The Scots Magazine, Volume 48Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, 1786 - English literature |
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... bufinefs ; therefore he prefumed they were mentioned mere . ly to indulge that melancholy and de- fponding ftate of mind , which the Rt Hon . Gentleman always manifested when fpeaking on the fituation of this country . As to the meaning ...
... bufinefs ; therefore he prefumed they were mentioned mere . ly to indulge that melancholy and de- fponding ftate of mind , which the Rt Hon . Gentleman always manifested when fpeaking on the fituation of this country . As to the meaning ...
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... bufinefs , which is ( fays his High- nefs ) fo injurious to us , and derogatory to our hereditary dignity , till his memo- rial has been read and weighed by the States of Holland and Weft Friezeland . GERMANY . Anfwers by the King of ...
... bufinefs , which is ( fays his High- nefs ) fo injurious to us , and derogatory to our hereditary dignity , till his memo- rial has been read and weighed by the States of Holland and Weft Friezeland . GERMANY . Anfwers by the King of ...
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... bufinefs entirely , and found themselves reduced to the hard neceffity of then felling off , at a very inadequate price , the flock of grain and cattle they had provided in their ordinary course of bufinefs . III . That in confequence ...
... bufinefs entirely , and found themselves reduced to the hard neceffity of then felling off , at a very inadequate price , the flock of grain and cattle they had provided in their ordinary course of bufinefs . III . That in confequence ...
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... bufinefs to a co :: â- derable extent , but who have been o- bliged to give over these branches of bu- finefs , on account of the rigorous mea- fures adopted by the commiffioners of excife in collecting the duties ; and gau- gers of ...
... bufinefs to a co :: â- derable extent , but who have been o- bliged to give over these branches of bu- finefs , on account of the rigorous mea- fures adopted by the commiffioners of excife in collecting the duties ; and gau- gers of ...
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... bufinefs in St James's ftreet , with whom it was intended he fhould be connected ; but the death of that gentleman put an end to this scheme ; and it is believed , that from henceforward Henderson bent his attention entirely to the ...
... bufinefs in St James's ftreet , with whom it was intended he fhould be connected ; but the death of that gentleman put an end to this scheme ; and it is believed , that from henceforward Henderson bent his attention entirely to the ...
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Page 192 - ... that our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions, any more than our opinions in physics or geometry; that therefore the proscribing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by laying upon him an incapacity of being called to offices of trust and emolument, unless he profess or renounce this or that religious opinion, is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages to which in common with his fellowcitizens he has a natural right...
Page 192 - ... established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world, and through all time ; that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves...
Page 193 - Confederation, but according to some equitable ratio of representation, namely, in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants, of every age, sex and condition, including those bound to servitude for a term of years, and three -fifths of all other persons, not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not paying taxes, in each State.
Page 112 - ... to teach them an early conceit of the difference of their conditions ; to accustom them to consider the services of their attendants as perfectly compensated by the wages they receive, and as unworthy of any return of kindness, attention, or complacency. Something...
Page 192 - ... that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order...
Page 114 - Revenged! Alas! you have judged too hardly of me ; I have not had one happy day since that fatal one on which I left my master ; but I have lived, I hope, to save him.
Page 192 - ... that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical ; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher, of his own religious persuasion, is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor whose morals he would make his pattern...
Page 192 - Almighty God hath created the mind free ; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the Holy author of our religion...
Page 497 - If those two countries, however, were to consider their real interest, without either mercantile jealousy or national animosity, the commerce of France might be more advantageous to Great Britain than that of any other country, and for the same reason that of Great Britain to France.
Page 114 - I rose and stole to the mouth of the cave ; when suddenly a dog met me, and gave that short quick bark by which they indicate their prey.