The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 9Philological Society of London, 1786 |
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... particular who have fo generously espoused my interest ; to your new - elected Chamberlain himself , and numbers of his friends , whose expreffions and actions have done me peculiar honour , amidit the warmth of their attachment to him ...
... particular who have fo generously espoused my interest ; to your new - elected Chamberlain himself , and numbers of his friends , whose expreffions and actions have done me peculiar honour , amidit the warmth of their attachment to him ...
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... particular , and a combi nation with one of its hereditary enemies , pregnant with the deftruction of the Empire . An Emperor of Germany in league offen- Eve and defenfive with France , is fecretly and virtually an enemy to the general ...
... particular , and a combi nation with one of its hereditary enemies , pregnant with the deftruction of the Empire . An Emperor of Germany in league offen- Eve and defenfive with France , is fecretly and virtually an enemy to the general ...
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... particular makes L Emily her model . The Blandishes , brother and fifter , fycophants - They are a couple of thofe ings who hang on people of fashion , a " who stand well with all Administration Clifford is a gentleman of steady and ...
... particular makes L Emily her model . The Blandishes , brother and fifter , fycophants - They are a couple of thofe ings who hang on people of fashion , a " who stand well with all Administration Clifford is a gentleman of steady and ...
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... particular ftyle of ornament we wish to recommend is , that which is best adapted to the state of re- finement that now prevails in this country ; leaving individuals to vary it as their own peculiar taftes may direct . " Having thus ...
... particular ftyle of ornament we wish to recommend is , that which is best adapted to the state of re- finement that now prevails in this country ; leaving individuals to vary it as their own peculiar taftes may direct . " Having thus ...
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... particular metal , the lamina are always of a given or conftant form . " On the Prefervation of Sea - water from Purefact on by means of Quicklime . By Thomas Henry , F. R. S. Here we fee thus fenfible and inftructive writer in his ...
... particular metal , the lamina are always of a given or conftant form . " On the Prefervation of Sea - water from Purefact on by means of Quicklime . By Thomas Henry , F. R. S. Here we fee thus fenfible and inftructive writer in his ...
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Page 97 - Yet, notwithstanding this weight of authority, and the universal practice of former ages, a new species of dramatic composition has been introduced under the name of sentimental comedy, in which the virtues of private life are exhibited, rather than the vices exposed; and the distresses, rather than the faults of mankind, make our interest in the piece.
Page 395 - It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction, that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance. It is not like the practice of many other virtues, difficult and painful, but attended with so much pleasure, that were there no positive command .which enjoined it, nor any recompense laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge in it, for the natural gratification that accompanies it.
Page 454 - E'er left himself behind ? The restless thought and wayward will, And discontent attend him still, Nor quit him while he lives ; At sea, care follows in the wind ; At land, it mounts the pad behind, Or with the post-boy drives.
Page 97 - ... run in distinct channels, and never till of late encroached upon the provinces of each other. Terence, who seems to have made the nearest approaches...
Page 143 - If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father.
Page 454 - By heaven's eternal doom. To ripen'd age, Clive liv'd renown'd, With lacks enrich'd, with honours crown'd, His valour's well-earn'd meed ; Too long, alas ! he liv'd, to hate His envied lot, and died too late From life's oppression freed.
Page 429 - Cook, who being still unwilling to take away his life, instead of firing with ball, knocked him down with his musket. He expostulated strongly with the most forward of the crowd, upon their turbulent behaviour. He had given up all thoughts of getting the king on board, as it appeared impracticable ; and his care was then only to act on the defensive, and to secure a safe embarkation for his small party, which was closely pressed by a body of several thousand people.
Page 11 - ... that Fancy's flowers adorn, The soft amusement of the vacant mind ! He sleeps in dust...
Page 429 - ... him. The Indians got him under again, but in deeper water: he was, however, able to get his head up once more ; and being almost spent in...
Page 456 - And Pan's own umbrage, dark and deep ; The caverns hung with ivy-twine, The cliffs that wav'd with oak and pine, And Etna's hoar romantic pile : And caught the bold Homeric note, In...