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... state as fome of its defponding friends have imagined ; and that , whatever may be the change in the fentiments of ... States . Though PREFACE . Though we confider the general plan of our.
... state as fome of its defponding friends have imagined ; and that , whatever may be the change in the fentiments of ... States . Though PREFACE . Though we confider the general plan of our.
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... States , Account of 23 Amfterdam , Houfe of Correction at , defcribed Catholicifm , Verses on the Abolition of Catulus ... State of 480 Atmospherical Phenomenon at Edinburgh 194 Cottager , an Account of an industrious one 151 Banbury ...
... States , Account of 23 Amfterdam , Houfe of Correction at , defcribed Catholicifm , Verses on the Abolition of Catulus ... State of 480 Atmospherical Phenomenon at Edinburgh 194 Cottager , an Account of an industrious one 151 Banbury ...
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... State of in January 28 17 195 65 Novels and Romances , Review of new Oak Bark , Substitutes for 508 February 141 213 March 223 Occurrences , Provincial , with Marriages and April 300 Deaths , in January February 71 149 May 382 June 457 ...
... State of in January 28 17 195 65 Novels and Romances , Review of new Oak Bark , Substitutes for 508 February 141 213 March 223 Occurrences , Provincial , with Marriages and April 300 Deaths , in January February 71 149 May 382 June 457 ...
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... State and Progrefs of Domeftic Literature .--- z . A curious Tranfla- tion from Plato , by Mr. TAYLOR , on the Atlantic History and on the State of Athens , nine thousand Year's prior to Solon , which has never before appeared in any ...
... State and Progrefs of Domeftic Literature .--- z . A curious Tranfla- tion from Plato , by Mr. TAYLOR , on the Atlantic History and on the State of Athens , nine thousand Year's prior to Solon , which has never before appeared in any ...
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... state - orators , whether a newfpaper was an article of luxury or neceffity ; but the Minister , who was more defirous to obtain an addition to the revenue , than to wait for the difcuffion of fo intricate a question , hurried the bu ...
... state - orators , whether a newfpaper was an article of luxury or neceffity ; but the Minister , who was more defirous to obtain an addition to the revenue , than to wait for the difcuffion of fo intricate a question , hurried the bu ...
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Page 203 - Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No ! Men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued, In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain, — These constitute a State ; And sovereign law, that State's collected will, • O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing...
Page 281 - Selkirk's interest with his king, and esteeming, as I do, his private character, I wished to make him the happy instrument of alleviating the horrors of hopeless captivity, when the brave are overpowered and made prisoners of war. It was perhaps, fortunate for you, Madam, that he was from home, for it was my intention to have taken him on board the Ranger, and to have detained him until, through his means, a general and fair exchange of prisoners, as well in Europe as in America, had been effected.
Page 203 - Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride ; Not starred and spangled courts Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No ! Men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued, In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain, — These constitute a State...
Page 114 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 261 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Page 364 - ... desk, where he sat and wrote after copies of court and other hands the clerks gave him. He made himself so expert a writer that he took in business, and earned some pence by hackney-writing.
Page 282 - " I hope this cruel contest will soon be closed ; but should it continue, I wage no war with the fair. I acknowledge their force, and bend before it with submission. Let not, therefore, the amiable Countess of Selkirk regard me...
Page 282 - The amiable lieutenant lay mortally wounded, besides near forty of the inferior officers and crew, killed and wounded: a melancholy demonstration of the uncertainty of human prospects, and of the sad reverse of fortune which an hour can produce.
Page 46 - Mr. Wilkes, as an officer in the militia for the faid county of Buckingham. I am with refpect, My Lord, Your lordlhip's moft obedient » humble fervant, Whitehall, EGREMONT.
Page 364 - EXTRACT FROM NORTH'S LIFE OF THE LORD KEEPER GUILFORD.* The Lord Chief Justice Saunders succeeded in the room of Pemberton. His character and his beginning were equally strange. He was at first no better than a poor beggar boy, if not a parish foundling, without known parents or relations. He had found a way to live by obsequiousness in Clement's Inn, as I remember, and courting the attorney's clerks for scraps.