The Athenaeum: A Magazine of Literary and Miscellaneous Information ... Containing General Correspondence, Classical Disquisitions, Account of Rare and Curious Books, Memoirs of Distinguished Persons, Original Poetry, Literary and Miscellaneous Information, Volume 1John Aikin Longmans, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807 |
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... edition of Massinger's works has suggested to me remarks upon two passages , which I beg leave through your miscellany to lay before the public . In the MAID OF HONOUR , Act II , Scene In 18 [ Jan. CURIOUS LETTER . provements, and view ...
... edition of Massinger's works has suggested to me remarks upon two passages , which I beg leave through your miscellany to lay before the public . In the MAID OF HONOUR , Act II , Scene In 18 [ Jan. CURIOUS LETTER . provements, and view ...
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... edition of the pastoral of Longus , which Amyot has rendered so happily into our language , with all the simplicity and native graces which we ad- mire in the original . M. de Villoison poured out his erudition in torrents in this won ...
... edition of the pastoral of Longus , which Amyot has rendered so happily into our language , with all the simplicity and native graces which we ad- mire in the original . M. de Villoison poured out his erudition in torrents in this won ...
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... edition . It was however received with sufficient favour when it appeared in 1778 , and no fault could be found with any thing but its superfluity of eru- dition , a charge which did no injury to that species of reputation of which M ...
... edition . It was however received with sufficient favour when it appeared in 1778 , and no fault could be found with any thing but its superfluity of eru- dition , a charge which did no injury to that species of reputation of which M ...
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... edition of the Iliad , the place of which no preceding edition can supply , and which is to be regarded as one of the most va- luable presents made by erudition to literature during the last century , assures to M. de Villoison a never ...
... edition of the Iliad , the place of which no preceding edition can supply , and which is to be regarded as one of the most va- luable presents made by erudition to literature during the last century , assures to M. de Villoison a never ...
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... edition of the Palæographia Græca of father Montfaucon , which he had for a long time enter- tained the design of republishing , with many additions and correc- tions , and considerable supplements , a very difficult task , which he was ...
... edition of the Palæographia Græca of father Montfaucon , which he had for a long time enter- tained the design of republishing , with many additions and correc- tions , and considerable supplements , a very difficult task , which he was ...
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Page 146 - Look once more ere we leave this specular mount Westward, much nearer by south-west, behold Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence...
Page 172 - I communicate also a statistical view, procured and forwarded by him, of the Indian nations inhabiting the Territory of Louisiana...
Page 265 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night.
Page 146 - So far in relation to the upper terminus of the long man; next, with reference to the lower terminus, Gibbon goes on: " And that his pupils, ^Eschines and Demosthenes, contended for the crown of patriotism in the presence of Aristotle, the master of Theophrastus, who taught at Athens with the founders of the Stoic and Epicurean sects.
Page 245 - Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost.
Page 459 - To bear the ills they have, Than fly to others that they know not of.
Page 120 - Fables; but he frankly declared to me his mind, "that he did not delight in that learning, because he did not believe they were true"; for which reason I found he had very much turned his studies, for about a twelve-month past, into the lives and adventures of don Bellianis of Greece, Guy of Warwick, the Seven Champions, and other historians of that age.
Page 65 - Like fears that cross the mind, Like meteors gleaming through the night, Like thunders on the wind. The vision of the tomb is past ; Beyond it who can tell In what mysterious region cast Immortal spirits dwell ? I know not, but I soon shall know When life's sore conflicts cease, When this desponding heart lies low, And I shall rest in peace. For see, on Death's bewildering wave, The rainbow Hope arise, A bridge of glory o'er the grave, That bends beyond the skies.
Page 115 - Our British gardeners, on the contrary, instead of humouring nature, love to deviate from it as much as possible. Our trees rise in cones, globes, and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissors upon every plant and bush.
Page 6 - The excellent lady, the Lady Lizard, in the space of one summer, furnished a gallery with chairs and couches of her own and her daughters' working ; and at the same time heard all Dr.