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..., 13. köideAndrew Welsh, 1757 |
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Page 78
... say , Thus on the sparkling ftream to play , And quit the fields of air ; How dull , becaufe on wings they rise , Is yonder crowd of vulgar flies , To float for ever there . Still let the timid fordid crew The fame old beaten track ...
... say , Thus on the sparkling ftream to play , And quit the fields of air ; How dull , becaufe on wings they rise , Is yonder crowd of vulgar flies , To float for ever there . Still let the timid fordid crew The fame old beaten track ...
Page 173
... Say , fhall we linger ftill in thought pro- found , And meditate the mournfull paths te fame ? What tho ' no cyprefs fhades in funeral rows , No fculptur'd urns the laft records of fate , O'er the fhrunk terrace wave their baleful ...
... Say , fhall we linger ftill in thought pro- found , And meditate the mournfull paths te fame ? What tho ' no cyprefs fhades in funeral rows , No fculptur'd urns the laft records of fate , O'er the fhrunk terrace wave their baleful ...
Page 212
... say Na- ture , always ready to encounter and diflodge an enemy , unites her forces , and most strongly refifts the gangre- nous and mortifying quality of the matter of the fmali - pox , and casts ic out by way of defpumation , as we ...
... say Na- ture , always ready to encounter and diflodge an enemy , unites her forces , and most strongly refifts the gangre- nous and mortifying quality of the matter of the fmali - pox , and casts ic out by way of defpumation , as we ...
Page 240
... say fcandaloufly , reftored to them by the treaty of Aix - la - Chapelle , we should have foon compelled them to fue for . peace , because we could then have ef- fectually prevented their fending fup- plies either of troops , ammunition ...
... say fcandaloufly , reftored to them by the treaty of Aix - la - Chapelle , we should have foon compelled them to fue for . peace , because we could then have ef- fectually prevented their fending fup- plies either of troops , ammunition ...
Page 241
... says he , per iram aut cupiditàtem_aðum efl : Nec fenderunt bellum prius , quam intulerunt , In fuch cafes , Sir , a previous folemn declaration of war is never neceffary , or at least it ought never even in com- mon decency to be made ...
... says he , per iram aut cupiditàtem_aðum efl : Nec fenderunt bellum prius , quam intulerunt , In fuch cafes , Sir , a previous folemn declaration of war is never neceffary , or at least it ought never even in com- mon decency to be made ...
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