Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 97Pub. for J. Hinton., 1795 |
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... Sciences ; Which may render it Instructive and Entertaining . To which occafionally will be added An Impartial Account of Books in several Languages , And of the STATE OF LEARNING in Europe ; ALSO Of the NEW THEATRICAL ENTERTAINMENTS ...
... Sciences ; Which may render it Instructive and Entertaining . To which occafionally will be added An Impartial Account of Books in several Languages , And of the STATE OF LEARNING in Europe ; ALSO Of the NEW THEATRICAL ENTERTAINMENTS ...
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... science , which require un- common powers and extraordinary ef- forts ; not to those subjects only which exercise our reason , but those which are the proper objects of the faculty Of mortal offspring can attain the heights : What ...
... science , which require un- common powers and extraordinary ef- forts ; not to those subjects only which exercise our reason , but those which are the proper objects of the faculty Of mortal offspring can attain the heights : What ...
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... sciences , their special care and a chapel , where he paffed much is piety and virtue ; there is no quar- of his time in retirement and devo- tion . To give general anecdotes of a man so well known as fir Thomas More , would be ...
... sciences , their special care and a chapel , where he paffed much is piety and virtue ; there is no quar- of his time in retirement and devo- tion . To give general anecdotes of a man so well known as fir Thomas More , would be ...
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... science ; and many affect , therefore , to be content with what they term the confciousness of acting right , without any regard to what the world may think or feel concerning them . This would be wife , were there not fome men in every ...
... science ; and many affect , therefore , to be content with what they term the confciousness of acting right , without any regard to what the world may think or feel concerning them . This would be wife , were there not fome men in every ...
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... science to refrain ; did it impofe a heavy drawback on the increase , he ought to pay it with cheerfulneis . But the distresses in question will rarely be great or permanent . Remedies are every where at hand ; and they are commonly ...
... science to refrain ; did it impofe a heavy drawback on the increase , he ought to pay it with cheerfulneis . But the distresses in question will rarely be great or permanent . Remedies are every where at hand ; and they are commonly ...
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Page 137 - It shall be lawful for the ships of war and privateers belonging to the said parties respectively to carry whithersoever they please the ships and goods taken from their enemies, without...
Page 381 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
Page 204 - To the tent-royal of their emperor; Who, busied in his majesty, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold, The civil citizens kneading up the honey, The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate, The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, Delivering o'er to executors pale The lazy yawning drone.
Page 204 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their ( emperor...
Page 130 - ... to regulate the boundary line in that quarter, as well as all other points to be adjusted between the said parties, according to justice and mutual convenience and in conformity to the intent of the said treaty.
Page 156 - A posse ad esse is both against logic and divinity: so is it sedition in subjects to dispute what a King may do in the height of his power. But just Kings will ever be willing to declare what they will do, if they will not incur the curse of God. I will not be content that my power be disputed upon, but I shall ever be willing to make the reason appear of all my doings, and rule my actions according to my Laws...
Page 39 - When the town of Landshut, in Bavaria, surrendered to him at discretion, the principal inhabitants of it fell down upon their knees before him, and presented him with the keys of their town. " Rise, rise," said he; " it is your duty to fall upon your knees to God, and not to so frail and feeble a mortal as I am.
Page 169 - And on that branch which is called Caora are a nation of people whose heads appear not above their shoulders, which though it may be thought a mere fable, yet for mine own part I am resolved it is true, because every child in the provinces of Arromaia and Canuri affirm the same. They are called Ewaipanoma. They are reported to have their eyes in their shoulders, and their mouths in the middle of their breasts, and that a long train of hair groweth backward between their shoulders.
Page 139 - We are bound by our treaties with three of the belligerent nations, by all the means in our power, to protect and defend their vessels and effects in our ports or waters, or on the seas near our shores, and to recover, and restore the same to the right owners, when taken from them.
Page 96 - ... two parts, the one the treble and the other the tenor, which was very dulce and melodious to hear...