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... reason to hope that your intel- may sometimes indulge in , and par- lectual improvement will proceed don the ... reasons for adopting the pre- sent appellation . cast my eye upon the wide world , and shuddered to think , that in its ...
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... reason . I am sure , for my part , I always loved " books better than company ; but " she , that ghost , Gentlemen , that " stands laughing at me , contrived , " by the help of her tongue and eyes , " to draw me from them : and the ...
... reason . I am sure , for my part , I always loved " books better than company ; but " she , that ghost , Gentlemen , that " stands laughing at me , contrived , " by the help of her tongue and eyes , " to draw me from them : and the ...
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... reasons on which it is founded , af quantity of goods than it otherwise ford the most powerful arguments would have done . That this is against it ? Such is our present the case , is obvious , from the pre- system ; and , as I have , I ...
... reasons on which it is founded , af quantity of goods than it otherwise ford the most powerful arguments would have done . That this is against it ? Such is our present the case , is obvious , from the pre- system ; and , as I have , I ...
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... reason for demanding more quences , particularly those whose for his goods . Add to this , that incomes are fixed , as all annuitants , the seller of any taxed article , ex- stockholders , & c . & c . Thus indi- pects to be reimbursed ...
... reason for demanding more quences , particularly those whose for his goods . Add to this , that incomes are fixed , as all annuitants , the seller of any taxed article , ex- stockholders , & c . & c . Thus indi- pects to be reimbursed ...
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... reason of his being so warm an antagonist to the Bishop of Salisbury , whose zeal had so eminently exerted it- of Sir Walter Raleigh , " by X. X. in As an author , he was undoubtedly the last number of your miscellany , possessed of a ...
... reason of his being so warm an antagonist to the Bishop of Salisbury , whose zeal had so eminently exerted it- of Sir Walter Raleigh , " by X. X. in As an author , he was undoubtedly the last number of your miscellany , possessed of a ...
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Seite 367 - I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that at 5 o'clock PM on the 6th of August last, in latitude 24° 44...
Seite 373 - Koran no forward glances to a coming golden age when the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea, such as irradiate the hymns and prophecies of the Old Testament.
Seite 30 - He affects the metaphysics, not only in his satires, but in his amorous verses, where nature only should reign; and perplexes the minds of the fair sex with nice speculations of philosophy, when he should engage their hearts, and entertain them with the softnesses of love.
Seite 330 - Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought.
Seite 511 - Sole-sitting, still at every dying fall Takes up again her lamentable strain Of winding woe ; till, wide around, the woods Sigh to her song, and with her wail resound.
Seite 80 - ... by the most determined bravery, not only repelled every attempt of the enemy to gain ground, but actually forced him to retire, although he had brought up fresh troops in support of those originally engaged. " The enemy, finding himself foiled in every attempt to force the right of the position, endeavoured by numbers to turn it.
Seite 80 - Upon the left, the enemy at first (contented himself with an attack upon our picquets, which, however, in general maintained their ground. Finding, however, his efforts unavailing on the right and centre, he seemed determined to render the attack upon the left more serious; and had succeeded in obtaining possession of the village, through which the great road to Madrid passes, and which was situated in front of that part of the line. From this post, however, he was soon expelled with...
Seite 82 - Wolfe, his last moments were gilded by the prospect of success, and cheered by the acclamation of victory; like Wolfe, also, his memory will for ever remain sacred in that country which he sincerely loved, and which he had so faithfully served.
Seite 30 - You equal Donne in the variety, multiplicity, and choice of thoughts; you excel him in the manner and the words. I read you both with the same admiration, but not with the same delight.
Seite 80 - Before five in the evening, we had not only successfully repelled every attack made upon the position, but had gained ground in almost all points, and occupied a more forward line than at the commencement of the action; whilst the enemy confined his operations to a cannonade, and the fire of his light troops, with a view to draw off his other corps. At six the firing entirely ceased.