Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, 94. köidePub. for J. Hinton., 1794 |
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... firft , with contempt and ri- fage in Plutarch , by which it appears , that. I AKENSIDE . which , ages ago , were taught by the ancients , and at lat adopted by the moderns , after having undergone a not uncommon fate , that of being ...
... firft , with contempt and ri- fage in Plutarch , by which it appears , that. I AKENSIDE . which , ages ago , were taught by the ancients , and at lat adopted by the moderns , after having undergone a not uncommon fate , that of being ...
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... firft held them . The most rationel iyitem in itself , and which agrees beit with the moft accurate oblervations , is that pro- pofed , about the year 1530 , by Ni- colaus Copernicus , a celebrated arc- nomer of Poland , who placed the ...
... firft held them . The most rationel iyitem in itself , and which agrees beit with the moft accurate oblervations , is that pro- pofed , about the year 1530 , by Ni- colaus Copernicus , a celebrated arc- nomer of Poland , who placed the ...
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... firft matter of picturefque fcience . The county of Gloucefter is di- vided into three capital parts , the Wolds , or high downy grounds to- ward the east the vale of Severn in the middle , and the foreft of Dean toward the weit . The ...
... firft matter of picturefque fcience . The county of Gloucefter is di- vided into three capital parts , the Wolds , or high downy grounds to- ward the east the vale of Severn in the middle , and the foreft of Dean toward the weit . The ...
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... firft too fuddenly effected . The change in the circumstances , habits , and opi- nions of the people was too violent , and they were too little prepared for the enjoyment of liberty . Had the court anticipated the affembling of the ...
... firft too fuddenly effected . The change in the circumstances , habits , and opi- nions of the people was too violent , and they were too little prepared for the enjoyment of liberty . Had the court anticipated the affembling of the ...
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... firft approaches , nor too grateful to him who points out its fource in a quarter where we leaft expected it . As to cenforioufnefs , independent of its being the most unamiable of all difpofitions , it approaches the nearest of any to ...
... firft approaches , nor too grateful to him who points out its fource in a quarter where we leaft expected it . As to cenforioufnefs , independent of its being the most unamiable of all difpofitions , it approaches the nearest of any to ...
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Page 436 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins...
Page 408 - Son, This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world, Is now leased out, I die pronouncing it, Like to a tenement or pelting farm...
Page 408 - This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed, and famous by their birth, Renowned for their deeds...
Page 115 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Page 101 - Superstition, by which she endeavours to break those chains of benevolence and social affection that link the welfare of every particular with that of the whole. Remember, that the greatest honour you can pay to the Author of your being, is by such a cheerful behaviour as discovers a mind satisfied with his dispensations.
Page 360 - I. the court of king's bench, relying on some arbitrary precedents, and those perhaps misunderstood, determined that they could not upon a habeas corpus either bail or deliver a prisoner, though committed without any cause assigned, in case he was committed by the special command of the king, or by the lords of the privy council.
Page 114 - To give me audience : — If the midnight bell Did, with his iron tongue and brazen mouth, Sound one unto the drowsy race of night...
Page 359 - This is a high prerogative writ, and therefore by the common law issuing out of the court of king's bench not only in term time, but also during the vacation, by a fiat from the chief justice or any other of the judges, and running into all parts of the king's dominions ; for the king is at all times entitled to have an account, why the liberty of any of his subjects is restrained, wherever that restraint may be inflicted.
Page 407 - O but they say the tongues of dying men Enforce attention like deep harmony: Where words are scarce, they are seldom spent in vain. For they breathe truth that breathe their words in pain.
Page 410 - All murder'd : for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...