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... Several worthy perfons have laid down rules for the compofition of letters ; but I fear it is an art which nature only can teach . I remember in one of those books , written by a German , there was a firict injunc- tion not to mention ...
... Several worthy perfons have laid down rules for the compofition of letters ; but I fear it is an art which nature only can teach . I remember in one of those books , written by a German , there was a firict injunc- tion not to mention ...
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... Several methods were agita- ted to compass this object of ambiti- on : one , and not the leaft ridiculous , was to pretend that the patriarchal dignity was included in the imperial ; and by virtue of that definition he really affumed ...
... Several methods were agita- ted to compass this object of ambiti- on : one , and not the leaft ridiculous , was to pretend that the patriarchal dignity was included in the imperial ; and by virtue of that definition he really affumed ...
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... several prifoners , with- out any lofs . Nov. 30. He attacked a body of French at Fulda , under the Duke of Wurtemberg , cut feveral of them to pieces , and took the reft , with two cannon , and two colours , and the baggage . Dec. 25 ...
... several prifoners , with- out any lofs . Nov. 30. He attacked a body of French at Fulda , under the Duke of Wurtemberg , cut feveral of them to pieces , and took the reft , with two cannon , and two colours , and the baggage . Dec. 25 ...
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... several times vified by the Turkish ambassador , and by fome of the firft nobility , to whom he gave , on the 21ft , a fine concert of my c after the Turkish fashion . This merchant H dekends defcends from the famous Manduck , an an ...
... several times vified by the Turkish ambassador , and by fome of the firft nobility , to whom he gave , on the 21ft , a fine concert of my c after the Turkish fashion . This merchant H dekends defcends from the famous Manduck , an an ...
Page 49
... several miles , and that though there are several drains into that river , which carry off a great quantity of water , the inun- dation rather increates than diminishes ; that fome villages were quite deftitute of inhabi- fants , and ...
... several miles , and that though there are several drains into that river , which carry off a great quantity of water , the inun- dation rather increates than diminishes ; that fome villages were quite deftitute of inhabi- fants , and ...
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Page 270 - But what of that, his friends may say, He had those honours in his day. True to his profit and his pride, He made them weep before he dy'd.
Page 136 - ... elevated above the common rank of mankind. It is faid of him, that there never was a fcholar more humble, a wit more devout, or a man more amiable in fociety.
Page 336 - While we see multitudes passing before us, of whom perhaps not one appears to deserve our notice or excite our sympathy, we should remember, that we likewise are lost in the same throng, that the eye which happens to glance upon us is turned in a moment on him that follows us, and that the utmost which we can reasonably hope or fear, is to fill a vacant hour with prattle and be forgotten.
Page 13 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Page 151 - Honours that he could any where enjoy under any other Establishment. You see, Sir, the Doctrines that are lately come into the World, and how far the Phrase has obtained of calling your Royal Father God's Vicegerent, which ill Men have turned both to the Dishonour of God, and the Impeachment of his Majesty's Goodness.
Page 559 - Boyse, reduced to the last extremity of human wretchedness, had not a shirt, a coat, or any kind of apparel, to put on ; the sheets in which he lay were carried to the pawn-broker's, and he was obliged to be confined to his bed with no other covering than a blanket. He had little...
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Page 152 - ... from slavery; from a condition as much below that of brutes, as to act without reason is less miserable than to act against it. Preserve to your future subjects the divine right of being free agents, and to your own royal house the divine right of being their benefactors. Believe me, my Prince, there is no other right can flow from God.
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