The Historical Magazine, Or, Classical Library of Public Events: Consisting of Authentic Anecdotes, Biographical Memoirs, Manners and Customs, Philosophical Papers, Natural History, Theatrical Intelligence, Analysis of Historical Books, Domestic News, &c. &c. &c, Bind 1D. Brewman, New Street, Shoe Lane, 1789 |
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... late Mr. Anfon ( Lord Anfon's brother ) was upon his tra- vels in the Eaft , he hired a veffel to vifit the ifle of Tenedos . His pilot , an old Greek , as they were failing along , faid with fome fatisfaction , " There it was our fleet ...
... late Mr. Anfon ( Lord Anfon's brother ) was upon his tra- vels in the Eaft , he hired a veffel to vifit the ifle of Tenedos . His pilot , an old Greek , as they were failing along , faid with fome fatisfaction , " There it was our fleet ...
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... late- ly blinded by fuperftition , and de- bafed by prieftcraft and tyranny , in- tellectual liberty hath fpread with aftonishing influence , and political freedom hath followed her footsteps : indeed , mankind feem to have adopt- ed ...
... late- ly blinded by fuperftition , and de- bafed by prieftcraft and tyranny , in- tellectual liberty hath fpread with aftonishing influence , and political freedom hath followed her footsteps : indeed , mankind feem to have adopt- ed ...
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... late king , out of the hereditary civil lift reve nues , fhould amount to the nett clear yearly fum of eight hundred thousand pounds , to commence from the demife of his late majefty ; to be charged upon and made payable out of the ...
... late king , out of the hereditary civil lift reve nues , fhould amount to the nett clear yearly fum of eight hundred thousand pounds , to commence from the demife of his late majefty ; to be charged upon and made payable out of the ...
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... LATE KING OF PRUSSIA ; WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS BY B. H. LA- TROBE , 8vo . 6s . STOCKDALE . LONDON , 1788 . TH HOUGH the author of this work refided fome years in Berlin , the anecdotes are princi- pally felected from a ...
... LATE KING OF PRUSSIA ; WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS BY B. H. LA- TROBE , 8vo . 6s . STOCKDALE . LONDON , 1788 . TH HOUGH the author of this work refided fome years in Berlin , the anecdotes are princi- pally felected from a ...
Side 38
... late for a place fuit- able to his age and quality . Many ab the young gentlemen , who ob- ferved the difficulty and confufion he was in , made figns to him that they would accommodate him if he came where they fat : the good man ...
... late for a place fuit- able to his age and quality . Many ab the young gentlemen , who ob- ferved the difficulty and confufion he was in , made figns to him that they would accommodate him if he came where they fat : the good man ...
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Side 38 - It happened at Athens, during a public representation of some play exhibited in honour of the commonwealth, that an old gentleman came too late for a place suitable to his age and quality. Many of the young gentlemen who observed the difficulty and confusion he was in, made signs to him that they would accommodate him if he came where they sat.
Side 39 - He was not by any means to be forced from the body, but was removed with it bleeding in his arms, and attended with tears by all their comrades who knew their enmity. When he was brought to a tent, his wounds were dressed...
Side 39 - They had spent whole months thus, one injuring, the other complaining, when in the midst of this rage towards each other they were commanded upon the attack of the castle, where the corporal received a shot in the thigh, and fell ; the French pressing on, and he expecting to be trampled to death, called out to his enemy, " Ah, Valentine ! can you leave me here...
Side 39 - Ah, Valentine ! can you leave me here ?" Valentine immediately ran back, and in the midst of a thick fire of the French took the corporal upon his back and brought him through all that danger as far as the Abbey of...
Side 75 - ... battle was given; but, knowing the fatal consequences that would happen to his children and people, in case he should die before he put an end to that war, he commanded his principal officers, that if he died during the engagement, they should conceal his death from the army, and that they...
Side 38 - Their mutual friendship was so strong, that they were ready to die for one another. One of the two (for it is not known which) being condemned to death by the tyrant, obtained leave to go into his own country, to...
Side 317 - Snceberg, are fwom enemies to the paftoral life. Some of their maxims are, to live on hunting and plunder, and never to keep any animal alive for the fpace of one night. By this means they render themfelves odious to the reft of mankind, and are purfued and exterminated like the wild beafts, whofe manners they have af> fumed.
Side 168 - ... for turning out its companions begins to decline from the time it is two or three, till it is about twelve days old, when, as far as I have hitherto seen, it ceases.
Side 219 - August at sun-set, and for half an hour when the atmosphere was clear ; but after a rainy day, or when the air was loaded with vapours, nothing of it was seen. The following flowers emitted flashes more or less vivid, in this order: — 1.
Side 36 - ... perifh for want, and that the feverity of putting a woman of .Family to a violent death, by the hand of the executioner, might thus be avoided. Some days...