The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Tom 1J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1785 |
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... occafion for twenty years . He owned , that many knew more Greek than himself ; but that his grammar would fhow he had once taken pains . Sir William Jones , one of the moft enlightened of the fons of men , as Johnfon defcribed him ...
... occafion for twenty years . He owned , that many knew more Greek than himself ; but that his grammar would fhow he had once taken pains . Sir William Jones , one of the moft enlightened of the fons of men , as Johnfon defcribed him ...
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... occafion to fhow himfelf fuperior to his fubject , and alfo to trample upon it . There is no talking about tafte . Perhaps John- fon , who fpoke from his laft feel- ings , forgot thofe of his youth . The love - verfes of Waller and ...
... occafion to fhow himfelf fuperior to his fubject , and alfo to trample upon it . There is no talking about tafte . Perhaps John- fon , who fpoke from his laft feel- ings , forgot thofe of his youth . The love - verfes of Waller and ...
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... occafion them and wherever the feelings of humanity are known , as long as indig- nation and horror are capable of be- ing raised , the punishment of death will alone be competent to the per- petration of murder . This is a truth which ...
... occafion them and wherever the feelings of humanity are known , as long as indig- nation and horror are capable of be- ing raised , the punishment of death will alone be competent to the per- petration of murder . This is a truth which ...
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... occafion to an am- biguity ; and might either fignify , that nothing lefs than fuch a genius was capable of making Pindar speak English , or that nothing more was requifite for this purpofe . Saving this ambiguity , the expreffion is in ...
... occafion to an am- biguity ; and might either fignify , that nothing lefs than fuch a genius was capable of making Pindar speak English , or that nothing more was requifite for this purpofe . Saving this ambiguity , the expreffion is in ...
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... occafion . From a comparison of the different accounts , it appears as if the report was loudest in Lincoln- fhire and the adjacent countries , and again in the eastern parts of Kent ; in the intermediate places it was fo indiftinct as ...
... occafion . From a comparison of the different accounts , it appears as if the report was loudest in Lincoln- fhire and the adjacent countries , and again in the eastern parts of Kent ; in the intermediate places it was fo indiftinct as ...
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