The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining KnowledgeJames Potts, 1786 |
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... says one of their hiftorians , " the ladies were excef- five in their drefs , and wore wonderfully high and broad horns ; having on each fide two ears fo large , that it was impoffible for them to come through a doorf . " This was about ...
... says one of their hiftorians , " the ladies were excef- five in their drefs , and wore wonderfully high and broad horns ; having on each fide two ears fo large , that it was impoffible for them to come through a doorf . " This was about ...
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... saying , “ afk captain Sut- ton , is he ready for battle , as I mean to go down and engage the enemy : " That captain Sutton replied , I am as ready as I can be ; " then a converfation took place , which the deponent could not hear ...
... saying , “ afk captain Sut- ton , is he ready for battle , as I mean to go down and engage the enemy : " That captain Sutton replied , I am as ready as I can be ; " then a converfation took place , which the deponent could not hear ...
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... Says Churchill , amongst other paffages very en- tertaining to a neutral reader , 66 " He damns the penfion that he takes , And loves the Stuart he forfakes . " Not fo faft , great fatirift - for he had now no friends at Rome . In the ...
... Says Churchill , amongst other paffages very en- tertaining to a neutral reader , 66 " He damns the penfion that he takes , And loves the Stuart he forfakes . " Not fo faft , great fatirift - for he had now no friends at Rome . In the ...
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... Say's character of Mrs. Bendy fh is fectly juft ; in my opinion , it is well dawn , and exhibits a ftriking likeness . Mr. Say , with whom I was perfectly well ac- quainted , was a moft ingenious , modeft , worthy man ; he fought his ...
... Say's character of Mrs. Bendy fh is fectly juft ; in my opinion , it is well dawn , and exhibits a ftriking likeness . Mr. Say , with whom I was perfectly well ac- quainted , was a moft ingenious , modeft , worthy man ; he fought his ...
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... say , that Lord Macartney , that truly great and worthy man , was not at this time removed from his employment , and doomed to fuffer all the perfecution and injuftice which had attended the unfortunate Lord Pigot ? We were now at peace ...
... say , that Lord Macartney , that truly great and worthy man , was not at this time removed from his employment , and doomed to fuffer all the perfecution and injuftice which had attended the unfortunate Lord Pigot ? We were now at peace ...
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Page 422 - You say you cannot conceive how lord Shaftesbury came to be a philosopher in vogue; I will tell you: first, he was a lord; secondly, he was as vain as any of his readers ; thirdly, men are very prone to believe what they do not understand; fourthly, they will believe any thing at all, provided they are under no obligation to believe it...
Page 459 - His energy divine; he tells the heart, He meant, he made us to behold and love What he beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being; to be great like him, Beneficent and active. Thus the men Whom Nature's works can charm, with God himself Hold converse; grow familiar, day by day, With his conceptions, act upon his plan; And form to his, the relish of their souls.
Page 72 - He that teaches us any thing which we knew not before, is undoubtedly to be reverenced as a master. He that conveys knowledge by more pleasing ways, may very properly be loved as a benefactor ; and he that supplies life with innocent amusement, will be certainly caressed as a pleasing companion.
Page 119 - to India, who was invited there to make a fortune; but it did not take place. He talked much of travelling into Poland, to observe the life of the Palatines, the account of which struck his curiosity very much.
Page 316 - The composition of sermons is not very difficult : the divisions not only help the memory of the hearer, but direct the judgment of the writer ; they supply sources of invention, and keep every part in its proper place.
Page 138 - Yet hear, alas ! this mournful truth, Nor hear it with a frown ; — Thou canst not make the tea so fast As I can gulp it down.
Page 458 - ... scenes? Painters, statuaries', and poets, therefore, are always ambitious to acknowledge themselves the pupils of nature ; and as their skill increases, they grow more and more delighted with every view of the animal and vegetable world. But the...
Page 223 - I was so far from giving an intemperate opposition, that I could not be said, in any sense of the word, to oppose them at all ; I mean, the three first. I certainly voted against the secretary of the day, but oftener voted with him. In Lord Hertford's administration, I had attained to a certain view and decided opinion of what was fit, in my mind, to be done for this country.
Page 233 - ... our people they had taken, were given up to their young warriors to be put to death after their barbarous manner. On our retreat, we were met by colonel Logan, who was hastening to join us, with a number of well armed men.
Page 300 - Gothic style, corresponding with that of the abbey, and a centre box, richly decorated and furnished with crimson satin, fringed with gold, for the reception of their majesties and the royal family: on the right hand of...