The London Magazine Enlarged and Improved, Volumes 2-3R. Baldwin, 1784 |
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... refolution of the Houfe for the recall of the Gover nour - General , and the refolution of the the Court of Proprietors , by which he was to 1724 S PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY .
... refolution of the Houfe for the recall of the Gover nour - General , and the refolution of the the Court of Proprietors , by which he was to 1724 S PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY .
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... refolution to fupport him in the Chair ? " The numbers now appeared to be 119 to 42 , in fat our of this queftion . HERE the oppofition was twice in the minority . Then Lord Mahon took the opinion of the members prefent , whether fuch ...
... refolution to fupport him in the Chair ? " The numbers now appeared to be 119 to 42 , in fat our of this queftion . HERE the oppofition was twice in the minority . Then Lord Mahon took the opinion of the members prefent , whether fuch ...
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... refolution , a feadiness , and a compofure of mind not to be moved by flattery , nor to beaten by threats . Without fawn- ing or infinuation , he was the favour- ite of his companions , and had , by his afected generofity and courage ...
... refolution , a feadiness , and a compofure of mind not to be moved by flattery , nor to beaten by threats . Without fawn- ing or infinuation , he was the favour- ite of his companions , and had , by his afected generofity and courage ...
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... refolution refpecting the refidence of foreign fecretary in London , and to request Dr. Hutton to refume the fame . " - The queftion of courfe was agitated laft Thursday : the bufinefs was opened by Baron Maferes , and feconded by Dr ...
... refolution refpecting the refidence of foreign fecretary in London , and to request Dr. Hutton to refume the fame . " - The queftion of courfe was agitated laft Thursday : the bufinefs was opened by Baron Maferes , and feconded by Dr ...
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... refolution to Belcour , a fiende his , whom he has come down to fee at the feat of Lord Hectic , a a man of fashion , who fancies him- Ef a man of prowefs , in fpite of an irfirm conftitution , and who , by the ance of an Irish coufin ...
... refolution to Belcour , a fiende his , whom he has come down to fee at the feat of Lord Hectic , a a man of fashion , who fancies him- Ef a man of prowefs , in fpite of an irfirm conftitution , and who , by the ance of an Irish coufin ...
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Page 362 - ... certain it is that whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the communicating and discoursing with another:, he tosseth his thoughts more easily; he marshalleth them more orderly; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words; finally, he waxeth wiser than himself, and that more by an hour's discourse than by a day's meditation.
Page 397 - You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both! If it be you that stir these daughters...
Page 487 - SWEET maid, if thou would'st charm my sight, And bid these arms thy neck infold ; That rosy cheek, that lily hand, • Would give thy poet more delight Than all Bocara's vaunted gold, Than all the gems of Samarcand.
Page 453 - And accordingly she is provided with the organs and faculty of speech, by which she can throw out signs with amazing facility, and vary them without end. Thus we have built up an animal body, which would seem to be pretty complete ; but as it is the nature of matter to be altered and worked upon by matter, so in a very little time such a living creature must be destroyed, if there is no provision for...
Page 26 - Esq., to collect and publish my works, with the remarks and explanations he has prepared, and any others he thinks proper to make.
Page 220 - Life; yet running perhaps the same Course, which Rome itself had run before it; from virtuous Industry to Wealth; from Wealth to Luxury; from Luxury to an Impatience of Discipline and Corruption of Morals; till by a total Degeneracy and loss of Virtue, being grown ripe for Destruction, it falls a Prey at last to some hardy Oppressor, and, with the Loss of Liberty, losing every Thing else, that is valuable, sinks gradually again into its original Barbarism.
Page 309 - ... admitting among the additions of later times, only such as may supply real deficiencies, such as are readily adopted by the genius of our tongue, and incorporate easily with our native idioms.
Page 22 - ... and to all nations; not to be dipt in the dirt of the faction of a day, of an insignificant part of the country, when it might command the admiration of the whole.
Page 471 - A ftranger may be accommodated not only comfortably, but moft elegantly, at many public hotels ; and the perfon who in 1763 was obliged to put up with accommodation little better than that of a waggoner or carrier, may now be lodged like a prince, and command every luxury of life — His guinea, it muft be owned, will not go quite fo far as it did in 1763.
Page 362 - Neither is this second fruit of friendship, in opening the understanding, restrained only to such friends as are able to give a man counsel, (they indeed are best,) but even without that a man learneth of himself, and bringeth his own thoughts to light, and whetteth his wits as against a stone, which itself cuts not.