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Side 17
... honour . When he fell in las hour at St James's , and was delivered of a fon , which fhe afcribed to the Prince , Lord Hervey and Lord Harrington each told Sir Robert Walpole that he believed himfelt father of the child . † The Duke in ...
... honour . When he fell in las hour at St James's , and was delivered of a fon , which fhe afcribed to the Prince , Lord Hervey and Lord Harrington each told Sir Robert Walpole that he believed himfelt father of the child . † The Duke in ...
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... honour induce me to make choice of ; and from this time , 1 join with my country , in defence of our holy religion . ' This event , however , was the occafion of confu- fion and devaftation , during the years 1769 , 1770 , and 1771 , by ...
... honour induce me to make choice of ; and from this time , 1 join with my country , in defence of our holy religion . ' This event , however , was the occafion of confu- fion and devaftation , during the years 1769 , 1770 , and 1771 , by ...
Side 34
... honour , who would not fail to beftow that remu- neration which my fuccefsful fervices should appear to them to merit . The Committee of the Affociation , hav- ing made fuch enquiries as they thought neceffary , declared them- felves ...
... honour , who would not fail to beftow that remu- neration which my fuccefsful fervices should appear to them to merit . The Committee of the Affociation , hav- ing made fuch enquiries as they thought neceffary , declared them- felves ...
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... honours of Grecian literature , he afcribes the origin of alphabetical writing to the Egyp- tians ; and strenuously ... honour either to philofophy or to religion . In addition to his office as a Judge in the Court of Seffion , an offer ...
... honours of Grecian literature , he afcribes the origin of alphabetical writing to the Egyp- tians ; and strenuously ... honour either to philofophy or to religion . In addition to his office as a Judge in the Court of Seffion , an offer ...
Side 42
... honour , and the laying fuch a load of infamy on their own country , let themfelves deter- mine : I fhall only here take notice of two or three remarkable paffages in the Earl of Balcarras's Memoirs . The firft is page 108 , 109 , and ...
... honour , and the laying fuch a load of infamy on their own country , let themfelves deter- mine : I fhall only here take notice of two or three remarkable paffages in the Earl of Balcarras's Memoirs . The firft is page 108 , 109 , and ...
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Side 174 - The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn.
Side 245 - ... dible artifice and dexterity. They watched all " our motions, and accompanied us in whatever " we were about to do. If the fea threw up an " animal of any kind they devoured it, ere a man " of us could come up; to our great difadvan...
Side 173 - About sunset, however, as I was preparing to pass the night in this manner, and had turned my horse loose that he might graze at liberty, a woman, returning from the labours of the field, stopped to observe me, and perceiving that I was weary and dejected, inquired into my situation, which I briefly explained to her; whereupon, with looks of great compassion, she took up my saddle and bridle and told me to follow her. Having conducted me into her hut, she lighted up a lamp...
Side 288 - I mention this, to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection in this obscure part of the world a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures...
Side 384 - No word to any man he utters, Abed or up, to young or old ; But ever to himself he mutters, " Poor Harry Gill is very cold." Abed or up, by night or day, His teeth they chatter, chatter still. Now think, ye farmers all, I pray, Of Goody Blake and Harry Gill.
Side 452 - For from cock-crow he had been travelling, And there was not a cloud in the sky. He drank of the water so cool and clear, For thirsty and hot was he, And he sat down upon the bank, Under the willow-tree.
Side 246 - ... them by every means we could devise. When we awoke in the morning, there always lay two or three that had been knocked on the head in the...
Side 312 - Wright, who commanded the seamen-pioneers, notwithstanding he received two shot in his right arm as he advanced, entered the mine with the pike-men, and proceeded to the bottom of it, where he verified its direction, and destroyed all that could be destroyed, in its then state, by pulling down the supporters.
Side 207 - Upon this the lady gave it him, and told him its many virtues, viz. that it cured all diseases in cattle, and the bite of a mad dog both in man and beast. It is used by dipping the stone in water, which is given to the diseased cattle to drink ; and the person who has been bit, and the wound or part infected, is washed with the water.
Side 287 - I confess that my spirits began to fail me. I considered my fate as certain, and that I had no alternative, but to lie down and perish.