The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining KnowledgeJames Potts, 1784 |
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... visited ; for I saw myself two taken up whilft I was there , and I fhall ever re- member a melancholy figure of a woman in mourning , fitting upon the ruins of her house , her head reclined upon her hand and knee , and following with an ...
... visited ; for I saw myself two taken up whilft I was there , and I fhall ever re- member a melancholy figure of a woman in mourning , fitting upon the ruins of her house , her head reclined upon her hand and knee , and following with an ...
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... visit on board , which he does to every one ; a falute is the compli ment due on that occafion , but as our guns are fhotted , an apology is made for the omiffion of that ceremony , and the prince readily admits of it , provided he ...
... visit on board , which he does to every one ; a falute is the compli ment due on that occafion , but as our guns are fhotted , an apology is made for the omiffion of that ceremony , and the prince readily admits of it , provided he ...
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... visited a family a fecond time who were not very glad to fee him , and who did not make a little feaft to en- tertain him whenever be called . John Audley understood by this , that the con- juror loved good eating and drinking ; and ...
... visited a family a fecond time who were not very glad to fee him , and who did not make a little feaft to en- tertain him whenever be called . John Audley understood by this , that the con- juror loved good eating and drinking ; and ...
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... - ner of those whimsical times , when men challenged others whom they never faw , and went barefoot to visit shrines in countrics The first rivals of the Arabs for the daving trade 1784 . 125 Life of Anthony Widville , Earl Rivers .
... - ner of those whimsical times , when men challenged others whom they never faw , and went barefoot to visit shrines in countrics The first rivals of the Arabs for the daving trade 1784 . 125 Life of Anthony Widville , Earl Rivers .
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... visiting the Eka - j ! rial , and the moft remarkable places ia out for Italy . that kingdom , be quitted Spain , and fet Here he had an opportunity of giving a loole to his natur propenfions , and he found the lovely Venetians full as ...
... visiting the Eka - j ! rial , and the moft remarkable places ia out for Italy . that kingdom , be quitted Spain , and fet Here he had an opportunity of giving a loole to his natur propenfions , and he found the lovely Venetians full as ...
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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.