Analectic Magazine, and Naval Chronicle, Volume 2James Maxwell, 1813 |
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... given to the public at once ? Why may not the public be now put in possession of all the probabilities that Mr. Woodfall judged himself to possess ? For instance , in stating the question relatively to Lord George Sackville , why did ...
... given to the public at once ? Why may not the public be now put in possession of all the probabilities that Mr. Woodfall judged himself to possess ? For instance , in stating the question relatively to Lord George Sackville , why did ...
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... given on very sufficient authority as from Junius , ( V. II . p . 486. ) the writer says , when speaking of Lord Townsend , Lord Lieutenant , and his brother the Hon . Charles Townsend , Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland , " I am ...
... given on very sufficient authority as from Junius , ( V. II . p . 486. ) the writer says , when speaking of Lord Townsend , Lord Lieutenant , and his brother the Hon . Charles Townsend , Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland , " I am ...
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... given , but it by no means follows that it had been given to so many different persons . If one of these vagabonds cheats 19 parishes per annum , 10,000 of them would appear 190,000 in the enumeration . might defy the world in arms ...
... given , but it by no means follows that it had been given to so many different persons . If one of these vagabonds cheats 19 parishes per annum , 10,000 of them would appear 190,000 in the enumeration . might defy the world in arms ...
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... given , and the system of poor laws had ceased with regard to the rising generation , if any man chose to marry without a prospect of being able to support a family , he should have the most perfect liberty so to do . Though to marry in ...
... given , and the system of poor laws had ceased with regard to the rising generation , if any man chose to marry without a prospect of being able to support a family , he should have the most perfect liberty so to do . Though to marry in ...
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... given , they should on no account whatever be allowed to have any claim to parish assistance . If the parents desert their child they ought to be made answerable for the crime . The infant is , comparatively speak- ing , of no value to ...
... given , they should on no account whatever be allowed to have any claim to parish assistance . If the parents desert their child they ought to be made answerable for the crime . The infant is , comparatively speak- ing , of no value to ...
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Page 80 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
Page 389 - Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb ; Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away!
Page 388 - The sting she nourished for her foes, Whose venom never yet was vain, Gives but one pang, and cures all pain, And darts into her desperate brain...
Page 387 - O'er emerald meadows of Kashmeer Invites the young pursuer near, And leads him on from flower to flower A weary chase and wasted hour, Then leaves him, as it soars on high, With panting heart and tearful eye : So Beauty lures the full-grown child, With hue as bright, and wing as wild ; A chase of idle hopes and fears, Begun in folly, closed in tears.
Page 451 - I desire to enjoy it with your love and consent, that we may always live together as neighbors and friends ; else what would the great God do to us, who hath made us not to devour and destroy one another but to live soberly and kindly together in the world?
Page 28 - In years of plenty many thousands of them meet together in the mountains, where they feast and riot for many days; and at country weddings, markets, burials, and other the like public occasions, they are to be seen, both men and women, perpetually drunk, cursing, blaspheming, and fighting together.
Page 389 - Such is the aspect of this shore; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath...
Page 469 - All that could be done was to fan him with paper, and frequently to give him lemonade to alleviate his intense thirst. He was in great pain, and expressed much anxiety for the event of the action, which now began to declare itself. As often as a ship struck, the crew of the Victory...
Page 470 - I have called two or three of our fresh ships round, and have no doubt of giving them a drubbing." "I hope," said Nelson, "none of our ships have struck?" Hardy answered, "There was no fear of that.
Page 469 - Hardy ; and as that officer, though often sent for, .could not leave the deck, Nelson feared that some fatal cause prevented him, and repeatedly cried ; " Will no one bring Hardy to me ? He must be killed ! He is surely dead !". An hour and ten minutes elapsed from the time when Nelson received his wound, before Hardy could come to him.