A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 1John Walker Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 |
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... continued because they are good , and are reverenced be- cause they have been long continued . Thus the danger of changing them grows every day greater , as the real use fulness is always the same , and the accidental esteem of them is ...
... continued because they are good , and are reverenced be- cause they have been long continued . Thus the danger of changing them grows every day greater , as the real use fulness is always the same , and the accidental esteem of them is ...
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... continued to the last , always easy , but still growing weaker and weaker , and in that manner ex- piring . I can discern nothing like poison in all this ; on the contrary , it is humbly submitted to the faculty , whether any poison ...
... continued to the last , always easy , but still growing weaker and weaker , and in that manner ex- piring . I can discern nothing like poison in all this ; on the contrary , it is humbly submitted to the faculty , whether any poison ...
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... continued his course on foot , through places that perhaps had never before been trodden , and over mountains which would have been inac- cessible to all who were not in equal danger , and at length arrived at the Glen of Morar . After ...
... continued his course on foot , through places that perhaps had never before been trodden , and over mountains which would have been inac- cessible to all who were not in equal danger , and at length arrived at the Glen of Morar . After ...
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... continued to gain upon them , during a chase of three leagues , so that she was once within two musquet shot . The adventurer encouraged his men by the promise of a reward if they escaped , but declared at the same time , that he would ...
... continued to gain upon them , during a chase of three leagues , so that she was once within two musquet shot . The adventurer encouraged his men by the promise of a reward if they escaped , but declared at the same time , that he would ...
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... continued here about a month , during which time he endeavoured to amuse himself by hunting , fowl- ing , and fishing , exercises which , if they did not much sus- pend his anxiety , greatly contributed to the subsistence of his company ...
... continued here about a month , during which time he endeavoured to amuse himself by hunting , fowl- ing , and fishing , exercises which , if they did not much sus- pend his anxiety , greatly contributed to the subsistence of his company ...
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Popular passages
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 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 245 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it ; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent...
Page 46 - ... 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, whether it ought to be judged treason or other felony.
Page 445 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind?
Page 245 - For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
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.
Page 246 - Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Page 417 - And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down. Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
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.