Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 57, Part 2F. Jefferies, 1787 - Early English newspapers The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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... manner . The first of these books was the property of the univerfity of Oxford , a body te nacious enough of their rights ; the o- ther , of Bishop Burnet's heirs , whofe circumftances were fuch as made them very fenfible of any ...
... manner . The first of these books was the property of the univerfity of Oxford , a body te nacious enough of their rights ; the o- ther , of Bishop Burnet's heirs , whofe circumftances were fuch as made them very fenfible of any ...
Page 560
... manner , and another after that . " It is our bufinefs to profit by all , and to learn of each that in which each is best qualified to inftruct us . That Johnfon was generous and charitable , none can deny . But he was not always ju ...
... manner , and another after that . " It is our bufinefs to profit by all , and to learn of each that in which each is best qualified to inftruct us . That Johnfon was generous and charitable , none can deny . But he was not always ju ...
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... manner in which the manufcript came into his hands , and his motives for publishing it . “ It has ( he fays ) been ... manner , and not in the manner in which bodies ge- nerally exift , with extenfion of parts , and other phylical ...
... manner in which the manufcript came into his hands , and his motives for publishing it . “ It has ( he fays ) been ... manner , and not in the manner in which bodies ge- nerally exift , with extenfion of parts , and other phylical ...
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... manner in which we excel all other na- tions , where they underftand nothing of this our English practice . 1 have heard , and given fome attention to . the bells in feveral parts on the continent , where an incoherent jangling always ...
... manner in which we excel all other na- tions , where they underftand nothing of this our English practice . 1 have heard , and given fome attention to . the bells in feveral parts on the continent , where an incoherent jangling always ...
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... manner of observing the Chriftian Sabbath ; the too gene- ral neglect of which duty is a matter that requires very ferious confideration , and the evil confequences refulting from it are repeatedly declared in the dying words of ...
... manner of observing the Chriftian Sabbath ; the too gene- ral neglect of which duty is a matter that requires very ferious confideration , and the evil confequences refulting from it are repeatedly declared in the dying words of ...
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Page 618 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard. And whelm him o'er! Such fate to suffering Worth is giv'n.
Page 618 - mang the dewy weet, Wi' spreckled breast! When upward-springing, blithe, to greet The purpling east. Cauld blew the bitter-biting north Upon thy early, humble birth; Yet cheerfully thou glinted forth Amid the storm, Scarce rear'd above the parent earth Thy tender form. The flaunting flow'rs our gardens yield, High shelt'ring woods and wa's maun shield, But thou, beneath the random bield O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field Unseen, alane.
Page 959 - As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: your carcases shall fall in this wilderness ; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Page 584 - Thus to regulate candidates and electors, and new model the ways of election, what is it but to cut up the government by the roots, and poison the very fountain of public security?
Page 978 - Sacraments to be used in the Mother Tongue within the Church of England, agreeable to the Word of God and the Primitive Church, very comfortable to all good People desiring to live in Christian Conversation, and most profitable to the Estate of this Realm...
Page 615 - Not that always where the language is intricate the thought is subtle, or the image always great where the line is bulky. The equality of words to things is very often neglected, and trivial sentiments and vulgar ideas disappoint the attention, to which they are recommended by sonorous epithets and swelling figures.
Page 584 - For the people having reserved to themselves the choice of their representatives as the fence to their properties, could do it for no other end but that they might always be freely chosen, and, so chosen, freely act and advise as the necessity of the commonwealth and the public good should upon examination and mature debate be judged to require.
Page 590 - But let concealment like a worm i' th' bud Feed on her damask cheek: she pin'd in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like Patience on a Monument, Smiling at grief.
Page 1044 - Newcastle, the inhabitants sent for the Lee-penny, and gave a bond for a large sum in trust for the loan; and that they thought it did so much good, that they offered to pay the money, and keep the Lee-penny; but the gentleman would not part with it.
Page 1009 - State fhall enrer into any treaty, alliance, or confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprifal ; coin money ; emit bills of credit ; make any thing but gold and filver coin a tender in payment of 'debts; pafs any bill of attainder, ex poft fafto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility.