The Retrospective Review, Volume 1Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1820 |
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... present - never were books so commonly dispersed , so multifariously read . We present a spec- tacle of what , perhaps , was never before seen in any age , certainly neither Greek nor Roman , that of a whole nation , employing nearly ...
... present - never were books so commonly dispersed , so multifariously read . We present a spec- tacle of what , perhaps , was never before seen in any age , certainly neither Greek nor Roman , that of a whole nation , employing nearly ...
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... present day - it is an attempt to recal the public from an exclusive attention to new books , by making the merit of old ones the subject of critical dis- cussion . The interesting form and manner of the present . Reviews it is intended ...
... present day - it is an attempt to recal the public from an exclusive attention to new books , by making the merit of old ones the subject of critical dis- cussion . The interesting form and manner of the present . Reviews it is intended ...
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... present to our readers . While the present Reviews are confined to the books of the day , we have the liberty of ranging over the whole extent of modern literature . Criticism , which when able and just , is always pleasing , we shall ...
... present to our readers . While the present Reviews are confined to the books of the day , we have the liberty of ranging over the whole extent of modern literature . Criticism , which when able and just , is always pleasing , we shall ...
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... present our readers with an analysis , which is often more agreeable , and as useful as the originals . We shall also , by a careful selection of particular extracts , not only endeavour to give an idea of the mode of thought and style ...
... present our readers with an analysis , which is often more agreeable , and as useful as the originals . We shall also , by a careful selection of particular extracts , not only endeavour to give an idea of the mode of thought and style ...
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... present at- tempt . The design , of the execution of which this num- ber is a specimen , is in our opinion an original one - at least , we can say with certainty , that it is unlike any other that has fallen within the limits of our ...
... present at- tempt . The design , of the execution of which this num- ber is a specimen , is in our opinion an original one - at least , we can say with certainty , that it is unlike any other that has fallen within the limits of our ...
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Página 74 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Página 90 - ... it cannot be long before we lie down in darkness and have our light in ashes...
Página 312 - tis the soul of peace ; Of all the virtues 'tis nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breath'd.
Página 90 - The number of the dead long exceedeth all that shall live. The night of time far surpasseth the day, and who knows when was the equinox?
Página 136 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Página 93 - Darkness and light divide the course of time, and oblivion shares with memory a great part even of our living beings; we slightly remember our felicities, and the smartest strokes of affliction leave but short smart upon us. Sense endureth no extremities, and sorrows destroy us or themselves.
Página 93 - To be ignorant of evils to come, and forgetful of evils past, is a merciful provision in nature, whereby we digest the mixture of our few and evil days ; and our delivered senses not relapsing into cutting remembrances, our sorrows are not kept raw by the edge of repetitions.
Página 18 - That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness ; instead of a chain she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels.
Página 90 - Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater part must be content to be as though they had not been, to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man.
Página 91 - And therefore restless inquietude for the diuturnity of our memories unto present considerations, seems a vanity almost out of date, and superannuated piece of folly. We cannot hope to live so long in our names as some have done in their persons ; one face of Janus holds no proportion unto the other. It is too late to be ambitious.