Annual Register, Band 6Edmund Burke 1764 |
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... feet 4 barrels Ico boxes 20 bushels 3,500 751 barrels 11 ditto Died lately . Mary Toft , the famous rabbit woman , of Godal- man , in Surry . Reverend Mr. Crook , rector of Brinkworth , Wilts , aged near 100 . Nicholas Schraen , a ...
... feet 4 barrels Ico boxes 20 bushels 3,500 751 barrels 11 ditto Died lately . Mary Toft , the famous rabbit woman , of Godal- man , in Surry . Reverend Mr. Crook , rector of Brinkworth , Wilts , aged near 100 . Nicholas Schraen , a ...
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... feet nine inches diameter , and five in- ches thick , which he reduced to the form of a lens ; and having about noon expofed it to the fun , the rays tranfmittted thro ' it , ( converged to a focus at feven feet diftance ) fired ...
... feet nine inches diameter , and five in- ches thick , which he reduced to the form of a lens ; and having about noon expofed it to the fun , the rays tranfmittted thro ' it , ( converged to a focus at feven feet diftance ) fired ...
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... feet under water ; at Lambeth the long walk , by the bishop's palace , was over- Rowed , and boats were employed in the town to carry people from house to houfes The damage done by this high tide , has been com- puted at : 20 , oool In ...
... feet under water ; at Lambeth the long walk , by the bishop's palace , was over- Rowed , and boats were employed in the town to carry people from house to houfes The damage done by this high tide , has been com- puted at : 20 , oool In ...
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... feet . Most of the brick wall . and houfes were either damaged or fallen ; a new room at the fort , ftrong built of brick , was fhivered on all fides from top to bottom , and great part of the old building was thrown down . In many ...
... feet . Most of the brick wall . and houfes were either damaged or fallen ; a new room at the fort , ftrong built of brick , was fhivered on all fides from top to bottom , and great part of the old building was thrown down . In many ...
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... feet of the fpire , were deftroyed by the lightning . + An handfome collection was made at St. Andrew's church Hol- born , and Merchant Taylor's hall . at the anniversary fermon and feaft of the fociety of ancient Britons , for the ...
... feet of the fpire , were deftroyed by the lightning . + An handfome collection was made at St. Andrew's church Hol- born , and Merchant Taylor's hall . at the anniversary fermon and feaft of the fociety of ancient Britons , for the ...
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Seite 181 - I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, And will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, And give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles ; To open the blind eyes, To bring out the prisoners from the prison, And them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Seite 181 - And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth : for it is not fit that he should live.
Seite 39 - think proper to be gone from you ; however, that you " may not want company, I have left you the bear, as the " moft fuitable companion in the world that could be
Seite 278 - ... which is the term they give it. There is a set of old women who make it their business to perform the operation every autumn, in the month of September, when the great heat is abated. People send to one another to know if any of their family has a mind to have the smallpox: they make parties for this purpose and when they are met (commonly fifteen or sixteen together), the old woman comes with a nutshell full of the matter of the best sort of smallpox and asks what vein you please to have opened.
Seite 284 - Vizier's ; and the very house confessed the difference between an old devotee and a young beauty. It was nicely clean and magnificent. I was met at the door by two black eunuchs, who led me through a long gallery between two ranks of beautiful young girls, with their hair finely plaited, almost hanging to their feet, all dressed in fine light damasks, brocaded with silver. I was sorry that decency did not permit me to stop to consider them nearer.
Seite 136 - ... in confequence of the heavy charge brought againft you, for being the author of an infamous and feditious libel, tending to inflame the minds, and alienate the affections of the people from...
Seite 206 - Councils, and the Representatives of the People so to be summoned as aforesaid, to make, constitute, and ordain Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances for the Public Peace, Welfare, and good Government of our said Colonies, and of the People and Inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the Laws of England...
Seite 206 - ... according to law and equity, and, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England...
Seite 286 - ... maids were ranged below the sofa to the number of twenty, and put me in mind of the pictures of the ancient nymphs. I did not think all nature could have furnished such a scene of beauty. She made them a sign to play and dance. Four of them immediately began to play some soft airs on instruments between a lute and a guitar, which they accompanied with their voices, while the others danced by turns. This dance was very different from what I had seen before.