The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining KnowledgeJames Potts, 1782 |
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... took him one day into his cabinet of curi- ofities , and bid him take whatever he liked beft . The young prince , like ano . ther Achilles , detpiling the coftly jewels which were fet before him , chofe in pre- ference to them , an old ...
... took him one day into his cabinet of curi- ofities , and bid him take whatever he liked beft . The young prince , like ano . ther Achilles , detpiling the coftly jewels which were fet before him , chofe in pre- ference to them , an old ...
Page 10
... took him off make ufe of the following ftratagem to his horfe , and laid him gently on a car , conquer his obftinacy . They procured his eyes ftill rolling with fury , and his ten of the ftouteft men they could find , whole countenance ...
... took him off make ufe of the following ftratagem to his horfe , and laid him gently on a car , conquer his obftinacy . They procured his eyes ftill rolling with fury , and his ten of the ftouteft men they could find , whole countenance ...
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... took the first fermon that came to his hand , and on the glorious firft of August preached from this text , " Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof , " this too at a time when he was first chaplain to the then Lord Lieutenant ...
... took the first fermon that came to his hand , and on the glorious firft of August preached from this text , " Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof , " this too at a time when he was first chaplain to the then Lord Lieutenant ...
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... took Leith and Edin- burgh , and after plundering and burning them , returned to England . In Auguft the lame year , he went to the affiitance of the king at the fiege of Boulogne , with feveral troops of Almains and Flemings ; and ...
... took Leith and Edin- burgh , and after plundering and burning them , returned to England . In Auguft the lame year , he went to the affiitance of the king at the fiege of Boulogne , with feveral troops of Almains and Flemings ; and ...
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... took the hint , and frenchifying Tartafoli to Tartuffe , called his comedy by the last name ; a word without any other meaning in French , than as it alludes to the above anecdote . From this comedy Cibber took his Nonjuror , and from ...
... took the hint , and frenchifying Tartafoli to Tartuffe , called his comedy by the last name ; a word without any other meaning in French , than as it alludes to the above anecdote . From this comedy Cibber took his Nonjuror , and from ...
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