The European Magazine, and London Review, 36. kötetPhilological Society of London, 1799 |
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... Town Clerk , fupplied the place of the Recorder on this occafion . He was a fenfible conceited man , who had been a Bookfeller on Lon- don Bridge , and whofe oratory in the Common Council had raised him to his fituation . The office ...
... Town Clerk , fupplied the place of the Recorder on this occafion . He was a fenfible conceited man , who had been a Bookfeller on Lon- don Bridge , and whofe oratory in the Common Council had raised him to his fituation . The office ...
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... town , as contraband . This fact was fo thoroughly established in the very fevere winter of 1795 , when fpirituous liquors were fo enormously dear that most of the publicar , s , & c . left off retailing them , by the conduct of the ...
... town , as contraband . This fact was fo thoroughly established in the very fevere winter of 1795 , when fpirituous liquors were fo enormously dear that most of the publicar , s , & c . left off retailing them , by the conduct of the ...
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... town . This was one of the herdfmen , who , attempting to throw his fpear , had been wounded by a fhot from one of the Moors . His mother walked on before , quite frantic with grief , clapping her hands , and enumerating the good ...
... town . This was one of the herdfmen , who , attempting to throw his fpear , had been wounded by a fhot from one of the Moors . His mother walked on before , quite frantic with grief , clapping her hands , and enumerating the good ...
26. oldal
... town near the camp , who begged with great diligence from hut to hut , but could only procure a few handfuls of ground nuts , which he readily fhared with his master . " Hunger , " he fays , " at firft is certainly a very painful ...
... town near the camp , who begged with great diligence from hut to hut , but could only procure a few handfuls of ground nuts , which he readily fhared with his master . " Hunger , " he fays , " at firft is certainly a very painful ...
32. oldal
... town , and after the glass had circulated for a time , fomething was propofed by way of fober amusement , a game at cards , or whatever the Doctor might prefer . The Doctor had been too civilly treated to demur ; but his purfe was ...
... town , and after the glass had circulated for a time , fomething was propofed by way of fober amusement , a game at cards , or whatever the Doctor might prefer . The Doctor had been too civilly treated to demur ; but his purfe was ...
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6. oldal - How oft, when press'd to marriage, have I said, Curse on all laws but those which love has made! Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies...
92. oldal - The winds roared and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn." Chorus. — " Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he,
169. oldal - Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection in this obscure part of the world a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ? Surely not.
91. oldal - About sunset, however, as I was preparing to pass the night in this manner, and had turned my horse loose that he might graze at liberty, a woman, returning from the labours of the field, stopped to observe me, and perceiving that I was weary and dejected, inquired into my situation, which I briefly explained to her; whereupon, with looks of great compassion, she took up my saddle and bridle and told me to follow her. Having conducted me into her hut, she lighted...
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91. oldal - I was regarded with astonishment and fear, and was obliged to sit all day without victuals in the shade of a tree; and the night threatened to be very uncomfortable, for the wind rose, and there was great appearance of a heavy rain; and the wild beasts are so very numerous in the neighbourhood that I should have been under the necessity of climbing up the tree, and resting among the branches.
169. oldal - All these circumstances crowded at once on my recollection ; and I confess that my spirits began to fail me. I considered my fate as certain, and that I had no alternative, but to lie down and perish.
271. oldal - ... short time till their arrival ; I accordingly landed the boats at the mole, and took the crews up to the breach, armed with pikes. The enthusiastic gratitude of the Turks, men, women, and children, at the sight of such a reinforcement, at such a time, is not to be described.
278. oldal - If, where all behaved nobly, it is proper to mention individual merit, I know no man so justly entitled to praise as Colonel Sherbrooke, to whose exertions I feel myself much indebted for the success of the attack.
274. oldal - I saved the life of the Arab from the effect of the indignation of the Turks, and took him off to the Tigre with me, from whence I sent him back to the General, with a message, which made the army ashamed of having been exposed to such a merited reproof.