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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... purpose . The opinions of learned doctors and univerfities were fought for , and appealed to ; and it was determined , by many decifions , that the marriage was contrary to the law of God . The refult of the affair was an abfolute ...
... purpose . The opinions of learned doctors and univerfities were fought for , and appealed to ; and it was determined , by many decifions , that the marriage was contrary to the law of God . The refult of the affair was an abfolute ...
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... purpose . It is fcarcely poffible to tell when he would be ferious and when witty . The fact is , that the age was not yet fufficiently refined , either to relifh or to promote much burlesque poetry . To fome part of Henry the Eighth's ...
... purpose . It is fcarcely poffible to tell when he would be ferious and when witty . The fact is , that the age was not yet fufficiently refined , either to relifh or to promote much burlesque poetry . To fome part of Henry the Eighth's ...
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... purposes of the Reformation . According to Mr. Pinkerton , fir David was more the Re- former of Scotland than John Knox ; , for he had prepared the ground , and John only fowed the feed . The best of his works is the hiftory of William ...
... purposes of the Reformation . According to Mr. Pinkerton , fir David was more the Re- former of Scotland than John Knox ; , for he had prepared the ground , and John only fowed the feed . The best of his works is the hiftory of William ...
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... purpose appears to have been thus filial and virtuous , his father was obliged by his tyrannical minister , to fend cir- cular orders to every quarter for his apprehenfion , and to demand of the neighbouring princes , that they fhould ...
... purpose appears to have been thus filial and virtuous , his father was obliged by his tyrannical minister , to fend cir- cular orders to every quarter for his apprehenfion , and to demand of the neighbouring princes , that they fhould ...
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... purpose , and finding no reafon to expect that his political author- ity would be increased by new pow- ers from England , he spent the conclading weeks of the year 1784 , in making fuch arrangements in the external and internal ...
... purpose , and finding no reafon to expect that his political author- ity would be increased by new pow- ers from England , he spent the conclading weeks of the year 1784 , in making fuch arrangements in the external and internal ...
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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.