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الصفحة xv
... most part ,, when Skelton wrote in any other vein than that of Satire and Jo- cularity , he mistook his talents . An anomalous and mot- ley mode of verfification was practised by him , of which he is commonly fuppofed to have been the ...
... most part ,, when Skelton wrote in any other vein than that of Satire and Jo- cularity , he mistook his talents . An anomalous and mot- ley mode of verfification was practised by him , of which he is commonly fuppofed to have been the ...
الصفحة xviii
... most laboured performance is the " Spider and the Flie , " which is a very long poem in the octave stanza . The au- thor feems to have intended a fable on the burlesque con- struction ; but he has been very unfortunate in the execu ...
... most laboured performance is the " Spider and the Flie , " which is a very long poem in the octave stanza . The au- thor feems to have intended a fable on the burlesque con- struction ; but he has been very unfortunate in the execu ...
الصفحة xxii
... most accomplished literary woman of the period feems undoubtedly to have been Margaret Roper , the fa- vourite daughter of fir Thomas More . Under fuch a fa- ther she had every poffible advantage in point of educa tion , and he exerted ...
... most accomplished literary woman of the period feems undoubtedly to have been Margaret Roper , the fa- vourite daughter of fir Thomas More . Under fuch a fa- ther she had every poffible advantage in point of educa tion , and he exerted ...
الصفحة xxvi
... most alarming apprehenfion for the fate of their important and long established inftitutions . In this exigency they applied to the queen , and intreated her interceffion with the king in their behalf , which the exerted fo effectually ...
... most alarming apprehenfion for the fate of their important and long established inftitutions . In this exigency they applied to the queen , and intreated her interceffion with the king in their behalf , which the exerted fo effectually ...
الصفحة xxvii
... most esteemed in the prefent improved state of ancient literature . It is remarkable , that this liberal prelate , when he formed his plan of ftudy , did not in- Ititute a lecturer in philofophy for his college , as had hitherto been ...
... most esteemed in the prefent improved state of ancient literature . It is remarkable , that this liberal prelate , when he formed his plan of ftudy , did not in- Ititute a lecturer in philofophy for his college , as had hitherto been ...
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الصفحة 156 - auctioneering ambaffadors and trading generals. We faw a revolution brought about by an affidavit ; an army employed in executing an arreft ; a town befieged on a note of hand ; and a prince dethroned for the balance of an account. Thus it was, that a government was exhibited, uniting the mock
الصفحة 143 - they have been dammed up by the blue ridge of mountains, and have formed an ocean which filled the whole valley ; that continuing to rife they have at length broken over at this
الصفحة 194 - Glows in the rainbow, fparkles in the dream, Smiles in the bud, and gliftens in the flower That crowns each vernal bower ; Sighs in the gale, and warbles in the throat Of every bird that hails the bloomy fpring, Or tells his love in many a liquid note, Whilft envious artifts touch the rival
الصفحة 143 - on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred
الصفحة 187 - with a recruiting party of a regiment then on foreign fervice. It was in the beginning of the war with France which broke out in 1744, rendered remarkable for the rebellion which the policy of the French court excited, in which fome
الصفحة 67 - COUNTER DECLARATION. The intention of his majefty not being, and never having been, to interfere by force in the affairs of the republic of the United Provinces ; the communication made to the court of London on the loth
الصفحة 94 - ratified and publifhed, they become, in virtue of the confederation, part of the law of the land, and are not only independent of the will and power of fuch
الصفحة 99 - To provide and maintain a navy. To provide for calling forth the militia, to execute the laws of the union, fupprefs
الصفحة 51 - we would have at any rate. In no other article was there any thing very formidable in the rivalry of France. Glafs would not be imported to any amount. In particular kinds of lace indeed they might have the advantage, but none which they would not enjoy independently of the treaty
الصفحة 65 - and of his commands and finances, having the department of foreign affairs ; who, after having communicated ' to each other their refpeftive full powers, have agreed upon the following articles : I. His Britannic