The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 29Tobias Smollett R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row, 1800 |
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... thing in this peculiar light . Staffa is , indeed , partly vol- canic ; but we cannot admit that the columns of Staffa , or those of Antrim , are wholly the effect of fire ; and it is remark- able , that , in the comparative analysis of ...
... thing in this peculiar light . Staffa is , indeed , partly vol- canic ; but we cannot admit that the columns of Staffa , or those of Antrim , are wholly the effect of fire ; and it is remark- able , that , in the comparative analysis of ...
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... things . He was a man of gravity , generally of the more aged , married , and having a family , approved by his fellows , and willing to devote himfelf to their service . " His appointment was fignified by prayer and impofition of hands ...
... things . He was a man of gravity , generally of the more aged , married , and having a family , approved by his fellows , and willing to devote himfelf to their service . " His appointment was fignified by prayer and impofition of hands ...
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... things , affects too much brevity , feeks not fo much that which fhould be plainly told , as that which fhould be paffed over . " In effect , a great many of the notices afforded by Herodotus , could not be fo well explained , or ...
... things , affects too much brevity , feeks not fo much that which fhould be plainly told , as that which fhould be paffed over . " In effect , a great many of the notices afforded by Herodotus , could not be fo well explained , or ...
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... thing , he grows more obfcure on the European , than on the Afiatic fide . But of the abfolute measure of extent known to him , by report , Africa contained a greater proportion , than either of the other two continents : or it may ...
... thing , he grows more obfcure on the European , than on the Afiatic fide . But of the abfolute measure of extent known to him , by report , Africa contained a greater proportion , than either of the other two continents : or it may ...
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... things . And hence it will clearly appear , that the bank thus laid in the fea , by the current of the river , is , in reality , the germ of the growing alluvion . The bars are ufually fwept away every feafon , by the periodical flood ...
... things . And hence it will clearly appear , that the bank thus laid in the fea , by the current of the river , is , in reality , the germ of the growing alluvion . The bars are ufually fwept away every feafon , by the periodical flood ...
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Página 69 - Giles to mark her way. Close to his eyes his hat he instant bends, And forms a friendly telescope, that lends Just aid enough to dull the glaring light, And place the wand'ring bird...
Página 68 - Drop one by one upon the bending corn. Giles with a pole assails their close retreats, And round the grass-grown dewy border beats, On either side completely overspread, Here branches bend, there corn o'ertops his head.
Página 406 - My father was advanced in life when he married ; I was the eldest of seven children, and he, worn out by early hardships, was unfit for labour. My father's spirit was soon irritated, but not easily broken. There was a freedom in his lease in two years more, and to weather these two years, we retrenched our expenses.
Página 72 - But naught her rayless melancholy cheers, Or soothes her breast, or stops her streaming tears. Her matted locks unornamented flow; Clasping her knees, and waving to and fro;— Her head bow'd down, her faded cheek to hide ;— A piteous mourner by the pathway side. Some tufted molehill through the livelong day She calls her throne ; there weeps her life away ! And oft the gayly-passing stranger stays His well-timed step, and takes a silent gaze, Till sympathetic drops unbidden...
Página 407 - The collection of Songs was my vade mecum. I pored over them, driving my cart, or walking to labour, song by song, verse by verse ; carefully noting the true tender, or sublime, from affectation and fustian. I am convinced I owe to this practice much of my critic craft, such as it is.