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... produced any novel theories , either in politics , religion , or taste ; if the literature of the last year displayed nothing decisively original , and but little even of singularity , neither was it disgraced , as were some for- mer ...
... produced any novel theories , either in politics , religion , or taste ; if the literature of the last year displayed nothing decisively original , and but little even of singularity , neither was it disgraced , as were some for- mer ...
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... produced by their labour 1057. 1s . 4d . ; or 16s . 34d . each person , by the year . The workhouse for the city of ... produce 152,239 / . 8s ; but as Mr. most of the workhouses in the king- Pitt , during his administration , never dom ...
... produced by their labour 1057. 1s . 4d . ; or 16s . 34d . each person , by the year . The workhouse for the city of ... produce 152,239 / . 8s ; but as Mr. most of the workhouses in the king- Pitt , during his administration , never dom ...
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... produced ? If conclusion of the eighteenth century , Johnson had much profundity of in- could write a panegyric on the feudal tellect , he surely did not evince it , system , as the wisest and most ad- when he declared that moderate ta ...
... produced ? If conclusion of the eighteenth century , Johnson had much profundity of in- could write a panegyric on the feudal tellect , he surely did not evince it , system , as the wisest and most ad- when he declared that moderate ta ...
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... Produce of Bengal , and the adjacent Provinces . [ From Mr. Colebrooke's Remarks on the Husbandry and Internal Commerce of Bengal 1 COTT NOTTON piece goods are the sta- ple manufacture of India . A rapid sketch of the various sorts ...
... Produce of Bengal , and the adjacent Provinces . [ From Mr. Colebrooke's Remarks on the Husbandry and Internal Commerce of Bengal 1 COTT NOTTON piece goods are the sta- ple manufacture of India . A rapid sketch of the various sorts ...
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... produced . A fine the mountaineers . A sort of canvas sort of cotton is still grown in the is made from cotton in ... produce was early equal to the consumption , and ture was thence introduced into the Levant ; and the produce with its ...
... produced . A fine the mountaineers . A sort of canvas sort of cotton is still grown in the is made from cotton in ... produce was early equal to the consumption , and ture was thence introduced into the Levant ; and the produce with its ...
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Page 228 - The gorse is yellow on the heath, The banks with speedwell flowers are gay, The oaks are budding; and beneath, The hawthorn soon will bear the wreath, The silver wreath of May.
Page 269 - OSSIAN. The Poems of Ossian in the Original Gaelic. With a Literal Translation into English, and a Dissertation on the Authenticity of the Poems.
Page 346 - The scene of the Picture is laid in that part of the road to Canterbury which commands a view of the Dulwich hills — the time, a beautiful and serene April morning. The interest of the Procession is considerably heightened by the cheerfulness of the accompanying landscape. The Pilgrims are grouped with a decorum suited to their respective characters, and in the order in which we may suppose Chaucer himself to have seen them, headed by the Miller, playing upon his pipe, under the guidance of Harry...
Page 56 - The evidence that there is a Being, all-powerful, wise, and good, by whom every thing exists ; and particularly, to obviate difficulties regarding the wisdom and goodness of the Deity ; and this, in the first place, from considerations independent of written revelation, and, in the second place, from the Revelation of the Lord Jesus ; and from the whole, to point out the inferences most necessary for and useful to mankind.
Page 375 - I was soon convinced that my means were unequal to a regular siege; the only prospect of success that presented itself was, to erect a battery as near as possible to a wall by the south gate, that joins the works to the sea, and endeavour to breach it.
Page 228 - twere mark'd in written page, Translate the wild bird's song. I wish I did his power possess, •";?• That I might learn, fleet bird, from thee, What our vain systems only guess, And know from what wide wilderness You came across the sea.
Page 114 - Take care of my dear Lady Hamilton, Hardy; take care of poor Lady Hamilton. Kiss me, Hardy,
Page 139 - French languages: the earliest known instance of the English tongue having been used in deeds, is that of the indenture between the abbot and convent of Whitby, and Robert, the son of John Bustard, dated at York, in the year 1343. The English tongue was ordered to be used in all law pleadings in 1364. Ordered to be used in all law-suits in May, 1731.
Page 129 - A sporting tour through various parts of France, in the year 1802 : including a concise description of the sporting establishments, mode of hunting, and other field amusements, as practised in that country,...
Page 114 - Hardy within the first hour-and-aquarter of this period. A partial cannonade, however, was still maintained, in consequence of the enemy's running ships passing the British at different points ; and the last distant guns which were fired at their van ships that were making off, were heard a minute or two before his lordship expired.