Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 97Pub. for J. Hinton., 1795 |
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... presents to view . • What then are all the pleasures of Flowers disclose a thousand delicate or the festive board ... present us with natural beauties , in the successive periods of their growth ; and even stern winter leaves many ...
... presents to view . • What then are all the pleasures of Flowers disclose a thousand delicate or the festive board ... present us with natural beauties , in the successive periods of their growth ; and even stern winter leaves many ...
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... present calculated . And in the fame point of subject . • But it is time to profit by the many valuable observations that we are now in poffeffion of . A list of fuccessive eminent agronomers may be named , from Galileo down to the present ...
... present calculated . And in the fame point of subject . • But it is time to profit by the many valuable observations that we are now in poffeffion of . A list of fuccessive eminent agronomers may be named , from Galileo down to the present ...
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... present state of literature , when the press groans with voluminous la- bours , and bookfellers are adding warehouse to warehouse to contain them . At no time , and in no coun- try do we find so overflowing a torrent of literary lore as ...
... present state of literature , when the press groans with voluminous la- bours , and bookfellers are adding warehouse to warehouse to contain them . At no time , and in no coun- try do we find so overflowing a torrent of literary lore as ...
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... present profess a belief in religion , and yet cafe , if to prevent mistaken hotions , by erroneous notions of its duties , we substitute religion for wisdom . We leave the young thinker suspended cannot , it is true , live in this ...
... present profess a belief in religion , and yet cafe , if to prevent mistaken hotions , by erroneous notions of its duties , we substitute religion for wisdom . We leave the young thinker suspended cannot , it is true , live in this ...
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... present mode of living . When and regular climate , we never suppose a tradesman , of the fame rank , enter- it poffible that a time may come when tains company , the table is covered our foil shall be less productive , and our climate ...
... present mode of living . When and regular climate , we never suppose a tradesman , of the fame rank , enter- it poffible that a time may come when tains company , the table is covered our foil shall be less productive , and our climate ...
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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...