The Magazine of Magazines: Compiled from Original Pieces, with Extracts from the Most Celebrated Books, and Periodical Compositions, Published in Europe... The Whole Forming a Complete Literary and Historical Account of that Period..., Volume 13Andrew Welsh, 1757 |
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... service , for overtuning our liberties , all the poor men who had been in service , and who would of course be equally mafters of military difcipline , would unite under the command of fome ambitious rich men who had formerly been ...
... service , for overtuning our liberties , all the poor men who had been in service , and who would of course be equally mafters of military difcipline , would unite under the command of fome ambitious rich men who had formerly been ...
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... service was neither any punishment to them , not reparation to the nation . And there are many , who to this day wanton in the fpoils taken from mer- chant ships , and are honoured with commands in a fervice which they have difgraced by ...
... service was neither any punishment to them , not reparation to the nation . And there are many , who to this day wanton in the fpoils taken from mer- chant ships , and are honoured with commands in a fervice which they have difgraced by ...
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... service , is not here confidered as a reward , but as pay , and ought to be fufficient com- penfation for time , labour , and ordi- nary dangers . If any further en- couragement be thought requifite , it is , when fome extrarordinary ...
... service , is not here confidered as a reward , but as pay , and ought to be fufficient com- penfation for time , labour , and ordi- nary dangers . If any further en- couragement be thought requifite , it is , when fome extrarordinary ...
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... service . Merchant ships , of confiderable bur- then , are of much more value than large men of war . A coward there- fore , may without danger get an am- ple fortune ; while a brave man , af- ter a gallant action , full of danger , may ...
... service . Merchant ships , of confiderable bur- then , are of much more value than large men of war . A coward there- fore , may without danger get an am- ple fortune ; while a brave man , af- ter a gallant action , full of danger , may ...
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... service . It is the interest , as well as duty , of every Englishman to do all in his power to render thefe fchemes abortive ; fuf- fer me then , by the channel of your Magazine , to throw in my mite as a help . ant - fhips , efpecially ...
... service . It is the interest , as well as duty , of every Englishman to do all in his power to render thefe fchemes abortive ; fuf- fer me then , by the channel of your Magazine , to throw in my mite as a help . ant - fhips , efpecially ...
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