The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, Volume 38R. Baldwin, 1769 - English essays |
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... wish- the injured Jones is totally abandoned by his once moft indulgent protector . Mr. Weftern having repeated his pofitive commands to his daughter to accept Blifil - and provoked his fifter , notwithstanding her approbation of the ...
... wish- the injured Jones is totally abandoned by his once moft indulgent protector . Mr. Weftern having repeated his pofitive commands to his daughter to accept Blifil - and provoked his fifter , notwithstanding her approbation of the ...
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... wishes to plunge it into distress .--- The confequence therefore is , that we are often represented by men who make a traffic of their feats , and who go into the house on purpose to fell us at an advantageous price to a miniftry ; or ...
... wishes to plunge it into distress .--- The confequence therefore is , that we are often represented by men who make a traffic of their feats , and who go into the house on purpose to fell us at an advantageous price to a miniftry ; or ...
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... wishes was the wel- fare of the people .-- Nothing there- fore could ever give him more real concern , than to fee any of them , in any part of his dominions , attempt- ing to loosen thofe bonds of conftitu- tional fubordination , fo ...
... wishes was the wel- fare of the people .-- Nothing there- fore could ever give him more real concern , than to fee any of them , in any part of his dominions , attempt- ing to loosen thofe bonds of conftitu- tional fubordination , fo ...
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... wish ; -- but not the appear ance thereof , without any reality which could operate nothing but ruin Fontaine gives us a good fabl much to our purpofe , to this effect . A wolf , of fubtle difpofition , toc it in his head to try if he ...
... wish ; -- but not the appear ance thereof , without any reality which could operate nothing but ruin Fontaine gives us a good fabl much to our purpofe , to this effect . A wolf , of fubtle difpofition , toc it in his head to try if he ...
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... wish that all mankind thould be faved , they will both overlook the er- rors and pardon the freedom of a for- ward monitor , their refpe & ful , & c . Dorset , Jan. 21 , 1769. CLERICUS . From the LONDON GAZETTE , of Feb. 7 , 1769 . ST T ...
... wish that all mankind thould be faved , they will both overlook the er- rors and pardon the freedom of a for- ward monitor , their refpe & ful , & c . Dorset , Jan. 21 , 1769. CLERICUS . From the LONDON GAZETTE , of Feb. 7 , 1769 . ST T ...
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Page 259 - For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
Page 473 - ... as the encroachments of prerogative. He would be as little capable of bargaining with the minister for places for himself or his dependents, as of descending to mix himself in the intrigues of opposition.
Page 365 - With what force, my lord, with what protection are you prepared to meet the united detestation of the people of England? The city of London has given a generous example to the kingdom in what manner a king of this country ought to be...
Page 476 - As little acquainted with the rules of decorum as with the laws of morality, they will not suffer you to profit by experience, nor even to consult the propriety of a bad character. Even now they tell you, that life is no more than a dramatic scene, in which the hero should preserve his consistency to the last, and that, as you lived without virtue, you should die without repentance.
Page 307 - Is any thing more common than to see our ladies of qua'lity wear such high shoes as they cannot walk in without one to lead them ; and a gown as long again as their body, so that they cannot stir to the next room without a page or two to hold it up...
Page 475 - He must create a solitude round his estate if he would avoid the face of reproach and derision. At Plymouth his destruction would be more than probable; at Exeter, inevitable.
Page 473 - Conscious of his own weight and importance, his conduct in parliament would be directed by nothing but the constitutional duty of a peer.
Page 26 - That the ladies' summer hats, however, should be lined with black, as not reverberating on their faces those rays which are reflected upwards from the earth or water ? That the putting a white cap of paper or linen within the crown of a black hat, as some...
Page 474 - He would never have been insulted with virtues which he had laboured to extinguish, nor suffered the disgrace of a mortifying defeat, which has made him ridiculous and contemptible, even to the few by whom he was not detested.
Page 473 - His authority would either sanctify or disgrace the measures of government. The people would look up to him as to their protector, and a virtuous prince would have one honest man in his dominions in whose integrity and judgment he might safely confide. If it should be the will of Providence to afflict him with a domestic misfortune, he would submit to the stroke, with feeling but not without dignity.