London Magazine: Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, Volume 45C. Ackers, 1776 - English essays |
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... force ; and the direct repugnancy there was , between the estimates now voted , and the mea- fures recommended in the fpeech from the throne . This argument was fre- quently preffed . Two or three days however before the Houfe rofe , Mr ...
... force ; and the direct repugnancy there was , between the estimates now voted , and the mea- fures recommended in the fpeech from the throne . This argument was fre- quently preffed . Two or three days however before the Houfe rofe , Mr ...
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... force and weight of the oppolition we met with . That it was the duty as it was the intention of those who conducted the affairs of government , to fend a force to America fully ade quate to its complete reduction ; for to protract the ...
... force and weight of the oppolition we met with . That it was the duty as it was the intention of those who conducted the affairs of government , to fend a force to America fully ade quate to its complete reduction ; for to protract the ...
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... force to what he was going to let fly , full in Longinus Rabe- laicus's teeth who fat over against him - yet for all that , he had the continence to contain himself , for he stopt fhort , I fay , without uttering one word , except z ...
... force to what he was going to let fly , full in Longinus Rabe- laicus's teeth who fat over against him - yet for all that , he had the continence to contain himself , for he stopt fhort , I fay , without uttering one word , except z ...
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... force or contrivance could feduce Romeo , till the moment in which he was put into the coffin , and the people concern- ed in his funeral began to deem it necef- fary to destroy the dog , which refifted all their measures , but ...
... force or contrivance could feduce Romeo , till the moment in which he was put into the coffin , and the people concern- ed in his funeral began to deem it necef- fary to destroy the dog , which refifted all their measures , but ...
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... force its way , and rife fuperior to all the arts of falfhood and all the powers of oppreffion . Right or wrong , my lord , " in all cafes whatsoever , " but more especially when the fate of nations is concerned , are words of infinite ...
... force its way , and rife fuperior to all the arts of falfhood and all the powers of oppreffion . Right or wrong , my lord , " in all cafes whatsoever , " but more especially when the fate of nations is concerned , are words of infinite ...
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Page 146 - God and calling unto mind the mortality of my body and •knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth, to be buried In decent christian burial at the discretion of my executors. Nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God.
Page 291 - A SEASONABLE ARGUMENT TO PERSUADE ALL THE GRAND JURIES IN ENGLAND TO PETITION FOR A NEW PARLIAMENT, OR A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL LABOURERS IN THE GREAT DESIGN OF POPERY AND ARBITRARY POWER...
Page 526 - It is said of Diogenes, that, meeting a young man who was going to a feast, he took him up in the street and carried him home to his friends, as one who was running into imminent danger, had not he prevented him.
Page 255 - When in broad daylight I open my eyes, it is not in my power to choose whether I shall see or no, or to determine what particular objects shall present themselves to my view ; and so likewise as to the hearing and other senses, the ideas imprinted on them are not creatures of my will. There is therefore some other Will or Spirit that produces them.
Page 69 - Deviation necessary, it is understood to be a Rule, that each succeeding Congress be held in a different Colony till the whole Number be gone through, and so in perpetual Rotation; and that accordingly the next Congress after the present shall be held at Annapolis in Maryland.
Page 526 - What would that philosopher have said, had he been present at the gluttony of a modern meal ? Would not he have thought the master of a family mad, and have begged his servants to tie down his hands, had he seen him devour fowl, fish, and flesh...
Page 18 - ... if you read a great book of Dr. Flood's, which you have, who had all that book from the manuscripts of...
Page 460 - Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
Page 440 - ... may of right do. — And for the fupport of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our facred honour.
Page 445 - This nobleman, I say, is a prodigy; for at eighty-five he has all the wit and promptness of a man of thirty. A disposition to be pleased, and a power to please others, beyond whatever I knew : added to which, a man of learning, courtesy, and feeling.