The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 23J. Dodsley, 1788 - History |
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... those of all the princes engaged or in- terefted in the prefent contest , as well as of the two mediating pow- ers , were aflembled , immediately after the publication of the armif- tice . And fo happy were the dif- pofitions which now ...
... those of all the princes engaged or in- terefted in the prefent contest , as well as of the two mediating pow- ers , were aflembled , immediately after the publication of the armif- tice . And fo happy were the dif- pofitions which now ...
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... those princes fhould not be depofed or punished ( misfortunes to which they were particularly liable ) on any pretence or account whatever . In fo unhappy a flate of weak- nefs and diforder was that vaft and unwieldy empire , that it ...
... those princes fhould not be depofed or punished ( misfortunes to which they were particularly liable ) on any pretence or account whatever . In fo unhappy a flate of weak- nefs and diforder was that vaft and unwieldy empire , that it ...
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... those fettlements which we had fo newly loft . But as no attempt of that fort was made , it must be con- cluded that officer's orders did not extend fo far . It was perhaps an object not to important as to rifque upon it the much ...
... those fettlements which we had fo newly loft . But as no attempt of that fort was made , it must be con- cluded that officer's orders did not extend fo far . It was perhaps an object not to important as to rifque upon it the much ...
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... those who had the best intereft in it . The ftate was unable , or unwilling to defend them effectu- ally ; and the mode of defence , which was unequal to their protec- tion , might be ruinous to their li- berties . Military affociations ...
... those who had the best intereft in it . The ftate was unable , or unwilling to defend them effectu- ally ; and the mode of defence , which was unequal to their protec- tion , might be ruinous to their li- berties . Military affociations ...
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... those gentlemen , of whatever rank , or religion , who had been fuppofed to favour , or in any degree to af ford their countenance , to the late defign of obtaining a relaxation of the popery laws . The failure of fuccefs which attended ...
... those gentlemen , of whatever rank , or religion , who had been fuppofed to favour , or in any degree to af ford their countenance , to the late defign of obtaining a relaxation of the popery laws . The failure of fuccefs which attended ...
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Page 151 - Now ye shall have three ladies walk to gather flowers, and then we must believe the stage to be a garden. By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave. While in the meantime two armies fly in, represented with four swords and bucklers, and then what hard heart will not receive it for a pitched field?
Page 270 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law. 7. That the subjects which are protestants, may have arms for their defence, suitable to their conditions, and as allowed by law.
Page 256 - ... the Pope or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever or without thinking that I am or can be acquitted before God or man or absolved of this declaration or any part thereof although the Pope or any other person or persons or power whatsoever should dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning.
Page 32 - By this means, in all cases of civil insolvency, without a pardon from his creditor, he is to be imprisoned for life ; and thus a miserable, mistaken invention of artificial science operates to change a civil into a criminal judgment, and to scourge misfortune or indiscretion with a punishment which the law does not inflict...
Page 397 - ... and stained with no action that can give me remorse, I trust that the request I make to your excellency, at this serious period, and which is to soften my last moments, will not be rejected. Sympathy...
Page 34 - ... compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity.
Page 34 - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe,— not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts:— but to dive into the depths of...
Page 166 - ... with obelisks placed between every two. There wants nothing but the embroidery of a parterre, to make a garden in the reign of Trajan serve for a description of one in that of King William.
Page 170 - The cloister facing the south is covered with vines, and would have been proper for an orange-house, and the other for myrtles or other more common greens, and had, I doubt not, been cast for that purpose, if this piece of gardening had been then in as much vogue as it is now.
Page 38 - This species of universal subserviency, that makes the very servant who waits behind your chair the arbiter of your life and fortune, has such a tendency to degrade and abase mankind, and to deprive them of that assured and liberal state of mind, which alone can make us what we ought to be.