A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 1John Walker Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 |
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... received by the public , and would rather tend to benefit than to injure the Proprietors of the Gentle- man's Magazine . That voluminous series of more than threescore years now contains a great number of literary , historical , and ...
... received by the public , and would rather tend to benefit than to injure the Proprietors of the Gentle- man's Magazine . That voluminous series of more than threescore years now contains a great number of literary , historical , and ...
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... received , and riot in the spoils of their enemies . The present alienation of the crown of these realms from him who pretends to claim them by his birth , may be com- pared to a divorce , which may , by the mutual consent of both ...
... received , and riot in the spoils of their enemies . The present alienation of the crown of these realms from him who pretends to claim them by his birth , may be com- pared to a divorce , which may , by the mutual consent of both ...
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... received particular orders from the king's highness to attend the cardinal as the chief person about him , and was sworn to that service ; for as to later authors that mention this matter , they all follow Mr. Caven- dish , giving such ...
... received particular orders from the king's highness to attend the cardinal as the chief person about him , and was sworn to that service ; for as to later authors that mention this matter , they all follow Mr. Caven- dish , giving such ...
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... received against him , than this silent declaration of his attachment to litera- ture , and renunciation of the sword . Yours , & c . 1756 , March . G. S. GREEN . VII . The Proclamation for celebrating the Coronation and esta- blishing ...
... received against him , than this silent declaration of his attachment to litera- ture , and renunciation of the sword . Yours , & c . 1756 , March . G. S. GREEN . VII . The Proclamation for celebrating the Coronation and esta- blishing ...
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... received the forty yards of velvet , and the rest of the fees were compounded for 2001 . 2. The earl of Derby counterclaimed the office of lord great chamberlain , with the fees , & c . but was not allowed . 3. The king's champion ...
... received the forty yards of velvet , and the rest of the fees were compounded for 2001 . 2. The earl of Derby counterclaimed the office of lord great chamberlain , with the fees , & c . but was not allowed . 3. The king's champion ...
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Page 165 - And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Page 245 - ... in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
Page 168 - To him the porter openeth ; and the sheep hear his voice : and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him : for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him : for they know not the voice of strangers.
Page 120 - My Lord, are you going for Scotland ? My reply was, Yes, Sir, if you have any commands for me. Then he said, I hope you will be kind to me, and follow the example of England.
Page 74 - Mary having delt severely with the Protestants in England, about the latter end of her reign signed a commission for to take the same course with them in Ireland ; and, to execute the same with greater force, she nominates Dr. Cole one of the commissioners.
Page 383 - Phoebus has his bays; Tea both excels, which she vouchsafes to praise. The best of queens, and best of herbs, we owe To that bold nation, which the way did show To the fair region where the sun does rise, Whose rich productions we so justly prizeThe Muse's friend, Tea, does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene, Fit, on her birth-day, to salute the Queen.
Page 412 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day, While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 46 - And because that many other like cases of treason may happen in time to come, which a man cannot think or declare at this present time; it is accorded, that if any other case, supposed treason, which is not above specified, doth happen before any justices, the justices shall tarry without any going to judgment of the treason, till the cause be shewed and declared before the King and his Parliament...
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Page 75 - ... who causing it to be opened, that the secretary might read the commission, there was nothing save a pack of cards, with the knave of clubs uppermost ; which not only startled the...