The Monthly critical gazette, Volumen1Knight and Lacey, 1824 |
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... English revolution of 1688 ; that almost sacred period , when the spirit of free enquiry , after its long suppression by the barbarism of the feudal ages , burst forth with re- novated vigour , and assumed an inextinguishable energy ...
... English revolution of 1688 ; that almost sacred period , when the spirit of free enquiry , after its long suppression by the barbarism of the feudal ages , burst forth with re- novated vigour , and assumed an inextinguishable energy ...
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... English people , and how certainly the in- dolence and non - inquiry of the Catholic worship have circumscribed the spread of light , and , in some cases , almost extinguished it . Dr. Miller's style , in general , is clear and precise ...
... English people , and how certainly the in- dolence and non - inquiry of the Catholic worship have circumscribed the spread of light , and , in some cases , almost extinguished it . Dr. Miller's style , in general , is clear and precise ...
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... English traveller affirms : - " I can truly say that , in by far the greater number of the inns I stopped at , I found comfort , civility , and attention . But then I endeavoured to give as little trouble as possible . Good temper may ...
... English traveller affirms : - " I can truly say that , in by far the greater number of the inns I stopped at , I found comfort , civility , and attention . But then I endeavoured to give as little trouble as possible . Good temper may ...
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... English colonies ; and the institutes of the Turkish government being altogether of a military character , the males never feel their slavery farther than as a species of military subordination . " Even at this moment , " says our ...
... English colonies ; and the institutes of the Turkish government being altogether of a military character , the males never feel their slavery farther than as a species of military subordination . " Even at this moment , " says our ...
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... English market , these grateful people , on their part , established a wine company at Oporto , possessing the exclusive right of supplying the merchants with wine , to be exported to England ; and also that of fixing the price to be ...
... English market , these grateful people , on their part , established a wine company at Oporto , possessing the exclusive right of supplying the merchants with wine , to be exported to England ; and also that of fixing the price to be ...
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Página 64 - Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
Página 390 - I went for a draught of the river water ; and, being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in the boat with us, and were waiting to go farther.
Página 391 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but, if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day ; demands it, before he can receive it, in a lump.
Página 390 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Página 296 - THERE are three things, young gentleman," said Nelson to one of his Midshipmen, "which you are constantly to bear in mind. First, you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own respecting their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king ; and, thirdly, you must hate a Frenchman as you do the devil.
Página 395 - All the idols or images were examined and put in order, and a grand dance was supposed not only to be an agreeable entertainment for the Great Being, but it was believed that it might, with the addition of a sacrifice, contribute to appease him, if he was angry with them.
Página 457 - Look on its broken arch, its ruined wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yes, this was once Ambition's airy hall, The dome of Thought, the palace of the Soul : Behold through each lack-lustre, eyeless hole, The gay recess of Wisdom and of Wit And Passion's host, that never brooked control: Can all, saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit?
Página 341 - But these are poor and narrow views of its importance. It has increased indefinitely the mass of human comforts and enjoyments, and rendered cheap and accessible all over the world the materials of wealth and prosperity.
Página 390 - I walked towards the top of the street gazing about till near Market Street, where I met a boy with bread. I had often made a meal of dry bread, and inquiring where he had bought it, I went immediately to the baker's, he directed me to. I asked for biscuits, meaning such as we had at Boston; that sort, it seems, was not made in Philadelphia. I then asked for a threepenny loaf, and was told they had none.
Página 296 - Suckling, and he valued it like a relic. Nisbet, who was close to him, placed him at the bottom of the boat, and laid his hat over the shattered arm, lest the sight of the blood, which gushed out in great abundance, should increase his faintness. He then examined the wound, and taking some silk handkerchiefs from his neck, bound them tightly above the lacerated vessels.