The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1800 - History |
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... fame paffion will act as powerfully with the old poffeffors , not to re- linquish any of thofe profits which ufually came into their hands , and to which they will think that long prefcription has given them a right . With refpect to ...
... fame paffion will act as powerfully with the old poffeffors , not to re- linquish any of thofe profits which ufually came into their hands , and to which they will think that long prefcription has given them a right . With refpect to ...
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... fame particular com- munity , or fpeak the fame lan- guage with themselves . This li- beral intercourfe , together with the continual tranflation of books from one language to another , will by degrees bring mankind in fome meafure ...
... fame particular com- munity , or fpeak the fame lan- guage with themselves . This li- beral intercourfe , together with the continual tranflation of books from one language to another , will by degrees bring mankind in fome meafure ...
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... fame nation , had produced none of thofe ill con- fequences , thofe animofities and difputes , which other countries had fo fatally experienced from the fame caufes . It is to be obferved that the conftitution of Poland was ori- ginally ...
... fame nation , had produced none of thofe ill con- fequences , thofe animofities and difputes , which other countries had fo fatally experienced from the fame caufes . It is to be obferved that the conftitution of Poland was ori- ginally ...
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... fame prince , five years af terwards , at the diet of Grodno , in 1568 , granted letters of confirma- tion on the fame fubject , wherein the fame articles are recited word for word ; and , to prevent the con- ftruction in their own ...
... fame prince , five years af terwards , at the diet of Grodno , in 1568 , granted letters of confirma- tion on the fame fubject , wherein the fame articles are recited word for word ; and , to prevent the con- ftruction in their own ...
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... fame prince in the year 1569 , by which the grand dutchy of Lithua nia was for ever united to the crown of Poland . Upon the death of Sigifmund Auguftus , the Polish constitution was entirely changed , and the na- tion assumed the form ...
... fame prince in the year 1569 , by which the grand dutchy of Lithua nia was for ever united to the crown of Poland . Upon the death of Sigifmund Auguftus , the Polish constitution was entirely changed , and the na- tion assumed the form ...
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Page 243 - 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 290 - 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 290 - 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 156 - And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan : and the land was polluted with blood.
Page 219 - To replace to ditto,, the like fum paid out of the fame, to make good the deficiency on the...
Page 289 - ... places where the ground and herbage remained yet in common. Thus we find Abraham, who was but a sojourner, asserting his right to a well in the country of Abimelech, and exacting an oath for his security, "because he had digged that well.
Page 295 - ... and continuance of property, must still unavoidably remain in common, being such wherein nothing but an usufructuary property is capable of being had ; and therefore they still belong to the first occupant, during the time he holds possession of them, and no longer. Such (among others) are the elements of light, air, and water, which a man may occupy by means of his windows, his gardens, his mills, and other conveniences...
Page 287 - ... 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 291 - It was clear that the earth would not produce her fruits in sufficient quantities without the assistance of tillage ; but who would be at the pains of tilling it, if another might watch an opportunity to seize upon and enjoy the product of his industry, art, and labour...
Page 38 - When near boiling, (he took a large brafs ladle and tofled the tea, till the liquor turned very brown. It was now taken off the fire, and, after fubfiding a little, was poured clear into another veflel.