The English Review, Or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature, Bind 17J. Murray, 1791 |
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Side 34
... importance . The Pruffian power , in par- ticular , was confiderably augmented by the addition of Silefia and Eaft Friefland . The territory of Eifenach devolved to the houfe of Saxe Weimar , and Siegen to the houfe of Orange- Naffau ...
... importance . The Pruffian power , in par- ticular , was confiderably augmented by the addition of Silefia and Eaft Friefland . The territory of Eifenach devolved to the houfe of Saxe Weimar , and Siegen to the houfe of Orange- Naffau ...
Side 36
... importance , muft join in the fervent with , that the Holy Roman Empire may be long preferved from the fate of war ! ' The tenth period of modern hiftory begins in 1764 , when Jofeph the Second was elected King of the Romans . Formerly ...
... importance , muft join in the fervent with , that the Holy Roman Empire may be long preferved from the fate of war ! ' The tenth period of modern hiftory begins in 1764 , when Jofeph the Second was elected King of the Romans . Formerly ...
Side 44
... important part of the education of young men of for- tune fhould be poftponed till a later period . Any objections that may be raised against this idea , the endeavours to obviate by the following reflections : • But education , you fay ...
... important part of the education of young men of for- tune fhould be poftponed till a later period . Any objections that may be raised against this idea , the endeavours to obviate by the following reflections : • But education , you fay ...
Side 45
... important relations , when we might expect from the advantages arising from the best edu- cation , an example of virtue would be fet worthy of imitation ; but in what inftances are fuch expectations verified ? On the contrary , the ...
... important relations , when we might expect from the advantages arising from the best edu- cation , an example of virtue would be fet worthy of imitation ; but in what inftances are fuch expectations verified ? On the contrary , the ...
Side 48
... importance to their honour and happiness . However , till that period arrives in which women will act wifely , we will amufe ourselves in talking of their follies . ' The second part of this work contains reflections on do- meftic and ...
... importance to their honour and happiness . However , till that period arrives in which women will act wifely , we will amufe ourselves in talking of their follies . ' The second part of this work contains reflections on do- meftic and ...
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Side 93 - Christian, armed with a bayonet, holding me by the bandage that secured my hands. The guard round me had their pieces cocked ; but on my daring the ungrateful wretches to fire, they uncocked them.
Side 93 - M'Intosh and Norman, were also kept contrary to their inclination; and they begged of me, after I was astern in the boat, to remember that they declared they had no hand in the transaction. Michael Byrne, I am told, likewise wanted to leave the ship.
Side 205 - Three enormous trees, rudely carved and painted, formed the rafters, which were supported at the ends and in the middle by gigantic images, carved out of huge blocks of timber.
Side 93 - Samuel got 150 pounds of bread, with a small quantity of rum and wine, also a quadrant and compass ; but he was forbidden, on pain of death, to touch either map, ephemeris, book of astronomical observations, sextant, timekeeper, or any of my surveys or drawings. The mutineers having forced those of the seamen whom they meant to get rid of into the boat, Christian directed a dram to be served to each of his own crew.
Side 94 - ... and, without further ceremony, with a tribe of armed ruffians about me, I was forced over the side where they untied my hands. Being in the boat we were veered astern by a rope. A few pieces of pork were thrown to us, and some clothes, also the cutlasses I have already mentioned; and it was then that the armourer and carpenters called out to me to remember that they had no hand in the transaction. After having undergone a great deal of ridicule and been kept some time to make sport for these...
Side 93 - Particular people were called on to go into the boat, and were hurried over the side, whence I concluded that with these people I was to be set adrift. I therefore made another effort to bring about a change, but with no other effect than to be threatened with having my brains blown out.
Side 94 - The officers and men being in the boat, they only waited for me, of which the master-at-arms informed Christian, who then said, 'Come, Captain Bligh, your officers and men are now in the boat, and you must go with them; if you attempt to make the least resistance you will instantly be put to death...
Side 31 - ... of his life. They come from one, almost the whole of whose public exertion has been a struggle for the liberty of others; from one in whose breast no anger durable or vehement has ever been kindled, but by what he considered as tyranny...
Side 31 - They must respect that property of which they cannot partake. They must labour to obtain what by labour can be obtained ; and when they find, as they commonly do, the success disproportioned to the endeavour, they must be taught their consolation in the final proportions of eternal justice.