Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volum 70,Part 1F. Jefferies, 1800 The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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Pàgina 16
... observe , that there is a very ftriking difference in melody and effect , in the performance of the metrical Pfalms , in cathedrals and country village choirs . The boys , ten in number , fing exceeding well , and two of them in ...
... observe , that there is a very ftriking difference in melody and effect , in the performance of the metrical Pfalms , in cathedrals and country village choirs . The boys , ten in number , fing exceeding well , and two of them in ...
Pàgina 19
... observed before , a fugar - loaf top of fnow , peeping amongst other hills , apparently to the naked eye all of the fame height ; but the leffer hills were green or rough as Nature formed them . No one could have paffed this fcene ...
... observed before , a fugar - loaf top of fnow , peeping amongst other hills , apparently to the naked eye all of the fame height ; but the leffer hills were green or rough as Nature formed them . No one could have paffed this fcene ...
Pàgina 22
... observe accordingly . At eight , I heard a diftant burst of laughs , and , gueffing There was not one of them but curiofity foon brought down to have a peep at me ; and I had , I was pleafed to fee , a few courteous looks from fome ...
... observe accordingly . At eight , I heard a diftant burst of laughs , and , gueffing There was not one of them but curiofity foon brought down to have a peep at me ; and I had , I was pleafed to fee , a few courteous looks from fome ...
Pàgina 75
... observed her fituation on the 22d and 23d ult . and the evening of the 24th being favourable , I turned the hands up , to ac- quaint the officers and fhip's company of my intentions to lead them to the attack , which was handfomely ...
... observed her fituation on the 22d and 23d ult . and the evening of the 24th being favourable , I turned the hands up , to ac- quaint the officers and fhip's company of my intentions to lead them to the attack , which was handfomely ...
Pàgina 78
... observed , that it was not to that mode exclufively , that his Majefty Jimited the pobility of fecure and folid pacification ; nor did he claim to prefcribe to France what fhould be her form of go- vernment ; though he would rejoice ...
... observed , that it was not to that mode exclufively , that his Majefty Jimited the pobility of fecure and folid pacification ; nor did he claim to prefcribe to France what fhould be her form of go- vernment ; though he would rejoice ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 132 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Pàgina 246 - ... it appears to me to be extremely difficult, if not quite impossible, to form any distinct idea of anything capable of being excited and communicated in the manner the Heat was excited and communicated in these experiments, except it be MOTION.
Pàgina 8 - They will cease to be surprised and alarmed at the degree of their own sufferings : they will resolve to bear with patience and resignation the malady to which they find a Johnson subject as well as themselves : and if they want words in which to ask relief from him who alone can give it, the God of mercy and Father of all comfort, language affords no finer than those in which his prayers are conceived. Child of...
Pàgina 120 - Paul's church-yard, though it had been the custom of his life, and he was much addi&ed to the practice, and in the habit of making his memorandums by bits of paper in his box. He was rich in books and prints. He bought largely at Mr. Baker's auction of Sir Clement Dormer's library...
Pàgina 245 - Is it furnished by the metallic chips which are separated by the borer from the solid mass of metal ? If this were the case, then, according to the modern doctrines of latent Heat, and of caloric, the capacity for Heat of the parts of the metal, so reduced to chips, ought not only to be changed, but the change undergone by them should be sufficiently great to account for all the Heat produced.
Pàgina 295 - midst hordes unknown, Unknowing what it told. To thee perhaps the Fates may give (I wish they may, in health to live,) Herds, flocks, and fruitful fields ; Thy vacant hours in mirth to shine : With these, the muse already thine, Her present bounties yields.
Pàgina 8 - Britons shall continue to be characterised by a love of elegance and sublimity, of good sense and virtue. The sincerity of his repentance, the steadfastness of his faith, and 'the fervour of his charity, forbid us to doubt, that his sun set in clouds to rise without them: and of this let us always be mindful, that every one who is made better by his books will add a wreath to his crown.
Pàgina 379 - Smith wrote me about this time, that is to lay, fome days before the debarkation of Damietta ; and as I knew all the influence which he had over the vizier, I thought it my duty not only to anfwer him, but even to propofe to him, as a place for holding conferences, the...
Pàgina 119 - Called by the wishes of the French nation to occupy the first magistracy of the Republic, I think it proper, on entering into office, to make a direct communication of it to your Majesty. The war, which for eight years has ravaged the four quarters of the world, must it be eternal ? Are there no means of coming to an understanding...
Pàgina 75 - Who many a sturdy oak had laid along Fell'd by DEATH'S surer hatchet, here lies SPONG. Posts oft he made, yet ne'er a place could get. And liv'd by railing, tho