The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 44F. Jefferies, 1774 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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... fame manner . In France , indeed , these honeft gen- tlemen would be fent to the galleys ; but this would be laying too great a réftraint on trade , which should always be encouraged . " In Auguft , 1710 , fome ladies of Rouffeau's ...
... fame manner . In France , indeed , these honeft gen- tlemen would be fent to the galleys ; but this would be laying too great a réftraint on trade , which should always be encouraged . " In Auguft , 1710 , fome ladies of Rouffeau's ...
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... fame ftrain ; this answer was pub- lifhed contrary to his intention . M. de Voltaire was very fenfibly hurt by it , and from that moment he under- took to humble the great Rousseau . He commenced hoftilities in the famous Temple of Lafe ...
... fame ftrain ; this answer was pub- lifhed contrary to his intention . M. de Voltaire was very fenfibly hurt by it , and from that moment he under- took to humble the great Rousseau . He commenced hoftilities in the famous Temple of Lafe ...
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... fame motives that the German Princes heap favours on buffoons and dwarfs . " " This man , " profcribed in all countries , was , as " foon as he arrived , raised up ( fays " M. de Voltaire ) by Maupertuis as " an adversary against me ...
... fame motives that the German Princes heap favours on buffoons and dwarfs . " " This man , " profcribed in all countries , was , as " foon as he arrived , raised up ( fays " M. de Voltaire ) by Maupertuis as " an adversary against me ...
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... fame face to the earth ; and both fides , in all probability , have exactly the fame ideas of the moon's motion . In what , then , can they differ , but in the name by which this motion is to be called ? Settle the idea of " turning ...
... fame face to the earth ; and both fides , in all probability , have exactly the fame ideas of the moon's motion . In what , then , can they differ , but in the name by which this motion is to be called ? Settle the idea of " turning ...
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... fame time , with the strictest attention to propriety and truth , qualifies its force by the verb he makes use of : Nature feems dead . Dryden , ftruck with the beauty and forcibleness of this image , has tranfplanted it into that well ...
... fame time , with the strictest attention to propriety and truth , qualifies its force by the verb he makes use of : Nature feems dead . Dryden , ftruck with the beauty and forcibleness of this image , has tranfplanted it into that well ...
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Page 176 - Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came, And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame, Till, his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys, and Woodfalls so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave!