Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 9Pub. for J. Hinton., 1751 |
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... She frequented the Senate diligently , exhorted the members of it to their duty , governed with great prudence , and fhewed a zeal for the welfare of the empire : but her love for her brother John made her take every step she could to ...
... She frequented the Senate diligently , exhorted the members of it to their duty , governed with great prudence , and fhewed a zeal for the welfare of the empire : but her love for her brother John made her take every step she could to ...
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... , when the once told him the Czar Peter flighted Princefs Sophia too much , his infwer was , ' She is my own fifter , but has used Peter fo ill , fhe does not deferve we fhould should look upon her ; and , if you speak For JULY , 1751 . 15.
... , when the once told him the Czar Peter flighted Princefs Sophia too much , his infwer was , ' She is my own fifter , but has used Peter fo ill , fhe does not deferve we fhould should look upon her ; and , if you speak For JULY , 1751 . 15.
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... she wore the crown to the great- eft advantage of her people . Her good fenfe taught her what he had not found in her books , that the ties be- tween Prince and people are not the fame with thofe between particular perfons in private ...
... she wore the crown to the great- eft advantage of her people . Her good fenfe taught her what he had not found in her books , that the ties be- tween Prince and people are not the fame with thofe between particular perfons in private ...
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... She views her pointed talons , fure to hit , And calls herfelf preferver of the house . The tim'rous hares their forms with fafety leave , Brush through the covert for the new - fown corn ; Nor fears the fnare , that would his life ...
... She views her pointed talons , fure to hit , And calls herfelf preferver of the house . The tim'rous hares their forms with fafety leave , Brush through the covert for the new - fown corn ; Nor fears the fnare , that would his life ...
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... She therefore ordered new docks and launches to be erected , and places prepared for the building and repairing fhips of the largest fize . And all thefe docks , yards , and the buildings belonging to them , are encompafied with a high ...
... She therefore ordered new docks and launches to be erected , and places prepared for the building and repairing fhips of the largest fize . And all thefe docks , yards , and the buildings belonging to them , are encompafied with a high ...
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Page 295 - I'll venture for the vole.) Six deans, they say, must bear the pall : (I wish I knew what king to call.) Madam, your husband will attend The funeral of so good a friend.
Page 295 - Here shift the scene, to represent How those I love, my death lament. Poor Pope will grieve a month; and Gay A week ; and Arbuthnot a day. St John himself will scarce forbear, To bite his pen, and drop a tear. The rest will give a shrug and cry I'm sorry; but we all must die.
Page 322 - And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
Page 294 - See how the Dean begins to break! Poor gentleman, he droops apace! You plainly find it in his face. That old vertigo in his head Will never leave him, till he's dead. Besides, his memory decays: He recollects not what he says; He cannot call his friends to mind; Forgets the place where last he dined; Plies you with stories o'er and o'er; He told them fifty times before.
Page 295 - tis a shocking sight, And he's engaged to-morrow night; My Lady Club will take it ill, If he should fail her at quadrille. He loved the Dean— (I lead a heart,) But dearest friends, they say, must part. His time was come: he ran his race; We hope he's in a better place.
Page 294 - Behold the fatal day arrive! How is the Dean? He's just alive. Now the departing prayer is read: He hardly breathes. The Dean is dead.
Page 294 - Now the departing prayer is read: He hardly breathes. The Dean is dead. Before the passing-bell begun, The news through half the town has run. O, may we all for Death prepare! What has he left? And who's his heir?
Page 42 - D'Awtry, a member of the same society, living in Broad-street, being two of those Physicians that were presented by the College to the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the City of London...
Page 4 - O send her out of thy holy heavens, and from the throne of thy glory, that being present she may labour with me, that I may know what is pleasing unto thee.
Page 294 - To hear his out-of-fashion wit? But he takes up with younger folks, Who for his wine will bear his jokes. Faith, he must make his stories shorter...