The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining KnowledgeJames Potts, 1784 |
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... English affairs , from the fuppofed expedition of Brute to this Ifland , to the end of the Reign of king James the first , " published in 1709 , folio . Bulftrode Whitelocke ( fays Mr. Gran- ger ) , who was equally eminent for capa ...
... English affairs , from the fuppofed expedition of Brute to this Ifland , to the end of the Reign of king James the first , " published in 1709 , folio . Bulftrode Whitelocke ( fays Mr. Gran- ger ) , who was equally eminent for capa ...
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... English forined in the like manner , and a fire was kept up for near hours by moon light . They continued in this fitu- ation , without either making an attack with bayonets . The cavalry of the ene- my made various attacks that proved ...
... English forined in the like manner , and a fire was kept up for near hours by moon light . They continued in this fitu- ation , without either making an attack with bayonets . The cavalry of the ene- my made various attacks that proved ...
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... English liberality , thines in this transparency - And where is the lovers of admi . Briton not cherish the talents rers of all that is excellent or amiable in the Arts - behold here the features of a man - who can never die — even ...
... English liberality , thines in this transparency - And where is the lovers of admi . Briton not cherish the talents rers of all that is excellent or amiable in the Arts - behold here the features of a man - who can never die — even ...
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... English conftitution restored , attempt to deftroy , the royal prerogative , which as a part of the conftitution ought to be held fa- cred . If the Honourable Gentleman was re- folved to perfevere in this intention , his motion fhould ...
... English conftitution restored , attempt to deftroy , the royal prerogative , which as a part of the conftitution ought to be held fa- cred . If the Honourable Gentleman was re- folved to perfevere in this intention , his motion fhould ...
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... English privy council , and the English Attorney - General . This was fo far from a melioration of the prefent conteft , that it was pregnant with implication and duplicity , and therefore nothing less than an express re- peal could ...
... English privy council , and the English Attorney - General . This was fo far from a melioration of the prefent conteft , that it was pregnant with implication and duplicity , and therefore nothing less than an express re- peal could ...
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Page 370 - God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting. To thee, all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee, Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory.
Page 389 - And accordingly she is provided with the organs and faculty of speech, by which she can throw out signs with amazing facility, and vary them without end. Thus we have built up an animal body, which would...
Page 425 - We furl'd the sail, we plied the labouring oar, Took down our masts, and row'd our ships to shore. Two tedious days and two long nights we lay, O'erwatch'd and batter'd in the naked bay. But the third morning when Aurora brings...
Page 89 - ... a privateer, I should have been entitled to clothing and maintenance during the rest of my life; but that was not my chance: one man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and another with a wooden ladle. However, blessed be God! I enjoy good health, and will for ever love liberty and Old England. Liberty, property, and Old England, for ever, huzza!
Page 134 - The man indeed ought not to cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God ; but the woman is the glory of the man.
Page 174 - The Discovery of a New World ; or, a Discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another habitable World in the Moon ; with a Discourse concerning the possibility of a passage thither.
Page 89 - I chose the latter : and in this post of a gentleman I served two campaigns in Flanders, was at the battles of Val and Fontenoy, and received but one wound, through the breast here ; but the doctor of our regiment soon made me well again.
Page 348 - The politeness of these savages in conversation is indeed carried to excess, since it does not permit them to contradict or deny the truth of what is asserted in their presence.
Page 89 - I was once more in the power of the French, and I believe it would have gone hard with me had I been brought back to Brest : but, by good fortune, we were retaken by the Viper.
Page 380 - ... the other being loft in the dirt. •' They continued to wander through the open meadows, without following any certain path» and without getting to any diftance from Warfaw.