The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1788 |
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... should deem rebels and oppofers of the laws . The ftrong powers of go- vernment which he alfo poffeffed within his province , were equal to thofe of the most arbitrary Euro- pean monarchs , and had been al- ready felt both by the ...
... should deem rebels and oppofers of the laws . The ftrong powers of go- vernment which he alfo poffeffed within his province , were equal to thofe of the most arbitrary Euro- pean monarchs , and had been al- ready felt both by the ...
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... should return to their habitations . The alarm of this affair , in- duced Lady Dunmore , with the Governor's family , to retire on board the Fowey man of war in James River , whilft his Lordship , with the affiftance of a detachment of ...
... should return to their habitations . The alarm of this affair , in- duced Lady Dunmore , with the Governor's family , to retire on board the Fowey man of war in James River , whilft his Lordship , with the affiftance of a detachment of ...
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... moving their whole body to a nearer place . He affured them , that he should [ B ] 3 attend attend as ufual to the duties of his office , HISTORY [ 21 OF EUROPE . A Sketch of the character of the late George Lord Lyttelton.
... moving their whole body to a nearer place . He affured them , that he should [ B ] 3 attend attend as ufual to the duties of his office , HISTORY [ 21 OF EUROPE . A Sketch of the character of the late George Lord Lyttelton.
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... should propofe for the fecurity of himself and his family ; obferving how impracti- cable it would be to carry on the bufinefs of the feffion with any de- gree of propriety and difpatch , whilft he was at fuch a diflance , and fo ...
... should propofe for the fecurity of himself and his family ; obferving how impracti- cable it would be to carry on the bufinefs of the feffion with any de- gree of propriety and difpatch , whilft he was at fuch a diflance , and fo ...
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... should astonish all Europe , and to employ fuch an army in the enfuing campaign , as never before had entered the new world . This , it was faid , befides the grand ob- jet , would be the moft effectual means of filencing clamour , and ...
... should astonish all Europe , and to employ fuch an army in the enfuing campaign , as never before had entered the new world . This , it was faid , befides the grand ob- jet , would be the moft effectual means of filencing clamour , and ...
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29. oldal - In these four sciences of logic, morals, criticism, and politics, is comprehended almost every thing which it can any way import us to be acquainted with, or which can tend either to the improvement or ornament of the human mind.
187. oldal - But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
145. oldal - It was to their counsels, which governed the weakness of her sex, that she imputed the guilt of her obstinate resistance ; it was on their heads that she directed the vengeance of the cruel Aurelian. The fame of Longinus, who was included among the numerous and perhaps innocent victims of her fear, will survive that of the queen who betrayed or the tyrant who condemned him.
239. oldal - ... to fly. On every side he was encompassed with a vast extent of sea and land, which he could never hope to traverse without Being discovered, seized, and restored to his irritated master. Beyond the frontiers, his anxious view could discover nothing, except the ocean, inhospitable deserts, hostile tribes of barbarians, of fierce manners and unknown language, or dependent kings, who would gladly purchase the emperor's protection by the sacrifice of an obnoxious fugitive. " Wherever you are," said...
43. oldal - His complexion is of the fair tint, his eyes blue, his hair light brown, and the contour of his face a long oval; he is by no means thin, has a noble person, and a graceful manner.
155. oldal - But the Devil of the matter is, there is no money to be got on this side of the question. Interest is on the other side. But he is a poor author who cannot write on both sides.
238. oldal - But the empire of the Romans filled the world, and, when that empire fell into the hands of a single person, the world became a safe and dreary prison for his enemies. The slave of Imperial despotism, whether he was condemned to drag his gilded chain in Rome and the senate, or to wear out a life of exile on the barren rock of Seriphus, or the frozen banks of the Danube, expected...
143. oldal - Egypt, the nations subject to her empire had joined the standard of the conqueror, who detached Probus, the bravest of his generals, to possess himself of the Egyptian provinces. Palmyra was the last resource of the widow of Odenathus. She retired within the walls of her capital, made every preparation for a vigorous resistance, and declared, with the intrepidity of a heroine, that the last moment of her reign and of her life should be the same.
240. oldal - Among civilized and thriving nations, on the contrary, though a great number of people do not labour at all, many of whom consume the produce of ten times, frequently of a hundred times, more labour than the greater part of those who work...
240. oldal - ... employed. The Second Book, therefore, treats of the nature of capital stock, of the manner in which it is gradually accumulated, and of the different quantities of labour which it puts into motion, according to the different ways in which it is employed.