London Magazine Enlarged and Improved, Volumen25C. Ackers, 1756 |
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... observation which may be exemplified in the history of all nations ; when we take a furvey of the great theatre of the univerfe and ex- amine the revolutions that have happened 16 NATIONS ruined by LUXURY . in it , we.
... observation which may be exemplified in the history of all nations ; when we take a furvey of the great theatre of the univerfe and ex- amine the revolutions that have happened 16 NATIONS ruined by LUXURY . in it , we.
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... observed in our habitations , as our perfons : But tho ' I should not chufe to have my hands begrimed like a chimney- fweeper's , I would not , as among the fuperftitious Mahometans , wash them fix times a day : And tho ' I should be ...
... observed in our habitations , as our perfons : But tho ' I should not chufe to have my hands begrimed like a chimney- fweeper's , I would not , as among the fuperftitious Mahometans , wash them fix times a day : And tho ' I should be ...
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... observed to run about 10 yards under ground . On the first of November last , in the lake not far from Kirkby Lonsdale , in Westmoreland , called Wynander Mere , ( famous for the fish called the Charr ) in an inftant the water rofe ...
... observed to run about 10 yards under ground . On the first of November last , in the lake not far from Kirkby Lonsdale , in Westmoreland , called Wynander Mere , ( famous for the fish called the Charr ) in an inftant the water rofe ...
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... observation of Hippocrates , viz . " That a greater pain deftroys , in a confiderable degree , the feeling of a leffer one . " Of the truth of B this obfervation , he has given many proofs , and if this is the cafe , it is not to be ...
... observation of Hippocrates , viz . " That a greater pain deftroys , in a confiderable degree , the feeling of a leffer one . " Of the truth of B this obfervation , he has given many proofs , and if this is the cafe , it is not to be ...
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... observe , Sir , that the common - council men of London are chofen annually by the citizens in their several wards ; but in Bristol they are chofen by the mayor , aldermen , and common- council , and being once chofen they are in for ...
... observe , Sir , that the common - council men of London are chofen annually by the citizens in their several wards ; but in Bristol they are chofen by the mayor , aldermen , and common- council , and being once chofen they are in for ...
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Página 530 - It would doubtlefs be very aftonifhing to the reader to be told, that even the purity of my own writings has not at all times exempted me from the cenfure of thefe maiden gentlewomen. The Nankin breeches of poor Patrick' the footman, in N° 1 30 of thefe papers, have given inconceivable offence.
Página 22 - ... public-houses, and money in their pockets to squander there in gaming, drunkenness and extravagance. The last of these is an evil of so gigantic a size, so conducive to the universal corruption, of the lower part of this nation, and so entirely destructive of all family order, decency, and ceconomy, that it well deserves the consideration of a legislature, who are not themselves under the influence of their servants, and can pay them their wages without any inconvenience. From what has been said...
Página 530 - ... flew from him with precipitation, suffering him to put it into his pocket and go fairly off with it. This...
Página 568 - BAILIFF, who used to hold my courts, has left me ; and my game-keeper, who has been obliged to lie during this hard winter in a tent in the garden, is ordered back again into the north...
Página 247 - Thurlow, and the heirs male of his body, lawfully begotten, the dignity of a Baron of the kingdom of Great Britain...
Página 140 - em ; Thofe days, they never read the French,— They tang'd 'em. If tafte evaporates by too high breeding, And eke is overlaid, by too deep reading ; Left then in fearch of this, you lofe your feeling...
Página 21 - ... and Joan, who ufed to be but as good as my lady in the dark, is now by no means her inferior in the day-light. In great families I have frequently intreated the maitre d...
Página 171 - LETTERS written from the heart and on real occasions, though not always decorated with the flowers of eloquence, must be far more useful and interesting than the studied paragraphs of Pliny, or the pompous declamations of Balsac ; as they contain just pictures of life and manners, and are the genuine emanations of nature.
Página 22 - By their careleffnefs and idlenefs they have obliged us to hire all our horfes, and fo have got rid of the labour of looking after them. By their impofitions on the road they have forced us into poft-chaifes, by which means they are at liberty to travel by themfelves, as it beft fuits their own eafe and convenience.
Página 553 - Co fair renown* - • Could I to one faint ray afpire, One fpark of that celeftial fire, The leading cynofure, that glow'd While Smith explor'd the dark abode, Where Wiftom fate on Nature's fhrine, How.