The British Magazine and General Review of the Literature, Employment and Amusements of the Times, Volume 1T. Evans in Pater Noster Row, 1772 - Books |
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... reading , he finds from experience that both the fpeakers and writers are alike tainted with the ge- neral infection , and deal out only the sentiments of their respective political readers . In order to pronounce upon the merit or ...
... reading , he finds from experience that both the fpeakers and writers are alike tainted with the ge- neral infection , and deal out only the sentiments of their respective political readers . In order to pronounce upon the merit or ...
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outcry against almost every admini- ftration , we fhall present our readers with a detail of the different meatures adopted by the different minifters who have guided the helm of ftate fince the acceffion of his prefent majefty . This ...
outcry against almost every admini- ftration , we fhall present our readers with a detail of the different meatures adopted by the different minifters who have guided the helm of ftate fince the acceffion of his prefent majefty . This ...
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... readers an impar - tered into by the enemies of Great tial account of the measures puifued Britain , for the establishment of uni- verfal empire , and total destruction of this kingdom . lity of her adverfaries . This advice was not ...
... readers an impar - tered into by the enemies of Great tial account of the measures puifued Britain , for the establishment of uni- verfal empire , and total destruction of this kingdom . lity of her adverfaries . This advice was not ...
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... readers patience , by enumerating all thofe worthies fa- mous for errors : it is quite fufficient to obferve , that the divine Aristotle will allow of no Spirits but fuch as , to avoid idlenefs , are employed in moving the celestial ...
... readers patience , by enumerating all thofe worthies fa- mous for errors : it is quite fufficient to obferve , that the divine Aristotle will allow of no Spirits but fuch as , to avoid idlenefs , are employed in moving the celestial ...
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... readers will probably be enabled to determine , whether that fame thing called attraction , really deserves the oblique cenfure caft upon it fome years fince by Swift , who ventured to prophecy that it , like all other philofophic ...
... readers will probably be enabled to determine , whether that fame thing called attraction , really deserves the oblique cenfure caft upon it fome years fince by Swift , who ventured to prophecy that it , like all other philofophic ...
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Page 312 - But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
Page 108 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled : at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Page 320 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad : for who is able to judge this thy so great a people ? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
Page 320 - Lord, my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father; and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
Page 108 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot ; who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 316 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
Page 312 - Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Page 320 - And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
Page 316 - And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Page 134 - ... take and subscribe an oath to maintain and preserve inviolably the said settlement of the Church of England and the doctrine worship discipline and government thereof as by law established within...