The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year ..., Volume 8G. Robinson, Pater-noster-Row, 1788 |
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... paid to claffical learning , new fubjects were opened of fpeculation and en- quiry : nor when the mind was once fet afloat , could it eafily be reftrained in its excurfions . It was happy that this effect was not forefeen by fome of the ...
... paid to claffical learning , new fubjects were opened of fpeculation and en- quiry : nor when the mind was once fet afloat , could it eafily be reftrained in its excurfions . It was happy that this effect was not forefeen by fome of the ...
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... paid no attention to Wickliff's opinions would have their curiofity raised by the controverfies which Luther had oc- cafioned ; and the gratification of their curiofity would tend , in feveral inftances , to produce a conviction of the ...
... paid no attention to Wickliff's opinions would have their curiofity raised by the controverfies which Luther had oc- cafioned ; and the gratification of their curiofity would tend , in feveral inftances , to produce a conviction of the ...
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... paid to the principles of the Reformation ; and the more they were examined , the more did they engage the affent of honest and open minds . They were embraced too , by many perfons , with a zeal of which , at present , we have but a ...
... paid to the principles of the Reformation ; and the more they were examined , the more did they engage the affent of honest and open minds . They were embraced too , by many perfons , with a zeal of which , at present , we have but a ...
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... paid by the nabob to the English , oc- cafioned a confiderable drain of Specie from his dominions , and he had no trade by which that fpecie could be replaced . Of confequence , as Mr. Haltings jaftly obferves , our fubfidy is a fource ...
... paid by the nabob to the English , oc- cafioned a confiderable drain of Specie from his dominions , and he had no trade by which that fpecie could be replaced . Of confequence , as Mr. Haltings jaftly obferves , our fubfidy is a fource ...
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... paid by certain gentlemen , who ufually had the tranfaction of Mr. Haft- ings's pecuniary affairs in England . Mrs. Haftings's expences were ima- gined fo far to have exceeded this allowance , that the gentlemen thought themselves bound ...
... paid by certain gentlemen , who ufually had the tranfaction of Mr. Haft- ings's pecuniary affairs in England . Mrs. Haftings's expences were ima- gined fo far to have exceeded this allowance , that the gentlemen thought themselves bound ...
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Page 132 - It is as placid and delightful, as that is wild and tremendous. For the mountain being cloven asunder, she presents to your eye, through the cleft, a small catch of smooth blue horizon, at an infinite distance in the plain country, inviting you, as it were, from the riot and tumult roaring around, to pass through the breach and participate of the calm below.
Page 84 - The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace, and treaties, that of levying money and regulating commerce, and the correspondent executive and judicial authorities, should be fully and effectually vested in the General Government of the Union...
Page 86 - Each house shall be the judge of the election,, returns, and qualifications of its own members...
Page 84 - ... or injurious to others ; that it is liable to as few exceptions as could reasonably have been expected, we hope and believe ; that it may promote the lasting welfare of that country so dear to us all, and secure her freedom and happiness, is our most ardent wish...
Page 55 - Barthelemy having had no other object than to announce to that Court an intention, the motives of which no longer exist, especially since the King of Prussia has...
Page 192 - Fates awhile this trial doom; Then aid me, Hope, my woes to bear, Nor leave me till my Delia come; Till Delia come, no more to part, And all these cares and fears remove: Oh, come!
Page 131 - ... that in this place particularly they have been dammed up by the Blue ridge of mountains, and have formed an ocean which filled the whole valley ; that continuing to rise they have at length broken over at this spot, and have torn the mountain down from its summit to its base.
Page 154 - Wherefore, if that ye could be content with that Good, and my poor Person, I would be the merriest maiden on ground ; and if ye think not yourself so satisfied, or that ye might have much more Good, as I have understood by you afore ; good, true, and loving Valentine, that ye take no such labour upon you, as to come more for that matter, But let...
Page 86 - Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.
Page 131 - The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent.