Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 - 1809-10, Հատոր 81806 |
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Էջ 11
... took in the boat with them the greater part of the treasure which was on board the frigate , but two small casks and two boxes fell into the hands of the captors . La Gloire , another French frigate in company , made her escape by ...
... took in the boat with them the greater part of the treasure which was on board the frigate , but two small casks and two boxes fell into the hands of the captors . La Gloire , another French frigate in company , made her escape by ...
Էջ 18
... took place , and the colony was surrendered two days afterwards to Great Britain . On this occasion five Dutch East Indiamen , the Star armed brig , and property to a considerable amount , fell to the share of the conquerors . While the ...
... took place , and the colony was surrendered two days afterwards to Great Britain . On this occasion five Dutch East Indiamen , the Star armed brig , and property to a considerable amount , fell to the share of the conquerors . While the ...
Էջ 20
... took place , this colony ought on no account to be surrendered , as it had become indispensably necessary for the convenience , and even for the preservation , of our territories in Asia . The cabinet was so well pleased with the ...
... took place , this colony ought on no account to be surrendered , as it had become indispensably necessary for the convenience , and even for the preservation , of our territories in Asia . The cabinet was so well pleased with the ...
Էջ 34
... took the heart captive , and subdued all the senses to her controul . When her father , a veteran worthy of the soil which gave him birth , could no longer reap laurels in the field of honour , he buried his sword beneath the roses of ...
... took the heart captive , and subdued all the senses to her controul . When her father , a veteran worthy of the soil which gave him birth , could no longer reap laurels in the field of honour , he buried his sword beneath the roses of ...
Էջ 36
... took up the pencil , or applied herself to the chisel . What Maria Cosway and Angelica Kauffman are in painting , Mrs. Damer is in sculpture . Her study , in which the superb Jupiter , supposed to be the in 36 MRS . DAMER.
... took up the pencil , or applied herself to the chisel . What Maria Cosway and Angelica Kauffman are in painting , Mrs. Damer is in sculpture . Her study , in which the superb Jupiter , supposed to be the in 36 MRS . DAMER.
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Էջ 337 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
Էջ 342 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Էջ 245 - One asylum of free discussion is still inviolate. There is still one spot in Europe where man can freely exercise his reason on the most important concerns of society, where he can boldly publish his judgment on the acts of the proudest and most powerful tyrants. The press of England is still free. It is guarded by the free Constitution of our forefathers. It is guarded by the hearts and arms of Englishmen, and I trust, I may venture to say, that if it be to fall, it will fall only under the ruins...
Էջ 553 - An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, Ease and alternate labour, useful life, Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven.
Էջ 337 - That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time...
Էջ 371 - I stand ready to avow or disavow promptly and explicitly any precise or definite opinion which I may be charged with having declared of any gentleman.
Էջ 503 - My name is Norval: on the Grampian hills My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store, And keep his only son, myself, at home.
Էջ 370 - still more despicable,' admits of infinite shades, from very light to very dark. How am I to judge of the degree intended ? or how shall I annex any precise idea to language so indefinite...
Էջ 46 - O early lost ! what tears the river shed, When the sad pomp along his banks was led ! His drooping swans on ev'ry note expire, 275 And on his willows hung each muse's lyre.
Էջ 375 - Jay, Adams, and Hamilton ; the only three who can be supposed to have stood in that relation to him. That he has too much reason to believe that, in regard to Mr. Hamilton, there has been no reciprocity. For several years his name has been lent to the support of base slanders. He has never had the generosity, the magnanimity, or the candor to contradict or disavow.