Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, 94. köidePub. for J. Hinton., 1794 |
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... muft till partake of that imperfection infeparable from whatever is of human conftruction ; fatisfied , that that government , after all , is fufficiency perfect , in which , compara- tively , few real grievances are felt ; every member ...
... muft till partake of that imperfection infeparable from whatever is of human conftruction ; fatisfied , that that government , after all , is fufficiency perfect , in which , compara- tively , few real grievances are felt ; every member ...
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... muft be dried up , fo as to render it incapable of furnithing new vapours ; whence he concluded that neither clouds , nor rains , nor winds exifted there , and , of course , neither plants nor animals . Now , this is the very reafon ...
... muft be dried up , fo as to render it incapable of furnithing new vapours ; whence he concluded that neither clouds , nor rains , nor winds exifted there , and , of course , neither plants nor animals . Now , this is the very reafon ...
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... muft naturally be an object of care and anxiety to the other sex . Let us not , therefore , exercile an improper feve- rity on their care in this refpect , un- lefs we can confcientiously acquit our felves or giving an abfurd preference ...
... muft naturally be an object of care and anxiety to the other sex . Let us not , therefore , exercile an improper feve- rity on their care in this refpect , un- lefs we can confcientiously acquit our felves or giving an abfurd preference ...
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... muft continue for fome time longer to enjoy the freedom which L brought with me when I fat down in my prefent refidence . H Dec. 2 , 1793 . I am , fir , yours , On SINGULARITY of MANNERS . INCOGNITO . [ From The Reveries of Solitude ...
... muft continue for fome time longer to enjoy the freedom which L brought with me when I fat down in my prefent refidence . H Dec. 2 , 1793 . I am , fir , yours , On SINGULARITY of MANNERS . INCOGNITO . [ From The Reveries of Solitude ...
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... muft in- form you that the free - fchool is pro- vided with a very good library , a circumftance we do not always meet with in places of greater wealth and magnitude . Before I got out of the town , the chaife was followed by a troop of ...
... muft in- form you that the free - fchool is pro- vided with a very good library , a circumftance we do not always meet with in places of greater wealth and magnitude . Before I got out of the town , the chaife was followed by a troop of ...
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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...