The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1795 |
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... nature of a miscellany will admit . But besides this advantage derived from our general scheme , we derive something from our own labour . We have not in our first article confined ourselves to the history of the year ; we have taken ...
... nature of a miscellany will admit . But besides this advantage derived from our general scheme , we derive something from our own labour . We have not in our first article confined ourselves to the history of the year ; we have taken ...
Side 6
... nature infinitely more surpriz . ing , The Empress - Queen of Hun gary , finding England in no disposi tion to co - operate in her designs , had recourse to other measures . The house of Austria , which had for , merly united Europe to ...
... nature infinitely more surpriz . ing , The Empress - Queen of Hun gary , finding England in no disposi tion to co - operate in her designs , had recourse to other measures . The house of Austria , which had for , merly united Europe to ...
Side 7
... nature , so far as ap- May 22 , 1746 . peared to the public ; but six secret and separate articles were added to it ; one of which provides , that in case his Prussian Majesty should attack her Majesty the Em- press Queen , or the ...
... nature , so far as ap- May 22 , 1746 . peared to the public ; but six secret and separate articles were added to it ; one of which provides , that in case his Prussian Majesty should attack her Majesty the Em- press Queen , or the ...
Side 10
... the people , who enter . tained , or pretended at least to enter- tain , suspicions of a nature the more dangerous , as they were only drop- ped ped in hints and whispers , and ne- ver could 10 ANNUAL REGISTER , 1758 .
... the people , who enter . tained , or pretended at least to enter- tain , suspicions of a nature the more dangerous , as they were only drop- ped ped in hints and whispers , and ne- ver could 10 ANNUAL REGISTER , 1758 .
Side 11
... nature of mankind , and our particular form of government . But the third and popular party was influenced by different princi- ples . They looked indeed on the power of France in the same light with the two former , and were of the ...
... nature of mankind , and our particular form of government . But the third and popular party was influenced by different princi- ples . They looked indeed on the power of France in the same light with the two former , and were of the ...
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Side 325 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Side 262 - At the end of all this ceremonial a number of unmarried ladies appeared, who, with particular solemnity, lifted the meat off the, table, and conveyed it into the queen's inner and more private chamber, where, after she had chosen for herself, the rest goes to the ladies of the court.
Side 262 - Taster gave to each of the guard a mouthful to eat, of the particular dish he had brought, for fear of any poison.
Side 261 - That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle, of black silk, shot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness. Instead of a chain, she had an oblong collar, of gold and jewels.
Side 262 - A gentleman entered the room bearing a rod, and along with him another who had a table cloth, which, after they had both kneeled three times with the utmost veneration, he spread upon the table, and after kneeling again, they both retired. Then came two others, one with the rod again, the other with a...
Side 261 - English fashion, strewed with hay, through which the Queen commonly passes on her way to chapel. At the door stood a gentleman dressed in velvet, with a gold chain, whose office was to introduce to the Queen any person of distinction that came to wait on her ; it was Sunday, when there is usually the greatest attendance of nobility. In the same hall were the Archbishop of Canterbury...
Side 261 - First went gentlemen, barons, earls, knights of the garter, all richly dressed and bare-headed: next came the chancellor, bearing the seals in a red silk purse between two; one of which carried the royal sceptre, the other the sword of state, in a red scabbard, studded with golden fleurs-de-lis, the point upwards...
Side 261 - Manner of speaking mild and obliging. That Day she was dressed in white Silk, bordered with Pearls of the Size of Beans, and over it a Mantle of black Silk, shot with Silver Threads; her Train was very...
Side 412 - Oh, let me listen to the words of life ! Raptures deep-felt His doctrine did impart, 'And thus He rais'd from earth the drooping heart. Think not, when all your scanty stores afford Is spread at once upon the sparing board ; Think not, when worn the homely robe appears, While on the roof, the howling tempest bears; What farther shall this feeble life sustain, And what shall clothe these shiv'ring limbs again. Say, does not life its nourishment exceed? And the fair body its investing weed? Behold...
Side 280 - He laid himself down to die ; and his death, I believe, was very sudden ; for he was a short, full, sanguine man. His strength was great ; and, I imagine, had he not retired with me, I should never have been able to have forced my way.