The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1788 |
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8. oldal
... in general only from four or five to nine or ten miles a day . The conftant fatigue and labour caused many to fall fick , which added to encoun- their difficulties , and provifions grew at length fo fcarce their 8 ] ANNUAL REGISTER , 1776 .
... in general only from four or five to nine or ten miles a day . The conftant fatigue and labour caused many to fall fick , which added to encoun- their difficulties , and provifions grew at length fo fcarce their 8 ] ANNUAL REGISTER , 1776 .
13. oldal
... cause in which he was engaged , and his own renown , which now fhone in great luftre , be dimmed , if not obfcured . He knew the Americans would confi- der Quebec as taken from the in- ftant that they heard of his arrival before it ...
... cause in which he was engaged , and his own renown , which now fhone in great luftre , be dimmed , if not obfcured . He knew the Americans would confi- der Quebec as taken from the in- ftant that they heard of his arrival before it ...
15. oldal
... cause of human nature , and the liberties of man- kind . What was more extraordi- nary , the most powerful speakers in the British parliament difplayed their eloquence in praifing his vir tues and lamenting his fate . A great orator ...
... cause of human nature , and the liberties of man- kind . What was more extraordi- nary , the most powerful speakers in the British parliament difplayed their eloquence in praifing his vir tues and lamenting his fate . A great orator ...
17. oldal
... cause apparently unim- portant ; but as the heat of contro- verly nourished the quarrel , fo mu- tual diftruft and apprehenfion fup- plied the place of an object . The people of that colony , as we have formerly fhewn , had been at ...
... cause apparently unim- portant ; but as the heat of contro- verly nourished the quarrel , fo mu- tual diftruft and apprehenfion fup- plied the place of an object . The people of that colony , as we have formerly fhewn , had been at ...
18. oldal
... cause , that rendered the public magazine belonging to the colony in the ca- pital city of Williamsburg , an ob- ject of his appre- Ap . 20 , 1775 henfion . However that was , he foon afterwards em- ployed the captain of an armed vef ...
... cause , that rendered the public magazine belonging to the colony in the ca- pital city of Williamsburg , an ob- ject of his appre- Ap . 20 , 1775 henfion . However that was , he foon afterwards em- ployed the captain of an armed vef ...
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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.