The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year ...G. Robinson, Pater-noster-Row, 1801 |
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Pàgina 15
... these advantages was adequate to the risk . He con- cluded with obferving , that the re- prefentatives of the people were art- fully drawn in by minifters into great and expenfive undertakings , and afterwards told that they had ...
... these advantages was adequate to the risk . He con- cluded with obferving , that the re- prefentatives of the people were art- fully drawn in by minifters into great and expenfive undertakings , and afterwards told that they had ...
Pàgina 19
... these reasons he fupported the bill . ment of Holland . Nothing could excufe the difhonourable conduct of appropriating large fums beftow- ed for one declared end to another quite different , without the confent of the fubfcribers , who ...
... these reasons he fupported the bill . ment of Holland . Nothing could excufe the difhonourable conduct of appropriating large fums beftow- ed for one declared end to another quite different , without the confent of the fubfcribers , who ...
Pàgina 23
... moved the third reading of the exchequer bills bill , for the fervice of the year 1800 .. Mr. Tierney expreffed a wish to know at what time these exchequer B 4 bills bills would become payable , and whether they did not FOREIGN 23 HISTORY .
... moved the third reading of the exchequer bills bill , for the fervice of the year 1800 .. Mr. Tierney expreffed a wish to know at what time these exchequer B 4 bills bills would become payable , and whether they did not FOREIGN 23 HISTORY .
Pàgina 24
... These new regulations produced the difference that might be obferved in the efti- mates for the enfuing year in the de- partments to which he alluded . There would indeed be found an in- crease in these estimates rather than a ...
... These new regulations produced the difference that might be obferved in the efti- mates for the enfuing year in the de- partments to which he alluded . There would indeed be found an in- crease in these estimates rather than a ...
Pàgina 25
... these estimates he had little more to offer than what might appear from the mere recital of them . The committee , however , might be defirous to learn the gene- ral comparison between the eiti mates of this year and thofe of pre ...
... these estimates he had little more to offer than what might appear from the mere recital of them . The committee , however , might be defirous to learn the gene- ral comparison between the eiti mates of this year and thofe of pre ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina xii - Wit, which is at once natural and new, that which, though not obvious, is, upon its first production, acknowledged to be just; if it be that, which he that never found it, wonders how he missed; to wit of this kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen.
Pàgina 215 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand, or freeman fa?
Pàgina 39 - I should be called a clever fellow, even though it should never reach my ears - a poor Negrodriver - or perhaps a victim to that inhospitable clime, and gone to the world of spirits! I can truly say...
Pàgina xix - In this mist of obscurity passed the life of Butler, a man whose name can only perish with his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown ; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is, that he was poor.
Pàgina xiii - What they wanted however of the sublime, they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole; their amplification had no limits; they left not only reason but fancy behind them; and produced combinations of confused magnificence, that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined.
Pàgina xiii - Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation.
Pàgina 207 - Hark ! where the sweeping scythe now rips along : Each sturdy mower emulous and strong ; Whose writhing form meridian heat defies, Bends o'er his work, and every sinew tries ; Prostrates the waving treasure at his feet, But spares the rising clover, short and sweet. Come, Health ! come, Jollity ! light-footed, come ; Here hold your revels, and make this your home. Each heart awaits and hails you as its own ; Each moisten'd brow, that scorns to wear a frown : Th...
Pàgina 37 - I engaged several of my school-fellows to keep up a literary correspondence with me. This improved me in composition. I had met with a collection of letters by the wits of Queen Anne's reign, and I pored over them most devoutly. I kept copies of any of my own letters that pleased me, and a comparison between them and the composition of most of my correspondents, flattered my vanity. I carried this whim so far, that though I had not three farthings...
Pàgina xxxvi - There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults ; that is, so to cover them, that they were not taken notice of to his reproach, viz.
Pàgina xiv - When their reputation was high, they had undoubtedly more imitators than time has left behind.