifully, that he could not endure in his sight, or the frequent mention of one, who was his son, growing into manhood, and thrusting him out of the gay world. I have often thought the father took a...
Page 124 - I direft to be taken without milk or fugar. The medicine in general is mentioned by...
Page 54 - They had nothing for it but to throw themselves flat on the heath, and to allow the deer to pass over them. It was told the queen that several of the Highlanders had been wounded, and that two or three had been killed outright; and the whole body had got off, had not the Highlanders by their skill in hunting fallen upon a...
Page 398 - His death was very heroical, and yet unaffected enough to have made a saint or a philosopher famous.
Page 182 - Sometimes, with fecure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks found To many a youth, and many...
Page 53 - In the year 1563, the Earl of Athol, a prince of the blood royal, had, with much trouble and vast expense, a hunting match for the entertainment of our most illustrious and most gracious queen. Our people call this a royal hunting. I was then a young man, and was present on that occasion. Two thousand Highlanders, or wild Scotch, as you call...
Page 54 - ... the herd? There is danger from that stag, for if either fear or rage should force him from the ridge of that hill, let...