The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 89, Part 2; Volume 126F. Jefferies, 1819 The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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... Lady in Threadneedle - street , " placed in a course of the most violent and poisonous medicines by our political quacks , because we believe , that the insulting process would cer- tainly end in her dissolution ; and that the treatment ...
... Lady in Threadneedle - street , " placed in a course of the most violent and poisonous medicines by our political quacks , because we believe , that the insulting process would cer- tainly end in her dissolution ; and that the treatment ...
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... to the Devil , Sirrah , take him away . " Sir John and his lady were buried in St. John's Chancel in Ludlow Church , where there is a monument to his memory . THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE , For JULY , 1819 . MISCELLANEOUS [ 2 ]
... to the Devil , Sirrah , take him away . " Sir John and his lady were buried in St. John's Chancel in Ludlow Church , where there is a monument to his memory . THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE , For JULY , 1819 . MISCELLANEOUS [ 2 ]
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... , take him away . " Sir John and his lady were buried in St. John's Chancel in Ludlow Church , where there is a monument to his memory . THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE , For JULY , 1819 . MISCELLANEOUS [ 2 ] MINOR CORRESPONDENCE. ...
... , take him away . " Sir John and his lady were buried in St. John's Chancel in Ludlow Church , where there is a monument to his memory . THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE , For JULY , 1819 . MISCELLANEOUS [ 2 ] MINOR CORRESPONDENCE. ...
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... Ladies any part of their claim to the distinction so honourably conferred upon them , and without impeaching the candour of the very learned Tra- veller who has favoured us with the narrative , and without endeavouring to raise the ...
... Ladies any part of their claim to the distinction so honourably conferred upon them , and without impeaching the candour of the very learned Tra- veller who has favoured us with the narrative , and without endeavouring to raise the ...
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... lady , in which he expressed much more concern for the condition in which he was likely to leave the public affairs in the West Indies , than for his own . During the whole of his illness , he showed great calmness and presence of mind ...
... lady , in which he expressed much more concern for the condition in which he was likely to leave the public affairs in the West Indies , than for his own . During the whole of his illness , he showed great calmness and presence of mind ...
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Page 55 - and attentively read these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that this " Volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, ' more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and * finer strains both of Poetry and Eloquence, than can be' collected from * all other books, in whatever age or language they may have been composed.
Page 138 - I was pleased with the reply of a gentleman, who being asked which book he esteemed most in his library, answered, — "Shakspeare": being asked which he esteemed next best, replied — "Hogarth.
Page 52 - For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Page 109 - See how the world its veterans rewards ! A youth of frolics, an old age of cards ; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend ; A fop their passion, but their prize a sot, Alive ridiculous, and dead forgot ! Ah friend ! to dazzle let the vain design ; To raise the thought and touch the heart be thine!
Page 450 - But to those to whom he more immediately belonged, — who lived in his society, and enjoyed his conversation, it is not, perhaps, the character in which he will be most frequently recalled— most deeply lamented — or even most highly admired. Independently of his great attainments in mechanics, Mr. Watt was an extraordinary, and in many respects a wonderful man. Perhaps no individual in his age possessed so much and such varied and exact information, —had read so much, or remembered what he...
Page 426 - See the wretch, that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again : The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Page 321 - What then ? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Page 139 - The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; 'Tis yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued Nature and reviving Sense ; To chase the charms of sound, the pomp of show, For useful mirth and salutary woe ; Bid scenic Virtue form the rising age, And Truth diffuse her radiance from the stage.
Page 542 - Most Gracious Sovereign, WE, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Oxford, beg leave to approach your Majesty's throne with the renewed assurance of our devoted attachment.
Page 109 - Still out of reach, yet never out of view ; Sure, if they catch, to spoil the toy at most, To covet flying, and regret when lost : At last to follies youth could scarce defend.