The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1795 |
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Side 5
... person of a 1757 . noble family , as a sacrifice to the discipline of our navy . From this melancholy picture , let as turn our eyes another way , and review the steps by which this war came to involve the rest of the con- tending ...
... person of a 1757 . noble family , as a sacrifice to the discipline of our navy . From this melancholy picture , let as turn our eyes another way , and review the steps by which this war came to involve the rest of the con- tending ...
Side 20
... persons who saw the King of Prussia , when he passed lately through Leipsic , cannot express how much he is altered . They say he is so much worn away , that they scarce knew him . This , indeed , is not to be wondered at : he hath not ...
... persons who saw the King of Prussia , when he passed lately through Leipsic , cannot express how much he is altered . They say he is so much worn away , that they scarce knew him . This , indeed , is not to be wondered at : he hath not ...
Side 23
... person , exposed to the hottest fire , led on his troops ; the enemy gave way in every part ; they were seized with a panic , and fled in the utmost disorder : they left 3000 men dead on the field of battle , 63 pieces of can- non ...
... person , exposed to the hottest fire , led on his troops ; the enemy gave way in every part ; they were seized with a panic , and fled in the utmost disorder : they left 3000 men dead on the field of battle , 63 pieces of can- non ...
Side 36
... person , marched in the middle . The forces which had occupied Hesse , were on the left . In this order , they reached the Rhine , which they all passed , except a body under Count Cler . mont , who still remained at Wesel , and ...
... person , marched in the middle . The forces which had occupied Hesse , were on the left . In this order , they reached the Rhine , which they all passed , except a body under Count Cler . mont , who still remained at Wesel , and ...
Side 50
... person in her cause , when it was not only abandoned , but attacked by almost all the rest of Europe . However , the violent proceedings of the Aulic Council , drew no one state or person from the Kings of Great Britain and Prussia ...
... person in her cause , when it was not only abandoned , but attacked by almost all the rest of Europe . However , the violent proceedings of the Aulic Council , drew no one state or person from the Kings of Great Britain and Prussia ...
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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.