The Annual Register, Volumen22Longmans, Green, 1796 |
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... appear from the fupply of men which they had fent to the army , that only one political principle pervaded the fettlement ; a fup- ply fo il fuited to the ftate and ftrength of an infant colony , ' that it feems difficult whether to ad ...
... appear from the fupply of men which they had fent to the army , that only one political principle pervaded the fettlement ; a fup- ply fo il fuited to the ftate and ftrength of an infant colony , ' that it feems difficult whether to ad ...
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... a Col. Clarke , with a fmall party of between two and three hundred men . It cannot but appear aftonishing to those , who have been generally used to con- template military operations , have 14 ] ANNUAL REGISTER , 1779 .
... a Col. Clarke , with a fmall party of between two and three hundred men . It cannot but appear aftonishing to those , who have been generally used to con- template military operations , have 14 ] ANNUAL REGISTER , 1779 .
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... appear , there feems no doubt , that notwithstanding the repeated trials which the long continued , various , and extenfive operations of the war had feemed to afford , of the difpofition of the people in fo many Colonies , the Commif ...
... appear , there feems no doubt , that notwithstanding the repeated trials which the long continued , various , and extenfive operations of the war had feemed to afford , of the difpofition of the people in fo many Colonies , the Commif ...
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... appear from any strong concurrent or fubfequent circumftances . The matter of fact is certain , that the fmalleft diforder or pillage was not permitted , and that the French commander , in lieu of plunder , rewarded the foldiers and ...
... appear from any strong concurrent or fubfequent circumftances . The matter of fact is certain , that the fmalleft diforder or pillage was not permitted , and that the French commander , in lieu of plunder , rewarded the foldiers and ...
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... appear thoroughly fatisfied with the fatisfaction he received . The high reward produced no manner of difcovery . The fame fpirit operated juft about the fame time , and in the fame manner , but much more violent in degree , and fatal ...
... appear thoroughly fatisfied with the fatisfaction he received . The high reward produced no manner of difcovery . The fame fpirit operated juft about the fame time , and in the fame manner , but much more violent in degree , and fatal ...
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Página 19 - The metaphysical poets were men of learning, and to show their learning was their whole endeavour; but, unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme, instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses, and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear; for the modulation was so imperfect, that they were only found to be verses, by counting the syllables.
Página 20 - ... wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil, impassive and at leisure ; as Epicurean deities making remarks on the actions of men, and the vicissitudes of life, without interest and without emotion.
Página 19 - If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be considered as Wit which is at once natural and new, that which though not obvious is, upon its...
Página 351 - Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral to will and require the High Court of Admiralty of Great Britain, and the Lieutenant and Judge of the...
Página 19 - Wit, like all other things subject by their nature to the choice of man, has its changes and fashions, and at different times takes different forms. About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical poets; of whom, in a criticism on the works of Cowley, it is not improper to give some account.
Página 19 - Dryden confesses of himself and his contemporaries, that they fall below Donne in wit, but maintains that they surpass him in poetry. If Wit be well described by Pope, as being "that which has been often thought, but was never before so well expressed...
Página 25 - The appearances of nature, and the occurrences of life, did not satiate his appetite of greatness. To paint things as they are, requires a minute attention, and employs the memory rather than the fancy.
Página 320 - March, one thoufand fe»en hundred and feventy-nine, upon lands> tenements, hereditaments, penfions, offices, and perfonal eftates, in that part of Great Britain called England, Wales, and the town of Berwick upon Tweed; and that a proportionable cefs, according...
Página 29 - But such airy beings are for the most part suffered only to do their natural office, and retire. Thus Fame tells a tale and Victory hovers over a general or perches on a standard; but Fame and Victory can do no more.
Página 160 - Tip his tongue with strange matter, his pen with fine taste ; That the rake and the poet o'er all may prevail, Set fire to the head, and set fire to the tail.