The Annual Register, Volume 22Longmans, Green, 1796 - History |
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... high and flattering elogiums , which this gentleman had fo lately beftowed on the Americans , in thofe very letters which were the fubject of the prefent conteft . In one of thefe , to Mr. Dana , is the follow- ing remarkable paffage ...
... high and flattering elogiums , which this gentleman had fo lately beftowed on the Americans , in thofe very letters which were the fubject of the prefent conteft . In one of thefe , to Mr. Dana , is the follow- ing remarkable paffage ...
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... high in the opinion of the Americans , as well as in their fer- vice ) to the Earl of Carlisle , chal- lenging that nobleman , as first commiffioner , to the field , there to anfwer in his own person , and in fingle combat , for fome ...
... high in the opinion of the Americans , as well as in their fer- vice ) to the Earl of Carlisle , chal- lenging that nobleman , as first commiffioner , to the field , there to anfwer in his own person , and in fingle combat , for fome ...
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... high reward produced no manner of difcovery . The fame fpirit operated juft about the fame time , and in the fame manner , but much more violent in degree , and fatal in confequence , between the Ame- rican and French feamen , in the ...
... high reward produced no manner of difcovery . The fame fpirit operated juft about the fame time , and in the fame manner , but much more violent in degree , and fatal in confequence , between the Ame- rican and French feamen , in the ...
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... high a de- gree of confidence , hope , and fpirit , through the army and fleet , that they totally forgot the vaft fuperiority of the enemy , the pre- carioufnefs and danger of their own fituation , and feemed infen- fible to fuch ...
... high a de- gree of confidence , hope , and fpirit , through the army and fleet , that they totally forgot the vaft fuperiority of the enemy , the pre- carioufnefs and danger of their own fituation , and feemed infen- fible to fuch ...
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... high in the eflima- tion of Lord Anfon and Lord Hawke . In the navy he was in a manner adored . It was ftrongly expreffed by an eminent member of parliament , " that all defcrip- " tions of men feemed pleafed with the choice , and to ...
... high in the eflima- tion of Lord Anfon and Lord Hawke . In the navy he was in a manner adored . It was ftrongly expreffed by an eminent member of parliament , " that all defcrip- " tions of men feemed pleafed with the choice , and to ...
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Page 19 - The metaphysical poets were men of learning, and to show their learning was their whole endeavour; but, unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme, instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses, and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear; for the modulation was so imperfect, that they were only found to be verses, by counting the syllables.
Page 20 - ... wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil, impassive and at leisure ; as Epicurean deities making remarks on the actions of men, and the vicissitudes of life, without interest and without emotion.
Page 19 - If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be considered as Wit which is at once natural and new, that which though not obvious is, upon its...
Page 351 - Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral to will and require the High Court of Admiralty of Great Britain, and the Lieutenant and Judge of the...
Page 19 - Wit, like all other things subject by their nature to the choice of man, has its changes and fashions, and at different times takes different forms. About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical poets; of whom, in a criticism on the works of Cowley, it is not improper to give some account.
Page 19 - Dryden confesses of himself and his contemporaries, that they fall below Donne in wit, but maintains that they surpass him in poetry. If Wit be well described by Pope, as being "that which has been often thought, but was never before so well expressed...
Page 25 - The appearances of nature, and the occurrences of life, did not satiate his appetite of greatness. To paint things as they are, requires a minute attention, and employs the memory rather than the fancy.
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Page 29 - But such airy beings are for the most part suffered only to do their natural office, and retire. Thus Fame tells a tale and Victory hovers over a general or perches on a standard; but Fame and Victory can do no more.
Page 160 - Tip his tongue with strange matter, his pen with fine taste ; That the rake and the poet o'er all may prevail, Set fire to the head, and set fire to the tail.