The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1788 |
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12. oldal
... letter to the gomery wrote Governor , magnifying his own ftrength , flating the weakness of the garrifon , fhewing the impoffi- bility of relief , and recommend- ing an immediate furrender , to avoid the dreadful confequences which must ...
... letter to the gomery wrote Governor , magnifying his own ftrength , flating the weakness of the garrifon , fhewing the impoffi- bility of relief , and recommend- ing an immediate furrender , to avoid the dreadful confequences which must ...
15. oldal
... letter from Arnold , written foon after , ftates their remain- ing force at only 700 men . Thus fell Richard Montgomery . He was a gentleman of good fa- mily in the kingdom of Ireland , ferved with reputation in the late war , and fell ...
... letter from Arnold , written foon after , ftates their remain- ing force at only 700 men . Thus fell Richard Montgomery . He was a gentleman of good fa- mily in the kingdom of Ireland , ferved with reputation in the late war , and fell ...
24. oldal
... letters to the Earl of Dartmouth , which we have already taken notice of ; thefe they reprefented as exceedingly in- jurious and unjuft , as founded on mifconception , misinformation , the height of colouring , the misftating , or the ...
... letters to the Earl of Dartmouth , which we have already taken notice of ; thefe they reprefented as exceedingly in- jurious and unjuft , as founded on mifconception , misinformation , the height of colouring , the misftating , or the ...
30. oldal
... letter from Lord Dunmore to one of the Indian chiefs , with fuch other authentic vouchers , as left nothing to be doubted . The papers were pub- lifhed by the Congrefs , and the undertakers fent to prifon . As it does not appear that ...
... letter from Lord Dunmore to one of the Indian chiefs , with fuch other authentic vouchers , as left nothing to be doubted . The papers were pub- lifhed by the Congrefs , and the undertakers fent to prifon . As it does not appear that ...
36. oldal
... Letters from New York . Addreffis from the guild of merchants in Dublin , to Lord Effingham , and to the protesting Peers . Refolutions of the Sheriffs and commons of the city of Dublin . Riot of the failers at Liverpool . Petition from ...
... Letters from New York . Addreffis from the guild of merchants in Dublin , to Lord Effingham , and to the protesting Peers . Refolutions of the Sheriffs and commons of the city of Dublin . Riot of the failers at Liverpool . Petition from ...
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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.