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... thing happen of a more interefting nature ; the public and private rejoicings they made , and the marks of refpect and regard which they fhewed the princefs upon every occafion , fuf ficiently teftified the sense they had of it . By ...
... thing happen of a more interefting nature ; the public and private rejoicings they made , and the marks of refpect and regard which they fhewed the princefs upon every occafion , fuf ficiently teftified the sense they had of it . By ...
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... thing happen a feries of mifmanagement , been of a more interefting nature ; the long on the decline in that coun- public and private rejoicings they try ; it was the error of the famous made , and the marks of refpect Colbert , that he ...
... thing happen a feries of mifmanagement , been of a more interefting nature ; the long on the decline in that coun- public and private rejoicings they try ; it was the error of the famous made , and the marks of refpect Colbert , that he ...
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... thing contrary to the refpect and fubmiffion due to the king's refolution , under title or pretext of apologies , or justifica- tions , tending to disturb the peace of his kingdoms , or should in any other manner , by their private ...
... thing contrary to the refpect and fubmiffion due to the king's refolution , under title or pretext of apologies , or justifica- tions , tending to disturb the peace of his kingdoms , or should in any other manner , by their private ...
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... thing less than a law could protect from due punishment the framers or executors of an illegal act ; and at the fame time to do juftice to the rectitude of a proceeding , which , though not authorized by law , was done for public good ...
... thing less than a law could protect from due punishment the framers or executors of an illegal act ; and at the fame time to do juftice to the rectitude of a proceeding , which , though not authorized by law , was done for public good ...
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... thing along with them . In Ireland , the Liffey did the fame ; and in Wales , no man liv , ing ever faw fuch floods . It is amazing , with what folemnity the Thames and Severn rise and fall on these occafions , flowing with an enlarged ...
... thing along with them . In Ireland , the Liffey did the fame ; and in Wales , no man liv , ing ever faw fuch floods . It is amazing , with what folemnity the Thames and Severn rise and fall on these occafions , flowing with an enlarged ...
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Page 217 - How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung : There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! TO MERCY.
Page 264 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page 264 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 132 - Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
Page 261 - ... strictly speaking) there is no foundation in nature or in natural law, why a set of words upon parchment should convey the dominion of land...
Page 276 - ... openly and humbly kneeling, being ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands both together between those of the lord, who...
Page 274 - that the king is the universal lord and original proprietor of all the lands in his kingdom, and that no man doth or can possess any part of it, but what has mediately or immediately been derived as a gift from him, to be held upon feudal services.
Page 71 - His Majefty went to the Houfe of Peers, and gave the royal aflent to the following bills, viz. The bill for puniihing mutiny and defertion, and for the better payment of the army and their quarters.
Page 261 - ... from a determinate spot of ground, because his father had done so before him ; or why the occupier of a particular field or of a jewel, when lying on his death-bed, and no longer able to maintain possession, should be entitled to tell the rest of the world which of them should enjoy it after him.
Page 265 - ... by giving it opportunities of improving its rational faculties, as well as of exerting its natural.