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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IN N announcing a continuation of our labours , we have once more to thank our numerous and kind Friends . In taking a Review , however , of the Times , as usual , we feel ourselves much in the situation of Æneas , when he made his ...
IN N announcing a continuation of our labours , we have once more to thank our numerous and kind Friends . In taking a Review , however , of the Times , as usual , we feel ourselves much in the situation of Æneas , when he made his ...
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The Friends of Literature are therefore called upon to act , as well as the Friends of Order , lest the Barbarians divert the river of public opinion from its channel , in order to bury Science , as their ancestors the Goths did Alarick ...
The Friends of Literature are therefore called upon to act , as well as the Friends of Order , lest the Barbarians divert the river of public opinion from its channel , in order to bury Science , as their ancestors the Goths did Alarick ...
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Oh , let us not therefore I did not attempt pointing perisb ! makes by far the best sense them out to him . of the present reading , which is very “ I offered some of my friends on the well illustrated by you .
Oh , let us not therefore I did not attempt pointing perisb ! makes by far the best sense them out to him . of the present reading , which is very “ I offered some of my friends on the well illustrated by you .
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... and the Couk , with ludi- in fact perceived not their great difticrou8 pomposity , assures his friends culty ) agrees with Tyrwhiti ; but Mathat his skill can furnish this capital lone caudidly avows that none of the embellishment .
... and the Couk , with ludi- in fact perceived not their great difticrou8 pomposity , assures his friends culty ) agrees with Tyrwhiti ; but Mathat his skill can furnish this capital lone caudidly avows that none of the embellishment .
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The trading companies 40 miles in length , by 20 in breadth ; of Holland and England are the and within the province there are friends of toleration , but if opprescomputed to be 200 ...
The trading companies 40 miles in length , by 20 in breadth ; of Holland and England are the and within the province there are friends of toleration , but if opprescomputed to be 200 ...
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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.
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| Title | The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 89, Part 2; Volume 126 Volumes 133-158; Volumes 357-394 of Early English newspapers |
| Contributors | Edward Cave, John Nichols |
| Publisher | F. Jefferies, 1819 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Aug 2005 |
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