The Scots Magazine, Band 41Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, 1779 |
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... Some Some events feemed calculated to che- rish this ambition , 10 Vol . 41 Hiftory 1777 : Great Britain , & c .
... Some Some events feemed calculated to che- rish this ambition , 10 Vol . 41 Hiftory 1777 : Great Britain , & c .
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Some events feemed calculated to che- rish this ambition , if it really exifts in the degree that is reprefented . A few years fince , the spirit of administration feemed ftrongly difpofed to trace out new fources of power and wealth ...
Some events feemed calculated to che- rish this ambition , if it really exifts in the degree that is reprefented . A few years fince , the spirit of administration feemed ftrongly difpofed to trace out new fources of power and wealth ...
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... Some change had taken place in the di- rection , and a new prefident was placed at its head , in confequence of the late e- lection at the India - house . All the que- ftions preparatory to the main propofi- tions were carried in ...
... Some change had taken place in the di- rection , and a new prefident was placed at its head , in confequence of the late e- lection at the India - house . All the que- ftions preparatory to the main propofi- tions were carried in ...
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... some thing , and the moft extenfive propofitions that could be framed under the instruc- tions , were therefore the most probable to fucceed , if not with the Congrefs , at least with the people at large , who would now fee , they had ...
... some thing , and the moft extenfive propofitions that could be framed under the instruc- tions , were therefore the most probable to fucceed , if not with the Congrefs , at least with the people at large , who would now fee , they had ...
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... Some gentlemen have prailed it as an excellent refined stroke of policy , to get rid of an embarraffing que- tion about Gen. Burgoyne's troops . I again repeat , I difdain all that policy founded on injuftice and dishonour ; the more ...
... Some gentlemen have prailed it as an excellent refined stroke of policy , to get rid of an embarraffing que- tion about Gen. Burgoyne's troops . I again repeat , I difdain all that policy founded on injuftice and dishonour ; the more ...
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Seite 294 - ... from the torch of a person clothed in the dress of an attendant on a funeral, and accompanied by several others, who, like him, seemed to have been employed in the rites of sepulture.
Seite 294 - Christian should ; he is even so composed as to be now in his pulpit, ready to deliver a few exhortations to his parishioners, as is the custom with us on such occasions. Follow me, sir, and you shall hear him.
Seite 119 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the buskined stage. But O, sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek.
Seite 293 - I have before described, in the neighbourhood of La Roche's dwelling. A light gleamed on the water, that seemed to proceed from the house ; it moved slowly along as he proceeded up...
Seite 172 - He was particularly curious with regard to the construction of clocks and watches ; and having found, after repeated trials, that he could not bring any two of them to go exactly alike, he reflected, it is...
Seite 291 - He found in them the guileless manner of the earliest times, with the culture and accomplishment of the most refined ones. Every better feeling warm and vivid ; every ungentle one repressed or overcome. He was not addicted to love ; but he felt himself happy in being the friend of Mademoiselle La...
Seite 172 - Exult, then, O sun, in the strength of thy youth ! Age is dark and unlovely ; it is like the glimmering light of the moon when it shines through broken clouds, and the mist is on the hills : the blast of the north is on the plain ; the traveller shrinks in the midst of his journey.
Seite 293 - After some little speculation on the matter, however, he could look on it as a thing fitting, if not quite agreeable, and determined on this...
Seite 233 - Thus an army was poured forth by the woods, mountains, and marshes, which in this part were thickly sown with plantations and villages. The Americans recalled their courage, and, when their regular army seemed to be entirely wasted, the spirit of the country produced a much greater and more formidable force.
Seite 33 - In order to fix more precisely the sense and application of the preceding article, the contracting parties declare, that in case of a rupture between France and England the reciprocal guarantee declared in the said article shall have its full force and effect the moment such war shall break out; and if such rupture shall not take place, the mutual obligations of the said...