The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer, Volume 11James Anderson Mundell and Son, Parliament Stairs, 1792 - Books, Reviews |
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... should go away among the grafs , and so lose sight of them , until another young man came in sight , whom he called to him , that he might fetch- something to carry them home in , that they might be seen before they were destroyed . He ...
... should go away among the grafs , and so lose sight of them , until another young man came in sight , whom he called to him , that he might fetch- something to carry them home in , that they might be seen before they were destroyed . He ...
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... should recommend to his choice . ' . This new mifsionary is thus characterized in a succeeding part of this publication . The obstacles he has surmounted , and the dangers he has escaped , appear to have made but little imprefsion on ...
... should recommend to his choice . ' . This new mifsionary is thus characterized in a succeeding part of this publication . The obstacles he has surmounted , and the dangers he has escaped , appear to have made but little imprefsion on ...
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... should this opprefsive system of legislation be aban- doned , and the people put into easy circumstances , their numbers would rapidly increase . In a fhort time , instead · of a half , there would be a whole million of inhabitants ...
... should this opprefsive system of legislation be aban- doned , and the people put into easy circumstances , their numbers would rapidly increase . In a fhort time , instead · of a half , there would be a whole million of inhabitants ...
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... should , by the absence of man , and the slackening of his industry , become once more barren and steril as at first The land of Palestine that once supported such a number of people , as must have covered even its hills with ...
... should , by the absence of man , and the slackening of his industry , become once more barren and steril as at first The land of Palestine that once supported such a number of people , as must have covered even its hills with ...
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... should be glad that you give directions to the postmaster general to receive letters , weighing eight ounces , which will enable me to transmit them . you I expect that will favour me with a list of the su- perintendants of mulberry ...
... should be glad that you give directions to the postmaster general to receive letters , weighing eight ounces , which will enable me to transmit them . you I expect that will favour me with a list of the su- perintendants of mulberry ...
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Page 326 - I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises ; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory ; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 145 - Jupiter, who had decreed that a lasting union should be solemnized between them, so soon as they were arrived at maturer years. But in the mean time the sons of men deviated from their native innocence ; Vice and Ruin overran the earth with giant strides ; and Astrea, with her train of celestial visitants, forsook their polluted abodes.
Page 300 - ... it was requited, he began at length to make excuses, and beg a thousand pardons, when the Indian interrupted him, and said, "When you see poor Indians fainting for a cup of cold water, don't say again, 'Get you gone, you Indian dog!
Page 299 - No, you shall have none here, replied the planter. But I am very faint, said the savage. Will you give me only a draught of cold water? Get you gone, you Indian dog; you shall have nothing here, said the planter.
Page 145 - Hope, who was his nurse, and conveyed by her to the forests of Arcadia, where he was brought up among the shepherds. But Jupiter assigned him a different partner, and commanded him to espouse Sorrow, the daughter of Ate. He complied with reluctance ; for her features were...
Page 146 - One day, as she sat musing by the waters of Helicon, her tears by chance fell into the fountain; and ever since the Muse's spring has retained a strong taste of the infusion.
Page 145 - From this union sprung a virgin, in whom might be traced a strong resemblance to both her parents ; but the sullen and unamiable features of her mother were so mixed and blended with the sweetness of her father, that her countenance, though mournful, was highly pleasing. The maids and shepherds of the neighbouring plains gathered round, and called her Pity. A...
Page 300 - He then offered him some venison, and such other refreshment as his store afforded, and having laid some bearskins for his bed, he desired that he would repose himself for the night, and he would awake him early in the morning, and conduct him on his way. Accordingly in the morning they set off, and the Indian led him out of the forest, and put him into the...
Page 298 - The bodies were buried in a cross-road, and a stone erected over the grave, with this inscription : " Here lie the remains of four unknown ruffians, who> deservedly lost ' their lives, in an attempt to rob and murder a worthy woman and her family. A stranger who slept in the house, to which Divine Providence undoubtedly directed him, was the principal instrument in preventing the perpetration of such horrid designs, which justly entitles him to a lasting memorial, and the thanks of the public. John...
Page 298 - ... the blows were repeated, and the door almost broken through by a sledge, or some heavy instrument. By this time the widow and her daughters were much alarmed by this violent attack, and ran almost frantic through different parts of the house, exclaiming