The London Quarterly Review, Volume 11Theodore Foster, 1814 |
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Pagina 40
... doctor , thinking plain water might be unfit for the patient , prudently , as one would have supposed , mixed a little wine with it ; but alas ! what are human precautions ! the wine was unluckily red , and the mixture looked to her ...
... doctor , thinking plain water might be unfit for the patient , prudently , as one would have supposed , mixed a little wine with it ; but alas ! what are human precautions ! the wine was unluckily red , and the mixture looked to her ...
Pagina 88
... doctors , that ' when men pursue ener- gizing objects , they will do prodigies . ' In literature these objects ... Doctor Busby's preliminaries are far more substantial . We are presented with nineteen pages of subscribers , from ...
... doctors , that ' when men pursue ener- gizing objects , they will do prodigies . ' In literature these objects ... Doctor Busby's preliminaries are far more substantial . We are presented with nineteen pages of subscribers , from ...
Pagina 91
... Doctor ' by Dr. Nott ) was deficient in taste for Latin poetry . If we needed any proof of this , the laboured doggerel prefixed to his edition and dedicated to Mr. Fox , would decide the question . * His affectation and innovations in ...
... Doctor ' by Dr. Nott ) was deficient in taste for Latin poetry . If we needed any proof of this , the laboured doggerel prefixed to his edition and dedicated to Mr. Fox , would decide the question . * His affectation and innovations in ...
Pagina 93
... Doctor , ' is compelled to rise above mediocrity . ' There is an old and vulgar proverb , that one man may drag a cow to the water , but not an hundred can make her drink . ' Of this nature seems the ' compul- sion ' to which the Doctor ...
... Doctor , ' is compelled to rise above mediocrity . ' There is an old and vulgar proverb , that one man may drag a cow to the water , but not an hundred can make her drink . ' Of this nature seems the ' compul- sion ' to which the Doctor ...
Pagina 94
... Doctor was gratified by his warm eulogium of the circulated specimen of his translation . ' Lord Byron , who must -wonder how the devil he got there , ' by his name , is said to ' demonstrate the candid expectations en- tertained ...
... Doctor was gratified by his warm eulogium of the circulated specimen of his translation . ' Lord Byron , who must -wonder how the devil he got there , ' by his name , is said to ' demonstrate the candid expectations en- tertained ...
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Pagina 429 - How gloriously her gallant course she goes ! Her white wings flying — never from her foes — She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife.
Pagina 314 - For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes, gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, poetic fields encompass me around, and still I seem to tread on classic ground...
Pagina 192 - he did not beg a long life of God for any other reason, " but to live to finish his three remaining books of Polity ; " and then, Lord, let thy servant depart in peace;" which was his usual expression.
Pagina 493 - A man — the monarch of his mind. Now taste and try this temper, Sirs, Mood it, and brood it in your breast ; Or if ye ween, for worldly stirs That man does right to mar his rest, Let me be *deft and debonair, I am content, I do not care.
Pagina 136 - He called forth the latent virtues of the human heart, and taught men to discover in themselves a mine of charity, of which the proprietors had been unconscious. In feeding the lamp of charity, he has almost exhausted the lamp of life.
Pagina 497 - Tell them, I AM, JEHOVAH said To MOSES; while earth heard in dread, And, smitten to the heart, At once above, beneath, around, All Nature, without voice or sound, Replied, "O LORD, THOU ART.
Pagina 222 - The Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the state of the...
Pagina 371 - Awake on your hills, on your islands awake, Brave sons of the mountain, the frith, and the lake ! 'Tis the bugle — but not for the chase is the call ; 'Tis the pibroch's shrill summons — but not to the hall. 'Tis the summons of heroes for conquest or death. When the banners are blazing on mountain and heath ; They call to the dirk, the claymore, and the targe, To the march and the muster, the line and the charge.
Pagina 314 - Now my weary lips I close: Leave me, leave me to repose.
Pagina 513 - THE BORDER ANTIQUITIES OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture, and other Vestiges of Former Ages, accompanied by Descriptions. Together with Illustrations of remarkable Incidents in Border History and Tradition, and Original Poetry.