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... attempted to re- duce the whole fyftem of keyed inftruments to an equal tempera- ment . It appears , nevertheless , that Mr. Davis had been antici- pated in this fcheme by fome former theorifts , and even by Father Merfenne . On the ...
... attempted to re- duce the whole fyftem of keyed inftruments to an equal tempera- ment . It appears , nevertheless , that Mr. Davis had been antici- pated in this fcheme by fome former theorifts , and even by Father Merfenne . On the ...
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... attempts to folve , may be pronounced to be of this kind . There are fuch boundless varieties in temper , manners , capacity , cuf- toms , laws , forms of government , and modes of religion among mankind , and such a combination of ...
... attempts to folve , may be pronounced to be of this kind . There are fuch boundless varieties in temper , manners , capacity , cuf- toms , laws , forms of government , and modes of religion among mankind , and such a combination of ...
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... attempted . He gives out his work to the public , not as a complete difcuffion of the fubject , but as a collection of fuch observations as occurred to him in confidering it . ' In treating of the firft fubject , climate , he confiders ...
... attempted . He gives out his work to the public , not as a complete difcuffion of the fubject , but as a collection of fuch observations as occurred to him in confidering it . ' In treating of the firft fubject , climate , he confiders ...
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... attempt , in the prefent fituation of affairs , was ex- tremely prejudicial to the King ; the Army and Parliament were contending for the fuperiority they had jointly gained , and as the poffeffion of the King's perfon was a matter of ...
... attempt , in the prefent fituation of affairs , was ex- tremely prejudicial to the King ; the Army and Parliament were contending for the fuperiority they had jointly gained , and as the poffeffion of the King's perfon was a matter of ...
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... attempt was fruftrated . Had not this unfortunate impediment happened , there is the greatest reafon to believe he might have ef fected his efcape ; every part of the plan being fo judiciously arranged . It now became neceffary to give ...
... attempt was fruftrated . Had not this unfortunate impediment happened , there is the greatest reafon to believe he might have ef fected his efcape ; every part of the plan being fo judiciously arranged . It now became neceffary to give ...
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Page 105 - LORD GOD, LAMB of GOD, SON of the FATHER, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of GOD the FATHER, have mercy upon us.
Page 118 - Malloch to English Mallet, without any imaginable reason of preference which the eye or ear can discover. What other proofs he gave of disrespect to his native country, I know not ; but it was remarked of him, that he was the only Scot whom Scotchmen did not commend.
Page 403 - ... the odoriferous furrow exhilarates his spirits, and seems to do the child a great deal of good, for he looks more blooming since I have adopted that practice; can more pleasure, more dignity be added to that primary occupation? The father thus ploughing with his child, and to feed his family, is inferior only to the emperor of China ploughing as an example to his kingdom.
Page 371 - Thus the pleasure of seeing them come out to fight or to work, alternately, may be obtained as often as curiosity excites, or time permits; and it will certainly be found, that the one order never attempts to fight, nor the other to work, let the emergency be ever so great.
Page 555 - NOW it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
Page 271 - Surely it is no narrow and niggardly encomium to say he is the great Poet of Reason, the first of ethical authors in verse. And this species of writing is, after all, the surest road to an extensive reputation. It lies more level to the general capacities of men than the higher flights of more genuine poetry.
Page 103 - ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the divine Majesty to worship the Unity...
Page 116 - In his Night Thoughts he has exhibited a very wide display of original poetry, variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions, a wilderness of thought in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odour. This is one of the few poems in which blank verse could not be changed for rhyme but with disadvantage.
Page 271 - Chesterfield on one hand, and of Walpole on the other, failed not to make a poem bought up and talked of. And it cannot be doubted, that the Odes of Horace which celebrated, and the satires which ridiculed, well-known and real characters at Rome, were more eagerly read, and more frequently cited, than the jEneid and the Georgic of Virgil.
Page 114 - May 1731, he married Lady Elizabeth Lee, daughter of the Earl of Litchfield, and widow of Colonel Lee. His connexion with this lady arose from his father's acquaintance, already mentioned, with Lady Anne Wharton, who was coheiress of Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley in Oxfordshire.