A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 1John Walker Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 |
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... perhaps , be immediately under- stood , nor is it easy for me to make it intelligible , without giving an account of some past transactions , too long to be excused but by the importance of the subject . At the beginning of the late war ...
... perhaps , be immediately under- stood , nor is it easy for me to make it intelligible , without giving an account of some past transactions , too long to be excused but by the importance of the subject . At the beginning of the late war ...
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... perhaps , more strongly affect weaker minds , if any such there are , is this ; we are , indeed , principally to consult the scriptures as the rule of our consciences , but we are likewise to have regard to the visible hand of God , and ...
... perhaps , more strongly affect weaker minds , if any such there are , is this ; we are , indeed , principally to consult the scriptures as the rule of our consciences , but we are likewise to have regard to the visible hand of God , and ...
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... perhaps be proved , but an attempt to prove it seems , in the present state of the question , superfluous , because the request of the parliament is in itself a reason sufficient to overbalance all that Debate with Cromwell . 15.
... perhaps be proved , but an attempt to prove it seems , in the present state of the question , superfluous , because the request of the parliament is in itself a reason sufficient to overbalance all that Debate with Cromwell . 15.
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... perhaps be questioned how far Fines . the sanction of antiquity deserves to be regarded . The long continuance of any practice which might have been altered or disused at pleasure , is at least a proof that no inconveniences have been ...
... perhaps be questioned how far Fines . the sanction of antiquity deserves to be regarded . The long continuance of any practice which might have been altered or disused at pleasure , is at least a proof that no inconveniences have been ...
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... perhaps not the least , is the interrup- Lenthal , tion of justice , which has not been administered Fines . but by the assistance of the army , the last expe- dient that ought to be made use of . Jones . That the laws did not lose more ...
... perhaps not the least , is the interrup- Lenthal , tion of justice , which has not been administered Fines . but by the assistance of the army , the last expe- dient that ought to be made use of . Jones . That the laws did not lose more ...
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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 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.