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... most honourable teftimony to the genero- fity of his difpofitions , and to the warmth of his affections , was ftrongly marked with that manly decifion in his plans , and that perfevering fteadinefs in their execution , which were charac ...
... most honourable teftimony to the genero- fity of his difpofitions , and to the warmth of his affections , was ftrongly marked with that manly decifion in his plans , and that perfevering fteadinefs in their execution , which were charac ...
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... most ex- cruciating tortures , and death when taken prisoners , ought to exempt them from that character . Much lefs are they to be characterifed as a people of no vivacity , and who are excited to action or motion only by the calls of ...
... most ex- cruciating tortures , and death when taken prisoners , ought to exempt them from that character . Much lefs are they to be characterifed as a people of no vivacity , and who are excited to action or motion only by the calls of ...
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... most original un- dertakings , the great expence incurred for experiments neceflary to its perfec- tion , leaves , we understand , but an in- adequate remuneration to the propri- etors ; who , we think , may very mo- deftly affert ...
... most original un- dertakings , the great expence incurred for experiments neceflary to its perfec- tion , leaves , we understand , but an in- adequate remuneration to the propri- etors ; who , we think , may very mo- deftly affert ...
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... most of the principal characters which eftab- lifhed Macklin's theatrical reputation ; and taking him on the general fcale of his merits , we may fairly conclude him to be an Actor in fome parts original , in many respectable ; and in ...
... most of the principal characters which eftab- lifhed Macklin's theatrical reputation ; and taking him on the general fcale of his merits , we may fairly conclude him to be an Actor in fome parts original , in many respectable ; and in ...
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... most bitter philippic ever published . And here the controverfy ended . Scioppius was a good Latinift , and bad begun to distinguish himself fo early , that he has been placed by Baillet , in the " Catalogue des Enfans célé bres . " But ...
... most bitter philippic ever published . And here the controverfy ended . Scioppius was a good Latinift , and bad begun to distinguish himself fo early , that he has been placed by Baillet , in the " Catalogue des Enfans célé bres . " But ...
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Page 285 - By opening this intercourse between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and forming regular establishments through the interior, and at both extremes, as well as along the coasts and islands, the entire command of the fur trade of North America might be obtained, from latitude 48.
Page 250 - Poetry, he will find but very few precepts in it, which he may not meet with in Aristotle, and which were not commonly known by all the poets of the Augustan age. His way of expressing and applying them, not his invention of them, is what we are chiefly to admire.
Page 250 - God will one time or another make a difference between the good and the evil ; but there is little or no difference made in this world. Therefore there must be another world wherein this difference shall be made.
Page 379 - Butler-abo, or other words like, or otherwise contrary to the king's laws, his crown, and dignity, and peace; but to call only on St. George, or the name of his sovereign lord the king of England for the time being.
Page 163 - Toulouse, where they fixed their residence for eighteen months, and where, in addition to the pleasure of an agreeable society, Mr. Smith had an opportunity of correcting and extending his information concerning the internal policy of France, by the intimacy in which he lived with some of the principal persons of the Parliament. From Toulouse they went, by a pretty extensive tour, through the south of France to Geneva.
Page 212 - The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the order of the day for the house...
Page 404 - That the term should be one month from the Channel and the North Seas as far as the Canary Islands Inclusively, whether in the Ocean or in the Mediterranean. Two months from the said Canary Islands as far as the Equinoctial Line or Equator ; and lastly, Five months in all other Parts of the World, without any Exception, or any other more particular description of Time or Place.
Page 253 - ... nothing of what he had a mind to eat or drink ; which gave him a body full of humours, and made his fits of the gout...
Page 154 - I understanding that language, learnt that there was a village about three miles distant, called Belmont. This Indian went to the village, and gave information that the French had landed, and in about two hours the governor of the village, a clergyman, with several armed men, took Conway and Parr prisoners, tying...
Page 256 - Attorney-General, he was by no means what is called a prerogative lawyer. He loved the Constitution, and maintained the just prerogative of the Crown, but without stretching it to the oppression of the people. He was naturally humane, moderate, and decent ; and when, by his former employments he was obliged to prosecute...