The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 6E. Cave, jun. at St John's Gate, 1736 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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 66
Page 3
... ob- ferve that Mr Prompter will affent to nothing but what he has a rigid Demon- Atration of , and that he brings down e- very Thing to the Standard of his own Capacity . Why elfe does he reject the Teftimony of the infpired Writings ...
... ob- ferve that Mr Prompter will affent to nothing but what he has a rigid Demon- Atration of , and that he brings down e- very Thing to the Standard of his own Capacity . Why elfe does he reject the Teftimony of the infpired Writings ...
Page 9
... obferve what the Apoftle practis'd in him- felf and advised as better in all . I Cor . vii . Were not I confcious of having been already too tedious , I would make Tarico fenfible , that the Apottle's Doctrine of Celebacy , may be ...
... obferve what the Apoftle practis'd in him- felf and advised as better in all . I Cor . vii . Were not I confcious of having been already too tedious , I would make Tarico fenfible , that the Apottle's Doctrine of Celebacy , may be ...
Page 18
... obferve , that the People of England and all Europe , had for a long Time been extreemly defirous of a Reformation ... obferves very well , ( Vol . iv . p . 439 ) that in thefe Contests the Popes had great Advantages . Every Pope con ...
... obferve , that the People of England and all Europe , had for a long Time been extreemly defirous of a Reformation ... obferves very well , ( Vol . iv . p . 439 ) that in thefe Contests the Popes had great Advantages . Every Pope con ...
Page 19
... obferve that the prefent Enquiry ferves to confirm what hath been for- merly faid , concerning our civil Conftitution , which fttuggled to gloricufly , and at laft fo fuccesfully , for ecclefiaftical Liberty , as We enjoy it at pretent ...
... obferve that the prefent Enquiry ferves to confirm what hath been for- merly faid , concerning our civil Conftitution , which fttuggled to gloricufly , and at laft fo fuccesfully , for ecclefiaftical Liberty , as We enjoy it at pretent ...
Page 29
... obferves that many Noblemen and Gentlemen , of the greatest Families , Eftates , and Credit , absent themselves from ... obferve that tho ' a wife Prince may be deluded in this Manner , for fome Time , he will not endure it long , if he ...
... obferves that many Noblemen and Gentlemen , of the greatest Families , Eftates , and Credit , absent themselves from ... obferve that tho ' a wife Prince may be deluded in this Manner , for fome Time , he will not endure it long , if he ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
affert againſt alfo Anfwer becauſe Cafe call'd Caufe Chriftian Church Church of England Clergy Confequence confiderable Conftitution Crown D'Anvers Defign defire Diffenters Ditto England Epigram Expence faid fame feems fent ferve feveral fhall fhew fhould fince fire firft fome foon Friend ftand ftill fuch fufficient fuppofe fupport fure Gentleman give hath himſelf Honour Houfe Inftance Intereft John juft Juftice King Lady laft late leaft lefs Liberty Lord Majefty Majefty's ment Mifs Minifters moft moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary never Number obferve Occafion pafs Parliament Peace Perfons pleafed Pleaſure Power prefent preferve Prince Princess of Wales propofed Proteftant publick Quakers Reafon Refpect Religion Royal Ruffia Senfe St John's Gate SYLVANUS URBAN Teft thee thefe themfelves theſe Thing thofe thoſe thou thought thro tion Tranflation Whig whofe wife worfe wou'd
Popular passages
Page 169 - For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us...
Page 173 - For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things, " that ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication, from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
Page 280 - Attending each with stately pace, lulus' side, as erst Evander's *, To keep off flatterers, spies and panders, To let no noble slave come near And scare lord Fannys from his ear: Then might a royal youth, and true, Enjoy at least a friend — or two ; A treasure which, of royal kind, Few but himself deserve to find. Then Bounce ('tis all that Bounce can crave) Shall wag her tail within the grave. And...
Page 280 - One ushers Friends to Bathurst's Door; One fawns, at Oxford's, on the Poor. Nobles, whom Arms or Arts adorn, Wait for my Infants yet unborn. None but a Peer of Wit and Grace, Can hope a Puppy of my Race. And O! wou'd Fate the Bliss decree To mine (a Bliss too great for me) That two, my tallest Sons, might grace Attending each with stately Pace, lulus...
Page 123 - Godhead, and at the same time to shew, that, as he is present to every thing, he cannot but be attentive to every thing, and privy to all the modes and parts of its existence : or, in other words, that his omniscience and omnipresence are coexistent, and run together through the whole infinitude of space.
Page 127 - If it affirms anything, you cannot lay hold of it ; or if it denies, you cannot confute it. In a word, there are greater depths and obscurities, greater intricacies and perplexities, in an elaborate and wellwritten piece of nonsense, than in the most abstruse and profound tract of school divinity.
Page 280 - Yet master Pope, whom Truth and Sense Shall call their friend some ages hence, Though now on loftier themes he sings, Than to bestow a word on kings, Has sworn by Styx, the poet's oath, And dread of dogs and poets both, " Man and his works he'll soon renounce. And roar in numbers worthy Bounce.
Page 128 - Ghibelins had to support each other against the first assaults of sense and reason ; and brought nonsense so far into fashion, that they who knew better would speak it by way of triumph over those who went upon the rules of logic. Wrong fellows were his orators ; but this could not do only without persons who were as much masters of that kind of nonsense which my author calls "nonsense to the conscience.
Page 519 - September next to come, to the Grassmarket of Edinburgh, the common place of execution of the said burgh, betwixt the hours of two and four of the clock of the afternoon of the said day, and there to be hanged by the neck upon a gibbet, by the hands of the executioner, until he be dead ; and ordained all his moveable goods and gear to be escheat and inbrought to his Majesty's use, which was pronounced for doom.
Page 123 - ... and enliven all the powers of man. How happy therefore is an intellectual being, who, by prayer and meditation, by virtue and good works, opens this communication between God and his own soul...