The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year ...G. Robinson, Pater-noster-Row, 1797 - English poetry |
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... Nature , drawn by Mr. Gray in his Ode on a [ 160 ] diftant Profpect of Eton College , [ 162 ] Illuftration of the Influence of Local Attachment with respect to Home , " [ 164 ] Defcription of Hay - making , [ 167 ] Repast of Lucian and ...
... Nature , drawn by Mr. Gray in his Ode on a [ 160 ] diftant Profpect of Eton College , [ 162 ] Illuftration of the Influence of Local Attachment with respect to Home , " [ 164 ] Defcription of Hay - making , [ 167 ] Repast of Lucian and ...
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... nature of their tenets , however , their popularity was but of thort duration . The difappointment of a predic- tion is generally fatal to the reputation of the prophet : -their credit , therefore , furvived them but a few years ; and ...
... nature of their tenets , however , their popularity was but of thort duration . The difappointment of a predic- tion is generally fatal to the reputation of the prophet : -their credit , therefore , furvived them but a few years ; and ...
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... nature render difficult of accomplishment ; a duty againft which prejudice too commonly revolts , and which intereft some- times will even prompt men to be- tray . The difficulties which the annalift of his own times has to en- counter ...
... nature render difficult of accomplishment ; a duty againft which prejudice too commonly revolts , and which intereft some- times will even prompt men to be- tray . The difficulties which the annalift of his own times has to en- counter ...
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... nature of the evidence they had received ; and the two houfes foon afterwards clofed the fitting , by adjournment till the next day . On the 30th of October the mi- nutes of the evidence of the wit- nefes examined in the houfe of lords ...
... nature of the evidence they had received ; and the two houfes foon afterwards clofed the fitting , by adjournment till the next day . On the 30th of October the mi- nutes of the evidence of the wit- nefes examined in the houfe of lords ...
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... nature of the bill , more dangerous , because more infidious , than the open avowal of the chancellor of the exchequer . By this bill the interests of the fove- reign were opposed to those of the people ; whereas it had generally been ...
... nature of the bill , more dangerous , because more infidious , than the open avowal of the chancellor of the exchequer . By this bill the interests of the fove- reign were opposed to those of the people ; whereas it had generally been ...
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Page 176 - It is justly so; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence; the support of your tranquillity at home; your peace abroad; of your safety, of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee, that from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed, to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth...
Page 181 - And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Page 179 - This, government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy...
Page 177 - Citizens, by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
Page 176 - Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our Country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 177 - ... greater security from external danger, a less frequent interruption of their peace by foreign nations ; and, what is of inestimable value, they must...
Page 183 - ... of a virtuous sense of obligation a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption or infatuation.
Page 185 - Though in reviewing the incidents of my Administration I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils to which they may tend.
Page 175 - I rejoice that the state of your concerns, external as well as internal, no longer renders the pursuit of inclination incompatible with the sentiment of duty or propriety, and am persuaded, whatever partiality may be retained for my services, that in the present circumstances of our country you will not disapprove my determination to retire.
Page 184 - ... trade a stable course, to define the rights of our merchants, and to enable the Government to support them, conventional rules of intercourse...