The County Magazine, Volume 1B.C. Collins, 1788 |
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... equal at leaft to eight millions . Trade inftantly declined of courfe ; and the greateft bufinefs that was done , was to nego- tiate advantageous loans with the minifter . A Brief SURVEY of the prefent State of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND ...
... equal at leaft to eight millions . Trade inftantly declined of courfe ; and the greateft bufinefs that was done , was to nego- tiate advantageous loans with the minifter . A Brief SURVEY of the prefent State of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND ...
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... equal to hold the reins of govern- ment in a season fo ftrikingly arduous , every hope of fecurity must perish ; the arms and the policy of France must be fuccefsful ; and Englishmen , anticipating the condition of flaves , may prepare ...
... equal to hold the reins of govern- ment in a season fo ftrikingly arduous , every hope of fecurity must perish ; the arms and the policy of France must be fuccefsful ; and Englishmen , anticipating the condition of flaves , may prepare ...
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... equal juftice be extended to oxen . After exploding the notions that obtain , of the dearness of provifions originating in the growing confumption and wafte of luxury ; in the combinations of monopo- lizers ; in taxes ; in the ...
... equal juftice be extended to oxen . After exploding the notions that obtain , of the dearness of provifions originating in the growing confumption and wafte of luxury ; in the combinations of monopo- lizers ; in taxes ; in the ...
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... equal contempt . When fo poor , that it is faid he could hardly command money to left him ; he was even then fuppofed to be pay a tavern - bill , his good fpirits never entirely out of the reach of a bribe , which is more extraordinary ...
... equal contempt . When fo poor , that it is faid he could hardly command money to left him ; he was even then fuppofed to be pay a tavern - bill , his good fpirits never entirely out of the reach of a bribe , which is more extraordinary ...
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... equal racter of a learned man in the extreme . led in the annals of war . From fuch a He shakes his head at the most ... equals the understanding of the audience ; but that he , upon proper occafion , and to a learned company , could ...
... equal racter of a learned man in the extreme . led in the annals of war . From fuch a He shakes his head at the most ... equals the understanding of the audience ; but that he , upon proper occafion , and to a learned company , could ...
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Page 360 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 105 - Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable to him : a new friend is as new wine ; when it is old thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
Page 46 - We entangle ourselves in business, immerge ourselves in luxury, and rove through the labyrinths of inconstancy, till the darkness of old age begins to invade us, and disease and anxiety obstruct our way. We then look back upon our lives with horror, with sorrow, with repentance ; and wish, but too often vainly wish, that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue.
Page 35 - Theirs is yon House that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door ; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day; — • There children dwell who know no parents...
Page 246 - Just in the dubious point, where with the pool Is mix'd the trembling stream, or where it boils Around the stone, or from the hollow'd bank Reverted plays in undulating flow, There throw, nice-judging, the delusive fly; And as you lead it round in artful curve, With eye attentive mark the springing game.
Page 46 - by what chance thou hast been brought hither ; I have been now twenty years an inhabitant of the wilderness, in which I never saw a man before.
Page 46 - He did not, however, forget whither he was travelling, but found a narrow way bordered with flowers...
Page 48 - ... the lion in his rage I meet ! Oft in the dust I view his printed feet ; And fearful oft, when Day's declining light Yields her pale empire to the mourner Night, By hunger...
Page 17 - To fill the ambition of a private man, That Chatham's language was his mother tongue, And Wolfe's great name compatriot with his own.
Page 247 - Thee dispos'd into congenial soils, Stands each attractive plant, and sucks, and swells The juicy tide; a twining mass of tubes. At Thy command the vernal sun awakes The torpid sap, detruded to the root By wintry winds; that now in fluent dance, And lively fermentation, mounting, spreads All this innumerous-coloured scene of things.