The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 78, Part 2; Volume 104F. Jefferies, 1808 - Early English newspapers The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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Page 572
... means of support- ing the Liberty of Europe . " Away , let nought to Love displeasing . " The Edinburgh Reviewers are as- suredly mistaken in ascribing it to the late George Steevens ; and who they , by a strange inattention , call ...
... means of support- ing the Liberty of Europe . " Away , let nought to Love displeasing . " The Edinburgh Reviewers are as- suredly mistaken in ascribing it to the late George Steevens ; and who they , by a strange inattention , call ...
Page 578
... means of the British conquest were inadequate to its achievement . Entering the lists with this unjust accuser , let us first consider the sub- ject of the poem , and it will be found the happiest which perhaps the stores of antient or ...
... means of the British conquest were inadequate to its achievement . Entering the lists with this unjust accuser , let us first consider the sub- ject of the poem , and it will be found the happiest which perhaps the stores of antient or ...
Page 588
... means populous , the whole number of in- habitants not exceeding 350. The average of baptisms for the last ten years is eight , of burials seven , of marriages three . The parish is rated to the Land Tax at £ 120 . The soil in general ...
... means populous , the whole number of in- habitants not exceeding 350. The average of baptisms for the last ten years is eight , of burials seven , of marriages three . The parish is rated to the Land Tax at £ 120 . The soil in general ...
Page 593
... means of recovering . Old Musick , every shop - keeper tells me , is a mere drug ; and no wonder , when it grows old ... mean- ing ; ing ; but what that meaning is I have long 4 1808 , ] THE PROJECTOR , N ° LXXXV . -593.
... means of recovering . Old Musick , every shop - keeper tells me , is a mere drug ; and no wonder , when it grows old ... mean- ing ; ing ; but what that meaning is I have long 4 1808 , ] THE PROJECTOR , N ° LXXXV . -593.
Page 597
... means of living occasions the departure , and induces the return , of these birds . April 17. Thermometer 28 ° ; wind very cold from the E , or N. E .; two into the by - gone greatness of Broad- are ,. I here beg leave to pay my respect ...
... means of living occasions the departure , and induces the return , of these birds . April 17. Thermometer 28 ° ; wind very cold from the E , or N. E .; two into the by - gone greatness of Broad- are ,. I here beg leave to pay my respect ...
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Page 770 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Page 981 - The intense view of these manifold contradictions and imperfections in human reason has so wrought upon me, and heated my brain, that I am ready to reject all belief and reasoning, and can look upon no opinion even as more probable or likely than another.
Page 584 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life...
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Page 839 - France shall have disembarked it in the harbours specified, or in any other of the ports of France to which stress of weather may force them, every facility shall be given them to return to England without delay ; and security against capture until their arrival in a friendly port.
Page 770 - And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: all in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Page 988 - I run into the crowd for shelter and warmth; but cannot prevail with myself to mix with such deformity. I call upon others to join me, in order to make a company apart; but no one will hearken to me. Every one keeps at a distance, and dreads that storm, which beats upon me from every side.
Page 839 - All the places and forts in the kingdom of Portugal, occupied by the French troops, shall be delivered up to the British army in the state in which they are at the period of the signature of the present Convention.
Page 941 - At length, however, all regard to the rights of others having been thrown aside, the belligerent powers have beset the highway of commercial intercourse with edicts which, taken together, expose our commerce and mariners, under almost every destination, a prey to their fleets and armies. Each party, indeed, would admit our commerce with themselves, with the view of associating us in their war against the other. But we have wished war with neither. Under these circumstances were passed the laws of...