The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 89, Part 2; Volume 126F. Jefferies, 1819 - 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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I deed scarcely procured concerning them . observe , that it is well attended , and I bave extracted the foregoing ob- affords another proof of the laudservations from a report received able attention paid to the Choirs in from the ...
I deed scarcely procured concerning them . observe , that it is well attended , and I bave extracted the foregoing ob- affords another proof of the laudservations from a report received able attention paid to the Choirs in from the ...
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But above all , the attention of the Society should be parti . To apology is necessary for transcularly directed towards the acquisition of a complete local library . Such as a Plan recently suggested at Neware acquainted with the ...
But above all , the attention of the Society should be parti . To apology is necessary for transcularly directed towards the acquisition of a complete local library . Such as a Plan recently suggested at Neware acquainted with the ...
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45 direct the Reader's attention . At the respected the . Author , and duly apsame time , we may be allowed to add preciated his writings . In a neat Deour suffrage , in one or two instances , dication to the Duchess of Rutland , to the ...
45 direct the Reader's attention . At the respected the . Author , and duly apsame time , we may be allowed to add preciated his writings . In a neat Deour suffrage , in one or two instances , dication to the Duchess of Rutland , to the ...
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... of Constantinople by Some time ago the attention of the pub . the Turks . lick was excited to a lecture on the antient Seventh period— From the taking of and modern language of Greece , delivered Constantinople to the present times ...
... of Constantinople by Some time ago the attention of the pub . the Turks . lick was excited to a lecture on the antient Seventh period— From the taking of and modern language of Greece , delivered Constantinople to the present times ...
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Mr. Salt next drew my tiful speciinens of papyrus which he had attention to two wooden figures as large as himself taken out of the mummy wrap- life , found at Thebes in a standing posipers . They all appeared to have at the tion .
Mr. Salt next drew my tiful speciinens of papyrus which he had attention to two wooden figures as large as himself taken out of the mummy wrap- life , found at Thebes in a standing posipers . They all appeared to have at the tion .
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Page 57 - and attentively read these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that this " Volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, ' more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and * finer strains both of Poetry and Eloquence, than can be' collected from * all other books, in whatever age or language they may have been composed.
Page 140 - I was pleased with the reply of a gentleman, who being asked which book he esteemed most in his library, answered, — "Shakspeare": being asked which he esteemed next best, replied — "Hogarth.
Page 54 - For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Page 111 - See how the world its veterans rewards ! A youth of frolics, an old age of cards ; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend ; A fop their passion, but their prize a sot, Alive ridiculous, and dead forgot ! Ah friend ! to dazzle let the vain design ; To raise the thought and touch the heart be thine!
Page 462 - But to those to whom he more immediately belonged, — who lived in his society, and enjoyed his conversation, it is not, perhaps, the character in which he will be most frequently recalled— most deeply lamented — or even most highly admired. Independently of his great attainments in mechanics, Mr. Watt was an extraordinary, and in many respects a wonderful man. Perhaps no individual in his age possessed so much and such varied and exact information, —had read so much, or remembered what he...
Page 438 - See the wretch, that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again : The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Page 333 - What then ? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Page 141 - The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; 'Tis yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued Nature and reviving Sense ; To chase the charms of sound, the pomp of show, For useful mirth and salutary woe ; Bid scenic Virtue form the rising age, And Truth diffuse her radiance from the stage.
Page 552 - Most Gracious Sovereign, WE, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Oxford, beg leave to approach your Majesty's throne with the renewed assurance of our devoted attachment.
Page 111 - Still out of reach, yet never out of view ; Sure, if they catch, to spoil the toy at most, To covet flying, and regret when lost : At last to follies youth could scarce defend.