The Eclectic Review, Nide 5;Nide 23Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood 1816 |
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Sivu 3
Shall a work in five large octavo volumes , by such a writer as Edward Gibbon ,
Esq . be passed over , or but slightly noticed , because it is not altogether new , or
because the subjects treated of are too many for enumeration , and too intricate ...
Shall a work in five large octavo volumes , by such a writer as Edward Gibbon ,
Esq . be passed over , or but slightly noticed , because it is not altogether new , or
because the subjects treated of are too many for enumeration , and too intricate ...
Sivu 7
... certainly and effectually make upon the hearer the intended impression . The
historian of his own times will , consequently , have a prodigious advantage over
every other species of historical writer , while he relates . Quæque ipse miserrima
...
... certainly and effectually make upon the hearer the intended impression . The
historian of his own times will , consequently , have a prodigious advantage over
every other species of historical writer , while he relates . Quæque ipse miserrima
...
Sivu 12
Is Mr. Gibbon indeed a luminous writer ? ... Again : By indefatigable study of such
writers as describe the manners and customs of the several countries and ages ,
which constitute the varying scene of his history , be had become so intimately ...
Is Mr. Gibbon indeed a luminous writer ? ... Again : By indefatigable study of such
writers as describe the manners and customs of the several countries and ages ,
which constitute the varying scene of his history , be had become so intimately ...
Sivu 15
Mr. Gibbon's acknowledged character as a writer , among his friends , seems to
have been , that there was no thought , however original or complicated , which
he could not force to assume a decent verbal dress : • If you have thoughts , and ...
Mr. Gibbon's acknowledged character as a writer , among his friends , seems to
have been , that there was no thought , however original or complicated , which
he could not force to assume a decent verbal dress : • If you have thoughts , and ...
Sivu 18
And first , it is very remarkable , that of three writers of history in the English
language , to whom the judgement of our ... in two instances out of the three , be
decidedly French ; and that even in the third case , the writer should be a native
of that ...
And first , it is very remarkable , that of three writers of history in the English
language , to whom the judgement of our ... in two instances out of the three , be
decidedly French ; and that even in the third case , the writer should be a native
of that ...
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Sivu 564 - A snake's small eye blinks dull and shy, And the lady's eyes they shrunk in her head, Each shrunk up to a serpent's eye, And with somewhat of malice, and more of dread, At Christabel she looked askance!
Sivu 561 - Is the night chilly and dark ? The night is chilly, but not dark. The thin gray cloud is spread on high, It covers but not hides the sky. The moon is behind, and at the full; And yet she looks both small and dull. The night ,is chill, the cloud is gray : "Tis a month before the month of May, And the Spring comes slowly up this way.
Sivu 565 - So deeply had she drunken in That look, those shrunken serpent eyes, That all her features were resigned To this sole image in her mind: And passively did imitate That look of dull and treacherous hate!
Sivu 386 - But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Sivu 267 - Out upon Time! it will leave no more Of the things to come than the things before ! Out upon Time! who for ever will leave But enough of the past for the future to grieve...
Sivu 426 - they are made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the Kingdom of Heaven...
Sivu 561 - The thin gray cloud is spread on high, It covers but not hides the sky. The moon is behind, and at the full; And yet she looks both small and dull. The night is chill, the cloud is gray: 'Tis a month before the month of May, And the Spring comes slowly up this way. The lovely lady, Christabel...