The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 87, Part 1; Volume 121F. Jefferies, 1817 - 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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... common neces- sary repairs ) to last Time's tablets of possibility , Farewell good spirit , our theme is done ! Having brought forward such am- ple documents to guide us through this reign , selected from the most authentic sources , it ...
... common neces- sary repairs ) to last Time's tablets of possibility , Farewell good spirit , our theme is done ! Having brought forward such am- ple documents to guide us through this reign , selected from the most authentic sources , it ...
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... common seal . Any other matters , which you may be pleased to communicate , will be gratefully received . Mr. URBAN , Exeter , Jan. 4 . W THILE many other periodical publications are marked by the violence of Party - feeling , and dis ...
... common seal . Any other matters , which you may be pleased to communicate , will be gratefully received . Mr. URBAN , Exeter , Jan. 4 . W THILE many other periodical publications are marked by the violence of Party - feeling , and dis ...
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... common basket , occurs upon a Vase , much more antient than the time of Demetrius . Upon Coins some Divi- nities hold a small Temple . In the middle age * made in the form of the Churches to some Reliquaries were which they belonged ...
... common basket , occurs upon a Vase , much more antient than the time of Demetrius . Upon Coins some Divi- nities hold a small Temple . In the middle age * made in the form of the Churches to some Reliquaries were which they belonged ...
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... Common Prayer , as a Frontis- piece . The Clergyman there kneels before a light moveable desk at the chancel end of the Nave , and the peo- ple in rows behind him . There are no pews ; and from hence may it not be presumed , that before ...
... Common Prayer , as a Frontis- piece . The Clergyman there kneels before a light moveable desk at the chancel end of the Nave , and the peo- ple in rows behind him . There are no pews ; and from hence may it not be presumed , that before ...
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... common in Bri- tish Barrows . The strata , horns , sword , & c . occur . The Barrow was made by some fa- vourite maid or youth . " If fall I must in the field , raise high my grave , Vinvela . Grey stones and heaped up earth shall mark ...
... common in Bri- tish Barrows . The strata , horns , sword , & c . occur . The Barrow was made by some fa- vourite maid or youth . " If fall I must in the field , raise high my grave , Vinvela . Grey stones and heaped up earth shall mark ...
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Page 567 - So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er : So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore.
Page 536 - Oh! if there be, on this earthly sphere, A boon, an offering Heaven holds dear, 'Tis the last libation Liberty draws From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause !
Page 242 - BUT there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Page 537 - Sea fruits, that tempt the eye, But turn to ashes on the lips ! His country's curse, his children's shame. Outcast of virtue, peace, and fame. May he, at last, with lips of flame On the parch'd desert thirsting die, — While lakes that shone in mockery nigh...
Page 537 - Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might ! May life's unblessed cup, for him, Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim— With hopes, that but allure to fly, With joys that vanish while he sips. Like Dead Sea fruits, that tempt the eye, But turn to ashes on the lips...
Page 338 - Wherefore I put thee in remembrance, that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee, by the putting on of my hands.
Page 43 - Though thou be to them a scorn, That to nought but earth are born, Let my life no longer be Than I am in love with thee...
Page 304 - England, of the which most part was of people of small substance and of no value; whereof every of them pretended a voice equivalent, as to 'such elections to be made, with the most worthy knights and esquires dwelling within the same counties, whereby manslaughters, riots, batteries, and divisions among the gentlemen and other people of the same counties, shall very likely rise and be, unless convenient and due remedy be provided in this behalf...
Page 389 - I should oppose to them more enlarged views of the nature of man and the progress of society. I should set forth with equal force the oppressions of the feudal system, the excesses of the insurgents, and the treachery of the government, and hold up the errors and crimes which were then committed, as a warning for this and for future ages. I should write as a man, not as a stripling; with the same heart, and the same desires, but with a ripened understanding and competent stores of knowledge.
Page 487 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep...