The Annual Register, Volume 22Longmans, Green, 1796 - History |
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... have alfo feen , had been invested , and vigorously attacked , by Ge- neral Sullivan . And finding that island already freed from danger , he proceeded to New York , where , [ 4 ] in in confequence of what is under- Itood by a previous THE.
... have alfo feen , had been invested , and vigorously attacked , by Ge- neral Sullivan . And finding that island already freed from danger , he proceeded to New York , where , [ 4 ] in in confequence of what is under- Itood by a previous THE.
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... attack the Americans in their head quar- ters and principal place of arms at Providence ; the destruction , or ef- fectual difmantling of which , would have removed an eye - fore , and conftant fource of apprehenfion , at leaft , from ...
... attack the Americans in their head quar- ters and principal place of arms at Providence ; the destruction , or ef- fectual difmantling of which , would have removed an eye - fore , and conftant fource of apprehenfion , at leaft , from ...
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... attack , little quarter could be given , fo that only five prifoners were taken . Though fome at- tempt was made by Pulaki's horfe , and the remains of his infantry , to harass the detachment on their retreat , the good countenance ...
... attack , little quarter could be given , fo that only five prifoners were taken . Though fome at- tempt was made by Pulaki's horfe , and the remains of his infantry , to harass the detachment on their retreat , the good countenance ...
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... attack , they repeatedly fent fmall parties to the fettlement , charged with the ftrongest profeffions of friendship , declarations of the fulleft defire and intention to preferve the peace inviolate on their fide , and re- quefts ...
... attack , they repeatedly fent fmall parties to the fettlement , charged with the ftrongest profeffions of friendship , declarations of the fulleft defire and intention to preferve the peace inviolate on their fide , and re- quefts ...
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... attacked at once on every fide . His behaviour in this wretched fituation , could fcarcely have been expected from the con- duct which led him into it . He and his party , notwithstanding thofe circumftances of furprize and dan ger ...
... attacked at once on every fide . His behaviour in this wretched fituation , could fcarcely have been expected from the con- duct which led him into it . He and his party , notwithstanding thofe circumftances of furprize and dan ger ...
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Page 19 - The metaphysical poets were men of learning, and to show their learning was their whole endeavour; but, unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme, instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses, and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear; for the modulation was so imperfect, that they were only found to be verses, by counting the syllables.
Page 20 - ... wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil, impassive and at leisure ; as Epicurean deities making remarks on the actions of men, and the vicissitudes of life, without interest and without emotion.
Page 19 - If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be considered as Wit which is at once natural and new, that which though not obvious is, upon its...
Page 351 - Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral to will and require the High Court of Admiralty of Great Britain, and the Lieutenant and Judge of the...
Page 19 - Wit, like all other things subject by their nature to the choice of man, has its changes and fashions, and at different times takes different forms. About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical poets; of whom, in a criticism on the works of Cowley, it is not improper to give some account.
Page 19 - Dryden confesses of himself and his contemporaries, that they fall below Donne in wit, but maintains that they surpass him in poetry. If Wit be well described by Pope, as being "that which has been often thought, but was never before so well expressed...
Page 25 - The appearances of nature, and the occurrences of life, did not satiate his appetite of greatness. To paint things as they are, requires a minute attention, and employs the memory rather than the fancy.
Page 320 - March, one thoufand fe»en hundred and feventy-nine, upon lands> tenements, hereditaments, penfions, offices, and perfonal eftates, in that part of Great Britain called England, Wales, and the town of Berwick upon Tweed; and that a proportionable cefs, according...
Page 29 - But such airy beings are for the most part suffered only to do their natural office, and retire. Thus Fame tells a tale and Victory hovers over a general or perches on a standard; but Fame and Victory can do no more.
Page 160 - Tip his tongue with strange matter, his pen with fine taste ; That the rake and the poet o'er all may prevail, Set fire to the head, and set fire to the tail.