The Annual Register, 第 22 卷Longmans, Green, 1796 |
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... high and flattering elogiums , which this gentleman had fo lately beftowed on the Americans , in thofe very letters which were the fubject of the prefent conteft . In one of thefe , to Mr. Dana , is the follow- ing remarkable paffage ...
... high and flattering elogiums , which this gentleman had fo lately beftowed on the Americans , in thofe very letters which were the fubject of the prefent conteft . In one of thefe , to Mr. Dana , is the follow- ing remarkable paffage ...
第 28 頁
... high in the opinion of the Americans , as well as in their fer- vice ) to the Earl of Carlisle , chal- lenging that nobleman , as first commiffioner , to the field , there to anfwer in his own person , and in fingle combat , for fome ...
... high in the opinion of the Americans , as well as in their fer- vice ) to the Earl of Carlisle , chal- lenging that nobleman , as first commiffioner , to the field , there to anfwer in his own person , and in fingle combat , for fome ...
第 40 頁
... high reward produced no manner of difcovery . The fame fpirit operated juft about the fame time , and in the fame manner , but much more violent in degree , and fatal in confequence , between the Ame- rican and French feamen , in the ...
... high reward produced no manner of difcovery . The fame fpirit operated juft about the fame time , and in the fame manner , but much more violent in degree , and fatal in confequence , between the Ame- rican and French feamen , in the ...
第 46 頁
... high a de- gree of confidence , hope , and fpirit , through the army and fleet , that they totally forgot the vaft fuperiority of the enemy , the pre- carioufnefs and danger of their own fituation , and feemed infen- fible to fuch ...
... high a de- gree of confidence , hope , and fpirit , through the army and fleet , that they totally forgot the vaft fuperiority of the enemy , the pre- carioufnefs and danger of their own fituation , and feemed infen- fible to fuch ...
第 56 頁
... high in the eflima- tion of Lord Anfon and Lord Hawke . In the navy he was in a manner adored . It was ftrongly expreffed by an eminent member of parliament , " that all defcrip- " tions of men feemed pleafed with the choice , and to ...
... high in the eflima- tion of Lord Anfon and Lord Hawke . In the navy he was in a manner adored . It was ftrongly expreffed by an eminent member of parliament , " that all defcrip- " tions of men feemed pleafed with the choice , and to ...
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第 20 頁 - ... wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil, impassive and at leisure ; as Epicurean deities making remarks on the actions of men, and the vicissitudes of life, without interest and without emotion.
第 19 頁 - If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be considered as Wit which is at once natural and new, that which though not obvious is, upon its...
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第 160 頁 - Tip 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.