Analectic Magazine: Containing Selections from Foreign Reviews and Magazines, Band 8James Maxwell, 1816 |
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... an attempt to be made to seize the earl of Selkirk at his country seat , with an inten- tion of carrying him to France . As this is one of the transac- tions that have been related to his disadvantage , we LIFE OF JOHN PAUL JONES .
... an attempt to be made to seize the earl of Selkirk at his country seat , with an inten- tion of carrying him to France . As this is one of the transac- tions that have been related to his disadvantage , we LIFE OF JOHN PAUL JONES .
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... tion , with the conviction that from the character of Washing- ton for exemplary firmness , they would certainly be put into execution , that at last brought about a regular exchange . Con- tumely , ill treatment , and hopeless ...
... tion , with the conviction that from the character of Washing- ton for exemplary firmness , they would certainly be put into execution , that at last brought about a regular exchange . Con- tumely , ill treatment , and hopeless ...
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... tion have succeeded , than of those which were supposed to require neither caution or valour . On the one side the idea of security causes a neglect of the means resorted to in other places more exposed ; and on the other , inspires the ...
... tion have succeeded , than of those which were supposed to require neither caution or valour . On the one side the idea of security causes a neglect of the means resorted to in other places more exposed ; and on the other , inspires the ...
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... tion , and lastly by the influence of the fine arts . - Here he became acquainted with Raphael Minges , Pompio Battoni , and other celebrated artists who procured him an introduction to all that was excellent in the arts in the once ...
... tion , and lastly by the influence of the fine arts . - Here he became acquainted with Raphael Minges , Pompio Battoni , and other celebrated artists who procured him an introduction to all that was excellent in the arts in the once ...
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... tion , by my own experience , and by the experience of better ar- tists than I pretend to be . Pause before you determine ; look around you among the brethren of the art who like me have lived long in the world , and decide when you ...
... tion , by my own experience , and by the experience of better ar- tists than I pretend to be . Pause before you determine ; look around you among the brethren of the art who like me have lived long in the world , and decide when you ...
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Seite 53 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb ? When I made the cloud the garment thereof, And thick darkness a...
Seite 270 - TRANSACTIONS of the Society instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, with the Premiums offered in the year 1783.
Seite 53 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth...
Seite 207 - I have seen them often," added he, "standing in that very attitude, and pursuing, with an intense eye, the arrow which they had just discharged from the bow.
Seite 507 - Is fix'd for ever to detract or praise : Repose denies her requiem to his name. And Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame. The secret enemy whose sleepless eye Stands sentinel — accuser — judge— and spy, The foe — the fool — the jealous — and the vain, The envious who but breathe in others...
Seite 499 - Sir, you never heard me say that David Garrick was a great man; you may have heard me say that Garrick was a good repeater — of other men's words — words put into his mouth by other men; this makes but a faint approach towards being a great man.
Seite 506 - When all of Genius which can perish dies. A mighty Spirit is eclipsed — a Power Hath pass'd from day to darkness — to whose hour Of light no likeness is bequeath'd — no name, Focus at once of all the rays of Fame ! The flash of Wit, the bright Intelligence, The beam of Song, the blaze of Eloquence...
Seite 246 - Open thy bosom, set thy wishes wide, And let in Manhood; let in Happiness ; Admit the boundless theatre of thought From nothing, up to GOD ; which makes a Man.
Seite 505 - Garrick himself gave in to this foppery of feelings I can easily believe ; but he knew at the same time that he lied. He might think it right as far as I know...
Seite 508 - While Eloquence, Wit. Poesy, and Mirth, That humbler Harmonist of care on Earth, Survive within our souls — while lives our sense Of pride in Merit's proud pre-eminence, Long shall we seek his likeness, long in vain, And turn to all of him which may remain. Sighing that Nature form'd but one such man. And broke the die— in moulding Sheridan 1 CHURCHILL'S CRAVE.