The British Magazine and Review: Or, Universaal Miscellany of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Entertainment, Poetry, Politics, Manners, Amusements and Intelligence Foreign and Domestic, Volumen3Harrison & Company, 1783 |
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... fome other eminent perfons , favoured her with tranflations of feveral pieces in this work , which are pointed out and ac- knowledged in an advertisement pre- fixed ; and that bright ftar of litera- ture , Dr. Samuel Johnson , fuffered ...
... fome other eminent perfons , favoured her with tranflations of feveral pieces in this work , which are pointed out and ac- knowledged in an advertisement pre- fixed ; and that bright ftar of litera- ture , Dr. Samuel Johnson , fuffered ...
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... fome lively ftrokes of genuine wit , fuperior to what we can difcover in fome of the entertainments lately produced at our Theatres Royal . HE palace or caftle of Blenheim , which is confeffedly the most magnificent pile of architecture ...
... fome lively ftrokes of genuine wit , fuperior to what we can difcover in fome of the entertainments lately produced at our Theatres Royal . HE palace or caftle of Blenheim , which is confeffedly the most magnificent pile of architecture ...
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... fome pieces of Pouffin . The tapestry of the Middle Draw- ing Room , to the right of the Saloon , exhibits more battles of John Duke of Marlborough ; and contains a capi- tal painting on black marble , by Alef- fandro Veronefe , with fome ...
... fome pieces of Pouffin . The tapestry of the Middle Draw- ing Room , to the right of the Saloon , exhibits more battles of John Duke of Marlborough ; and contains a capi- tal painting on black marble , by Alef- fandro Veronefe , with fome ...
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... fome- times an whole bow ; frequently one , very often two , and even three have been feen . Dr. Halley gives an ac- count of his having obferved fuch a triple bow at Chefter ; and many others have likewife feen them . The difference ...
... fome- times an whole bow ; frequently one , very often two , and even three have been feen . Dr. Halley gives an ac- count of his having obferved fuch a triple bow at Chefter ; and many others have likewife feen them . The difference ...
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... fome places a league from fhore , with fib floating on the furface . Great quan- tities of them were at the fame time driven on the beach , or left there by the tide , fome quite alive , others dying , but the greatest part quite dead ...
... fome places a league from fhore , with fib floating on the furface . Great quan- tities of them were at the fame time driven on the beach , or left there by the tide , fome quite alive , others dying , but the greatest part quite dead ...
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Página 137 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Página 153 - ... the favorable moment to give such a tone to our federal government as will enable it to answer the ends of its institution, or this may be the ill-fated moment for relaxing the powers of the Union, annihilating the cement of the confederation and exposing us to become the sport of European politics, which may play one State against another to prevent their growing importance, and to serve their own interested purposes.
Página 133 - Labour's fair child, that languishes with wealth? Go then! and see them rising with the sun, Through a long course of daily toil to run; See them beneath the dog-star's raging heat, When the knees tremble and the temples beat ; Behold them, leaning on their scythes, look o'er The labour past, and toils to come explore; See them alternate suns and showers engage, And hoard up aches and anguish for their age...
Página 153 - ... and their collected wisdom may be happily applied in the establishment of our forms of government. The free cultivation of letters, the unbounded extension of commerce, the progressive refinement of manners, the growing liberality of sentiment, and, above all, the pure and benign light of Revelation, have had a meliorating influence on mankind and increased the blessings of society.
Página 219 - VIII. All the countries and territories, which may have been, or which may be conquered in any part of the world whatfoever, by the arms of his Britannic Majefty...
Página 222 - George the Third, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg, ArchTreasurer and Prince Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, &c., and of the United States of America, to forget all past misunderstandings...
Página 217 - Holy and Undivided Trinity. It having pleased the Divine Providence to dispose the hearts of the Most Serene and Most Potent Prince, George the Third, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg, ArchTreasurer and Prince Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, &c...
Página 133 - Such is that room which one rude beam divides, And naked rafters form the sloping sides; Where the vile bands that bind the thatch are seen, And lath and mud are all that lie between; Save one dull pane, that, coarsely...
Página 133 - Thus groan the old, till by disease oppress'd, They taste a final woe, and then they rest. Theirs is yon House, that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day ;— There children dwell who know no parents' care; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there!
Página 134 - And far unlike him, feeds this little flock : A jovial youth, who thinks his Sunday's task As much as God or man can fairly ask; The rest he gives to loves and labours light, To fields the morning, and to feasts the night; None better...