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... observation . They denied the facts , as to what , they faid , were the main grounds of the motion ; namely , the fupe- riority attributed to the French in the channel , and in America ; and with respect to the Mediterranean , they faid ...
... observation . They denied the facts , as to what , they faid , were the main grounds of the motion ; namely , the fupe- riority attributed to the French in the channel , and in America ; and with respect to the Mediterranean , they faid ...
Page 129
... observed in support of the motion , that from the great length of the eftimate , the fingle copy on the table could not be read , much lefs examined or comprehended , by one tenth of the members , until the question was brought before ...
... observed in support of the motion , that from the great length of the eftimate , the fingle copy on the table could not be read , much lefs examined or comprehended , by one tenth of the members , until the question was brought before ...
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... observed , that if under the appearance of an enquiry into the conduct of military officers , it was intended to bring charges of neglect or incapacity against mini fters , he could not but confider it as an exceedingly unfair mode of ...
... observed , that if under the appearance of an enquiry into the conduct of military officers , it was intended to bring charges of neglect or incapacity against mini fters , he could not but confider it as an exceedingly unfair mode of ...
Page 171
... observation ; as the one cafe , though exceedingly hard , was clear from any injuftice , whilft the other , with equal hardship , carried the most manifest injuftice . They lamented the fate of their country , which , being expofed to ...
... observation ; as the one cafe , though exceedingly hard , was clear from any injuftice , whilft the other , with equal hardship , carried the most manifest injuftice . They lamented the fate of their country , which , being expofed to ...
Page 192
... observe the fituation of the garrison . It was fomething not unworthy of obfervation , that the bayonet , which had been fo often fatally employed against the Americans in fimilar cafes , was the only weapon which they used in this ...
... observe the fituation of the garrison . It was fomething not unworthy of obfervation , that the bayonet , which had been fo often fatally employed against the Americans in fimilar cafes , was the only weapon which they used in this ...
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Page 23 - 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 24 - ... 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 23 - If the father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry, an imitative art, these writers will, without great wrong, lose their right to the name of poets for they cannot be said to have imitated any thing; they neither copied nature nor life; neither painted the forms of matter, nor represented the operations of intellect.
Page 24 - What they wanted however of the sublime, they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole; their amplification had no limits; they left not only reason but fancy behind them; and produced combinations of confused magnificence, that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined.
Page 25 - This kind of writing, which was, I believe borrowed from Marino and his followers, had been recommended by the example of Donne, a man of very extensive and various knowledge ; and by Jonson, whose manner resembled that of Donne more in the ruggedness of his lines than in the cast of his sentiments.
Page 26 - He has involved in his account of the fall of man the events which preceded and those that were to follow it : he has interwoven the whole system of theology with such propriety that every part appears to be necessary; and scarcely any recital is wished shorter for the sake of quickening the progress of the main action.
Page 352 - Then the lord chancellor, by his majefty's command, faid : My lords, and gentlemen, It is his majefty's royal will and pleafure, that this parliament be prorogued to Tuefday, the fifth day of September next, to be then here holden ; and this parliament is accordingly prorogued to the fifth day of September next.
Page 149 - ... by the help of the fat of hogs, has covered the whole with flour, laid on by a machine with the utmost regularity; if, when thus attired, he issues forth, and meets a Cherokee Indian, who has bestowed as much time at his toilet, and laid on with equal care and attention his yellow and red ochre on particular parts of his forehead or cheeks, as he judges most becoming...
Page 32 - Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure.
Page 23 - 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 first production, acknowledged to be just; if it be that which he that never found it wonders how he missed; to wit of this kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen.