London Review, Volume 111780 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 40
Page 6
... judge it neceffary to proceed to farther extremities . So fhe and fix of her accompli- ces were attainted of treason ; and on the twentieth of April fol- lowing were executed at Tyburn ; where freely acknowledging her impofture , and ...
... judge it neceffary to proceed to farther extremities . So fhe and fix of her accompli- ces were attainted of treason ; and on the twentieth of April fol- lowing were executed at Tyburn ; where freely acknowledging her impofture , and ...
Page 9
... judge , any further than they are fubmitted to the public eye . " The Doctor hath been mistaken by many who having never read his elaborate work , content themfelves with the account given of it by others . That account hath frequently ...
... judge , any further than they are fubmitted to the public eye . " The Doctor hath been mistaken by many who having never read his elaborate work , content themfelves with the account given of it by others . That account hath frequently ...
Page 12
... judges were immediately and explicitly concerned . But the mere natural evidence of a future ftate , can boast of no fupport that bears any refemblance to human facts , or events that are fubjected to the cognizance of the fenfes . On ...
... judges were immediately and explicitly concerned . But the mere natural evidence of a future ftate , can boast of no fupport that bears any refemblance to human facts , or events that are fubjected to the cognizance of the fenfes . On ...
Page 15
... judge by their mife- rable difcourtes , delivered as miferably from the pulpit , they are deftitute almost of a particle of common understanding ? " No good Chriftian , we think , will refufe to coincide with our author , refpecting a ...
... judge by their mife- rable difcourtes , delivered as miferably from the pulpit , they are deftitute almost of a particle of common understanding ? " No good Chriftian , we think , will refufe to coincide with our author , refpecting a ...
Page 31
... judge in fuch matters will allow ) then the Neftorian patriarch and Prefter John are one perfon ; at least according to the rules of etymology- And this Prefter John being a Chriftian , he must have been the Catholicus of the Neftorians ...
... judge in fuch matters will allow ) then the Neftorian patriarch and Prefter John are one perfon ; at least according to the rules of etymology- And this Prefter John being a Chriftian , he must have been the Catholicus of the Neftorians ...
Contents
317 | |
323 | |
331 | |
336 | |
342 | |
348 | |
360 | |
376 | |
199 | |
214 | |
221 | |
228 | |
236 | |
243 | |
249 | |
255 | |
263 | |
273 | |
280 | |
287 | |
296 | |
302 | |
310 | |
385 | |
406 | |
414 | |
416 | |
418 | |
425 | |
433 | |
439 | |
445 | |
450 | |
457 | |
468 | |
469 | |
475 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
addrefs affertion againſt alfo anfwer barley becauſe befides Cadell cafe caufe character Chriftian confequence confider confiderable confiftent conftitution defign defire divine Dodfley Earl Edmund Burke Effay eſtabliſhed expreffion faid fame fatire favour fecond feems fenfe fenfible fent fentiments feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince Fingalians firft firſt fituation fociety fome fometimes foon fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fuperior fuppofed gout hath heart Hiftory himſelf honour houfe houſe human Inftitutes intereft itſelf juft laft leaft lefs letter Lord minifter moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary Neftor Obfervations occafion oppofition Orrery ourſelves paffed paffion perfons Philofophical pleaſure poems poffeffed poffible praife praiſe preached prefent principles readers reafon refpect religion Review Ruffia Sermon ſhall ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe Timour tion truth turnips univerfal uſe virtue wheat whofe
Popular passages
Page 344 - The Lord looketh from heaven ; he beholdeth all the sons of men. From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
Page 140 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is bless'd in what it takes and what it gives ; The joy unequall'd if its end it gain, And, if it lose, attended with no pain ; Without satiety...
Page 416 - Henries — who stalk from desolation to desolation, through the dreary vacuity and melancholy succession of chill and comfortless chambers.
Page 269 - Turn to learning and gaming, religion and raking. With the love of a wench, let his writings be chaste...
Page 87 - Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 140 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
Page 176 - And Abraham arose and met him, and said unto him, Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night, and thou shalt arise early on the morrow, and go on thy way.
Page 269 - ... his tongue with strange matter, his pen with fine taste ; That the rake and the poet o'er all may prevail, Set fire to the head, and set fire to the tail. For the joy of each sex, on the world I'll bestow it. This scholar, rake, Christian, dupe, gamester, and poet...
Page 177 - And Abraham answered and said, Lord, he would not worship thee, neither would he call upon thy name ; therefore have I driven him out from before my face into the wilderness.
Page 311 - Thus every one of those principalities has the apparatus of a kingdom, for the jurisdiction over a few private estates ; and the formality and charge of the exchequer of Great Britain, for collecting the rents of a country squire.