The English Review, Or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature, Bind 5J. Murray, 1785 |
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Side 102
... interest to have done fo . It is impoffible that this could have been their line of conduct , if the letters had been genuine . It is only to be accounted for on the hypothefis that they are a for- gery gery , The letters confidered as ...
... interest to have done fo . It is impoffible that this could have been their line of conduct , if the letters had been genuine . It is only to be accounted for on the hypothefis that they are a for- gery gery , The letters confidered as ...
Side 158
... interests that a war between the emperor and the Dutch would probably excite and effect in the princes and cities of Germany . It is faid , and with probability , that the greater number would efpoufe the caufe of the emperor . Spain ...
... interests that a war between the emperor and the Dutch would probably excite and effect in the princes and cities of Germany . It is faid , and with probability , that the greater number would efpoufe the caufe of the emperor . Spain ...
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... interest- ing is , an account of Catharine I. of Ruffia ; her origin and early adventures . Her marriage to a Swedish dragoon her capture by the Ruffians , -and finally her becoming the miftrefs , the confort , and fucceffor of Peter ...
... interest- ing is , an account of Catharine I. of Ruffia ; her origin and early adventures . Her marriage to a Swedish dragoon her capture by the Ruffians , -and finally her becoming the miftrefs , the confort , and fucceffor of Peter ...
Side 229
... interest , to exclude all damaged and confequently cheap tea from their ware- houfes . Befide which , they appear to have conducted themselves all along with temper , moderation and civility : while the court of directors difplay that ...
... interest , to exclude all damaged and confequently cheap tea from their ware- houfes . Befide which , they appear to have conducted themselves all along with temper , moderation and civility : while the court of directors difplay that ...
Side 235
... interests will be materially affected by the unbounded freedom of commerce granted to Ireland . The ministerial agent in Dublin tells the Irish Parliament , that the con- ceffions of England to Ireland will be unlimited : The minifter ...
... interests will be materially affected by the unbounded freedom of commerce granted to Ireland . The ministerial agent in Dublin tells the Irish Parliament , that the con- ceffions of England to Ireland will be unlimited : The minifter ...
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Side 88 - How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain. How many sink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flame. How many bleed, By shameful variance betwixt man and man. How many pine in want, and dungeon glooms; Shut from the common air, and common use Of their own limbs.
Side 413 - But the cruellest of our revenue laws, I will venture to affirm, are mild and gentle, in comparison of some of those which the clamour of our merchants and manufacturers has extorted from the legislature, for the support of their own absurd and oppressive monopolies.
Side 337 - Peasants belonging to individuals are the private property of the landholders, as much as implements of agriculture, or herds of cattle; and the value of an estate is estimated, as in Poland, by the number of boors,* and not by the number of acres.
Side 180 - Then, turning her eyes towards the two earls, she said, I know that you English are determined to put me to death, and imagine that after I am dead, you will conquer France. But though there were an 100,000 G — Dam'mees more in France than there are, they will never conquer that kingdom.
Side 84 - is one of his extraordinary visits. He has but a few to take out to-day." " Do you know who the gentleman is ? " inquired the Major. " "We none of us know him by any other marks," replied the man, " but by his humanity and his blue coat.
Side 237 - ... of any article, the growth, product, or manufacture of the other ; and that the duty on the importation of every such article, if subject to duty, in either country, should be precisely the same in the one country as in the other...
Side 84 - Yes, masters," exclaimed the fellow, with an oath ; " but he is not a man, he is an angel ; for he comes here twice a year, sometimes oftener, and sets a number of prisoners free.
Side 417 - Frequently a man of great, sometimes even a man of small fortune, is willing to purchase a thousand pounds' share in India stock merely for the influence which he expects to acquire by a vote in the court of proprietors. It gives him a share, though not in the plunder, yet in the appointment of the plunderers of India: the...
Side 2 - Athens in the flourishing times of the commonwealth. In the Iliad we find Helen and Andromache appearing frequently in company with the Trojan chiefs, and entering freely into the conversation.
Side 250 - When a man of fortune turns gamester, the act is so devoid of reason, that we are at a loss to find a motive for it ; but when one of desperate circumstances takes to the trade, it only proves that he...