The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year ...G. Robinson, Pater-noster-Row, 1801 |
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... whole force of their marine , which would not have been fruitless ? And what was the whole hiftory of the enter prife of the French , from the me- morable battle of Aboukir to the almoft incredible events of the fiege of Acre , but a ...
... whole force of their marine , which would not have been fruitless ? And what was the whole hiftory of the enter prife of the French , from the me- morable battle of Aboukir to the almoft incredible events of the fiege of Acre , but a ...
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... whole refponfibility of the act , for which he propofed an amend- ment , which was , to leave out of the preamble every thing relative to Holland . He objected to taking any notice , in any act of parliament , of any measure which his ...
... whole refponfibility of the act , for which he propofed an amend- ment , which was , to leave out of the preamble every thing relative to Holland . He objected to taking any notice , in any act of parliament , of any measure which his ...
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... whole of the honourable gentle- man's conftitutional defence of the ufage of the houfe of commons . The proceeding before the house was a meafure growing out of the prefent war , and out of the very point on which parliament was affe ...
... whole of the honourable gentle- man's conftitutional defence of the ufage of the houfe of commons . The proceeding before the house was a meafure growing out of the prefent war , and out of the very point on which parliament was affe ...
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... whole a- mount of the number he propofed to be voted was 192,000 men , which was 32,000 less than that of laft year , and lefs than what had been voted for the three preceding years . The expence in fome articles would be found to have ...
... whole a- mount of the number he propofed to be voted was 192,000 men , which was 32,000 less than that of laft year , and lefs than what had been voted for the three preceding years . The expence in fome articles would be found to have ...
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... whole at one view , though the whole was not yet voted . ] Interest paid for fums raifed by exchequer bills ; difcount for prompt payment ; and fums paid to the bank for receiv- ¡ ing and paying contributions , and for other fervices ...
... whole at one view , though the whole was not yet voted . ] Interest paid for fums raifed by exchequer bills ; difcount for prompt payment ; and fums paid to the bank for receiv- ¡ ing and paying contributions , and for other fervices ...
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Página xii - Wit, which is at once natural and new, that which, though not obvious, is, upon its first production, acknowledged to be just; if it be that, which he that never found it, wonders how he missed; to wit of this kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen.
Página 215 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand, or freeman fa?
Página 39 - I should be called a clever fellow, even though it should never reach my ears - a poor Negrodriver - or perhaps a victim to that inhospitable clime, and gone to the world of spirits! I can truly say...
Página xix - In this mist of obscurity passed the life of Butler, a man whose name can only perish with his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is, that he was poor.
Página xiii - What they wanted however of the sublime, they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole; their amplification had no limits; they left not only reason but fancy behind them; and produced combinations of confused magnificence, that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined.
Página xiii - Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation.
Página 207 - Hark ! where the sweeping scythe now rips along : Each sturdy mower emulous and strong ; Whose writhing form meridian heat defies, Bends o'er his work, and every sinew tries ; Prostrates the waving treasure at his feet, But spares the rising clover, short and sweet. Come, Health ! come, Jollity ! light-footed, come ; Here hold your revels, and make this your home. Each heart awaits and hails you as its own ; Each moisten'd brow, that scorns to wear a frown : Th...
Página 37 - I engaged several of my school-fellows to keep up a literary correspondence with me. This improved me in composition. I had met with a collection of letters by the wits of Queen Anne's reign, and I pored over them most devoutly. I kept copies of any of my own letters that pleased me, and a comparison between them and the composition of most of my correspondents, flattered my vanity. I carried this whim so far, that though I had not three farthings...
Página xxxvi - There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults ; that is, so to cover them, that they were not taken notice of to his reproach, viz.
Página xiv - When their reputation was high, they had undoubtedly more imitators than time has left behind.