The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, Volume 38R. Baldwin, 1769 - English essays |
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Page 70
... measures were in general fo extremely fortunate . On the contrary , the number of our conquefts procured them an ... measure be overftrained , it was upon the whole but grounded too juftly ; the peace which this minifter made , though ...
... measures were in general fo extremely fortunate . On the contrary , the number of our conquefts procured them an ... measure be overftrained , it was upon the whole but grounded too juftly ; the peace which this minifter made , though ...
Page 71
... at the treatment he had received , declared as loudly as any body against the measures of Lord B- ; at the fame time that he ap peared to difapprove very much of the principles 72 principles upon which the oppofition of the Minority was.
... at the treatment he had received , declared as loudly as any body against the measures of Lord B- ; at the fame time that he ap peared to difapprove very much of the principles 72 principles upon which the oppofition of the Minority was.
Page 76
... measures , " when thefe very colonics have in the courfe of feveral years by their imports annually paid a million of our public charges , 30 per cent . upon the ma- nufacturers price , and 40 per cent . upon an average more than they ...
... measures , " when thefe very colonics have in the courfe of feveral years by their imports annually paid a million of our public charges , 30 per cent . upon the ma- nufacturers price , and 40 per cent . upon an average more than they ...
Page 79
... measures , as enemies to any farther reformation , however needful --- when in truth no reform would fatisfy thefe revilers ; but all must be given up to confufion and diforder . Liften to their damours , and you would think that cur ...
... measures , as enemies to any farther reformation , however needful --- when in truth no reform would fatisfy thefe revilers ; but all must be given up to confufion and diforder . Liften to their damours , and you would think that cur ...
Page 89
... measures , and thofe regulating the business and conduct of millers , or mealmen , fhould be ftrict- ly complied with , and it might be neceffary to regifter the feveral prices , the buyers and fellers names , and for what intent ...
... measures , and thofe regulating the business and conduct of millers , or mealmen , fhould be ftrict- ly complied with , and it might be neceffary to regifter the feveral prices , the buyers and fellers names , and for what intent ...
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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.