The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 78, Part 1; Volume 103F. Jefferies, 1808 - Early English newspapers The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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... some start up through blood to steer For fell dominion , though astray . Yet Providence , the eye o'er all , Permits such Monsters to give rule ; And in sufficient time will call To silence this sufficient fool . Is not the cheering ...
... some start up through blood to steer For fell dominion , though astray . Yet Providence , the eye o'er all , Permits such Monsters to give rule ; And in sufficient time will call To silence this sufficient fool . Is not the cheering ...
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... some Anti- quary , that great windows formerly had painted glass , and that the subjects were arranged this and that way , I can- not doubt . Nor can I be under any uncertainty , when I pronounce that the Artist certainly never saw an ...
... some Anti- quary , that great windows formerly had painted glass , and that the subjects were arranged this and that way , I can- not doubt . Nor can I be under any uncertainty , when I pronounce that the Artist certainly never saw an ...
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... some alligators , sharks , or other monsters of the deep , finished them ; for we heard no more barking after that night . SOME OME desire may possibly be found to know the mode of our procedure during the ship's repair ( see p . 995 of ...
... some alligators , sharks , or other monsters of the deep , finished them ; for we heard no more barking after that night . SOME OME desire may possibly be found to know the mode of our procedure during the ship's repair ( see p . 995 of ...
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... some con- ferences with each other , confessed to him , that they were sent to destroy him ; but that they found a ... some some small tracts on the subject of our resources in 180 $ . ] Chinese Anecdotes . - Providential Escape . 27.
... some con- ferences with each other , confessed to him , that they were sent to destroy him ; but that they found a ... some some small tracts on the subject of our resources in 180 $ . ] Chinese Anecdotes . - Providential Escape . 27.
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... some experience in that science . I need therefore make no apo logy for the following observations : The extremities of the habitable world were considered by the Antients as two Islands ; one lying in the utmost limits of the North ...
... some experience in that science . I need therefore make no apo logy for the following observations : The extremities of the habitable world were considered by the Antients as two Islands ; one lying in the utmost limits of the North ...
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Page 305 - God : that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Page 144 - The schoolboy, wandering through the wood To pull the primrose gay, Starts, the new voice of spring to hear, And imitates thy lay. What time the pea puts on the bloom, Thou fliest thy vocal vale, An annual guest in other lands, Another spring to hail. Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Page 502 - ... published discourses of practical divinity. I no sooner saw this venerable man in the pulpit, but I very much approved of my friend's insisting upon the qualifications of a good aspect and a clear voice ; for I was so charmed with the gracefulness of his figure and delivery, as well as with the discourses he pronounced, that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction. A sermon repeated after this manner, is like the composition of a poet in the mouth of a graceful actor.
Page 305 - And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God.
Page 144 - ODE TO THE CUCKOO. HAIL, beauteous stranger of the grove! Thou messenger of spring ! Now Heaven repairs thy rural seat, And woods thy welcome sing. What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Page 502 - I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example, and instead of wasting their spirits in laborious compositions of their own, would endeavour after a handsome elocution, and all those other talents that are proper to enforce what has been penned by greater masters. This would not only be more easy to themselves, but more edifying to the people.
Page 383 - Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
Page 384 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Page 502 - Calamy, with several living authors who have published discourses of practical divinity. I no sooner saw this venerable man in the pulpit but I very much approved of my friend's insisting upon the qualifications of a good aspect and a clear voice...
Page 383 - Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.