The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Band 30Tobias Smollett R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row, 1800 |
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... original . But whence does this imperfection proceed ? Is it that the English lan guage is inadequate to a perfect verfion of this exquifite poem ? or that the interpreters , with whom we are yet ac- quainted , have not exhibited the ...
... original . But whence does this imperfection proceed ? Is it that the English lan guage is inadequate to a perfect verfion of this exquifite poem ? or that the interpreters , with whom we are yet ac- quainted , have not exhibited the ...
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... original . That , with thefe fentiments of the difficulty of the execution , I should have ventured on the work , may justly subject me to the feverity of criticism : to which I fhall filently fubmit , from the consciousness , that the ...
... original . That , with thefe fentiments of the difficulty of the execution , I should have ventured on the work , may justly subject me to the feverity of criticism : to which I fhall filently fubmit , from the consciousness , that the ...
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... nor by any means conveys a true interpretation of the original . Objcura ferrugine is an expreffion as precife in its definition as it is elegant in its imagery ; and the verfe Sotheby's Tranflation of Virgil's Georgies . 15.
... nor by any means conveys a true interpretation of the original . Objcura ferrugine is an expreffion as precife in its definition as it is elegant in its imagery ; and the verfe Sotheby's Tranflation of Virgil's Georgies . 15.
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... original , nor is even hinted at . The poet does not mean to fay that the fplendor of the fun was concealed by the interpofition of clouds of any colour , but exprefsly declares that he co- vered his bright forehead with a dufky ...
... original , nor is even hinted at . The poet does not mean to fay that the fplendor of the fun was concealed by the interpofition of clouds of any colour , but exprefsly declares that he co- vered his bright forehead with a dufky ...
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... original . The expreffion FLUIT devexo corpore is fo curiously happy , as perhaps to be incapable of transfufion ; and is fcarcely inferior to the exquifite pencil of Lucretius , from whom it is copied , when defcribing the abrupt death ...
... original . The expreffion FLUIT devexo corpore is fo curiously happy , as perhaps to be incapable of transfufion ; and is fcarcely inferior to the exquifite pencil of Lucretius , from whom it is copied , when defcribing the abrupt death ...
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Seite 426 - twas a famous victory. "My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by; They burnt his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly: So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. "With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a...
Seite 426 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won ; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun : But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. " Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene." " Why, 'twas a very wicked thing," Said little Wilhelmine. " Nay, nay, my little girl," quoth he,
Seite 25 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Seite 308 - Guid faith, he mauna fa' that! For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that; The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher ranks than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will, for a' that, That sense and worth o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a
Seite 340 - Finally brethren, farewell : be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace ; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
Seite 308 - A prince can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith, he mauna fa' that! For a
Seite 426 - With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a childing mother then, And new-born infant, died. But things like that, you know, must be At every famous victory.
Seite 308 - Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that ! What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man, for a
Seite 314 - Creed, and that which is commonly called the Apostles' Creed, ought thoroughly to be received and believed: for they may be proved by most certain warrants of holy Scripture.
Seite 307 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will...