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... comes it , my Friend , that Mankind are so prone To condemn others ' follies , and pardon their own ? Every Madman lies fnug , and , though crackt through and through , Sends his Neighbour to Bedlam without more ado . A Pedant , who ...
... comes it , my Friend , that Mankind are so prone To condemn others ' follies , and pardon their own ? Every Madman lies fnug , and , though crackt through and through , Sends his Neighbour to Bedlam without more ado . A Pedant , who ...
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... comes at last to be the echo of one- The Rulers are mad , and the People undone . } " Happy Hand , that firft culled bitter Leaves in the " Eaft ! " Happier That , which beftowed its rich Cane on the " Weft + ! " Thus the Statesman ...
... comes at last to be the echo of one- The Rulers are mad , and the People undone . } " Happy Hand , that firft culled bitter Leaves in the " Eaft ! " Happier That , which beftowed its rich Cane on the " Weft + ! " Thus the Statesman ...
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... comes and proves him as weak as the rest : This is bold " -Be it fo , yet you ftill must allow That Democritus was , what Sir Ifaac is now . " Our Historians may pafs without cenfure - You fmile " . We expect information ; their ...
... comes and proves him as weak as the rest : This is bold " -Be it fo , yet you ftill must allow That Democritus was , what Sir Ifaac is now . " Our Historians may pafs without cenfure - You fmile " . We expect information ; their ...
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... Come , Hooker , with thee let me dwell on a phrase Uncorrupted by wit , unambitious of praife : Thy Language is chafte , without aims , or pretence , " Tis a fweetnefs of breath from a foundnefs of fenfe * . Shall I pafs by the man ...
... Come , Hooker , with thee let me dwell on a phrase Uncorrupted by wit , unambitious of praife : Thy Language is chafte , without aims , or pretence , " Tis a fweetnefs of breath from a foundnefs of fenfe * . Shall I pafs by the man ...
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... restraints , the Paffions must come to an immediate decifion ; and the finer gradations of the Pathos are loft in the Violence of the Character . On the other hand , Elegance , taking taking place as a rule of Conduct , has a [ 20 ]
... restraints , the Paffions must come to an immediate decifion ; and the finer gradations of the Pathos are loft in the Violence of the Character . On the other hand , Elegance , taking taking place as a rule of Conduct , has a [ 20 ]
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Page 16 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 53 - RYNO The wind and the rain are past: calm is the noon of day. The clouds are divided in heaven. Over the green hills flies the inconstant sun. Red through the stony vale comes down the stream of the hill. Sweet are thy murmurs, O stream! but more sweet is the voice I hear. It is the voice of Alpin, the son of song, mourning for the dead!
Page 51 - ALONE, on the sea-beat rock, my daughter was heard to complain. Frequent and loud were her cries. What could her father do? All night I stood on the shore. I saw her by the faint beam of the moon.
Page v - Epifodes of a greater Work which related to the Wars of Fingal, Concerning this Hero innumerable Traditions remain, to this Day, in the Highlands of Scotland. The...
Page 55 - A tree with scarce a leaf, long grass which whistles in the wind, mark to the hunter's eye the grave of the mighty Morar.
Page 21 - Connal ? and who recount thy fathers ? Thy family grew like an oak on the mountain, which meeteth the wind with its lofty head. But now it is torn from the earth.
Page 8 - This is robbery. The second by commerce, which is generally cheating. The third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground, in a kind of continual miracle...
Page vii - It is believed, that, by a careful inquiry, many more remains of ancient genius, no lefs valuable than thofe now given to the world, might .be found in the fame country where thefe have been collected.
Page 47 - Close it not till Colma come. My life flies away like a dream! why should I stay behind?
Page 24 - Oscian, prince of men! what tears run down the cheeks of age? what shades thy mighty soul? Memory, son of Alpin, memory wounds the aged. Of former times are my thoughts; my thoughts are of the noble Fingal.