The Political Magazine and Parliamentary, Naval, Military, and Literary Journal, Volume 1J. Bew, 1780 - Europe |
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... critical Pofitions fhould be fent , the Gentle who fend them may be affured , that they fhall be engrav the beft Manner . y 1 2 C POLITICAL MAGAZINE AND PARLIAMENTARY Naval , put into our Hands . But as we cannot propofe to comm.
... critical Pofitions fhould be fent , the Gentle who fend them may be affured , that they fhall be engrav the beft Manner . y 1 2 C POLITICAL MAGAZINE AND PARLIAMENTARY Naval , put into our Hands . But as we cannot propofe to comm.
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... hands to more fervile and labo- rious tasks , cultivating the earth , or defending the shores of the Illand . All bodies of men would fall into in- fignificance except the landholders , the turdy yeomen who compofed the my voice against ...
... hands to more fervile and labo- rious tasks , cultivating the earth , or defending the shores of the Illand . All bodies of men would fall into in- fignificance except the landholders , the turdy yeomen who compofed the my voice against ...
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... hand on his heart , and fairly congratulate his Majefty on the bleffings enjoyed under his go- vernment ? It was ... hands : but for the last feventeen he was forry to affirm , that thofe fings had been gradually on the creafe . That ...
... hand on his heart , and fairly congratulate his Majefty on the bleffings enjoyed under his go- vernment ? It was ... hands : but for the last feventeen he was forry to affirm , that thofe fings had been gradually on the creafe . That ...
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... hands of the Spaniards , and of the fubfe quent fertices performed by him at George's Key , where he arrived in the Racehorse in the evening of the 19th , having left the Po mona as I directed at Key Boquel . Capt . Nugent approached ...
... hands of the Spaniards , and of the fubfe quent fertices performed by him at George's Key , where he arrived in the Racehorse in the evening of the 19th , having left the Po mona as I directed at Key Boquel . Capt . Nugent approached ...
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... hands . I have the pleasure to affore their lordships , that the most perfect harmony and co - operation have fubfitted between the King's troops employed at fea and on thore ; fuch fer- vices as have been in my power to render my ...
... hands . I have the pleasure to affore their lordships , that the most perfect harmony and co - operation have fubfitted between the King's troops employed at fea and on thore ; fuch fer- vices as have been in my power to render my ...
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Page 388 - Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys, and Woodfalls so grave, What a commerce was yours while you got and you gave!
Page 388 - Twas only that when he was off he was acting. With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turn'd and he varied full ten times a day...
Page 6 - ... adequate to repel every insult and attack, and to maintain and uphold the power and reputation of this country.
Page 387 - Without cause be he pleas'd, without cause be he cross ; Be sure, as I work, to throw in contradictions, A great love of truth, yet a mind turn'd to fictions : Now mix these ingredients, which , warm'd in the baking, Turn to learning and gaming, religion and raking.
Page 6 - In making this communication to the Court of London, the King is firmly persuaded...
Page 364 - These had no charms to please the sense, No graceful port, no eloquence To win the Muse's throng : Unknown, unsung, unmark'd they lie ; But Caesar's fate o'ercasts the sky, And Nature mourns his wrong.
Page 7 - Gentlemen, I RETURN you my hearty thanks, for this very dutiful and affectionate addrefs.
Page 360 - The inhabitants were by this time apprised of what was going forward, and flocked in crowds to be witnesses of the address and boldness of the English. The governor of Alexandria was told that these seamen were about to pull down Pompey's pillar.
Page 6 - America, who are in full possession of independence, as pronounced by .them on the fourth of July, 1776, having proposed to the king to consolidate by a formal convention, the connection begun to be established between the two nations, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed a treaty of friendship and commerce, designed to serve as a foundation for their mutual good correspondence.
Page 398 - The superiority of the fire from the Sandwich, and the gallant behaviour of her officers and men, enabled her to sustain so unequal a combat, though, before attacked by them, she had beat three ships out of their line of battle, had entirely broke it, and was to leeward of the wake of the French admiral.