The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year ..., Volume 12G. Robinson, Pater-noster-Row, 1792 - English poetry |
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... assembly accord- ingly waited on his majefty , who declared himself much fatisfied with the decree of the affembly , and granted a free pardon to the prifo ners . In the mean time , Paris was not only threatened with the fword , but was ...
... assembly accord- ingly waited on his majefty , who declared himself much fatisfied with the decree of the affembly , and granted a free pardon to the prifo ners . In the mean time , Paris was not only threatened with the fword , but was ...
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... assembly a paffport for England . The count de Mirabeau , and fome other of the more intimate friends of the duke , oppofed ftrenuously his retiring , as more likely to give credit to the calumnies which were fabricated againft him than ...
... assembly a paffport for England . The count de Mirabeau , and fome other of the more intimate friends of the duke , oppofed ftrenuously his retiring , as more likely to give credit to the calumnies which were fabricated againft him than ...
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... assembly of the notables ; and affured the magistrates , that he had ever been a moft firm friend to the revolution . The difcourfe of Mon- fieur appeared to fatisfy both the magiftrates and the national affem- bly , though fome of the ...
... assembly of the notables ; and affured the magistrates , that he had ever been a moft firm friend to the revolution . The difcourfe of Mon- fieur appeared to fatisfy both the magiftrates and the national affem- bly , though fome of the ...
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which he did in a letter to the na- tional assembly dated the 7th of July . The return of the king appeared to make little alteration in the de- figns of the fovereigns who were confederated against France . Spain , indeed , whofe ...
which he did in a letter to the na- tional assembly dated the 7th of July . The return of the king appeared to make little alteration in the de- figns of the fovereigns who were confederated against France . Spain , indeed , whofe ...
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... Assembly . 9. Henrietta viscountefs St. A. faph . Lately , lady of Margaret Stewart , daughter of Charles , fourth earl of Traquair . 12. Sir Harry Burrard , bart . - Lady Charlotte Rich , daugh- ter of Edward Rich , eighth earl of ...
... Assembly . 9. Henrietta viscountefs St. A. faph . Lately , lady of Margaret Stewart , daughter of Charles , fourth earl of Traquair . 12. Sir Harry Burrard , bart . - Lady Charlotte Rich , daugh- ter of Edward Rich , eighth earl of ...
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Page 106 - Angelo was capricious in his inventions, cannot be denied; and this may make some circumspection necessary in studying his works ; for though they appear to become him, an imitation of them is always dangerous, and will prove sometimes ridiculous. " Within that circle none durst walk but he.
Page 184 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
Page xxix - Italian novels, the visionary reveries or refinements of false philosophy, a degree of superstition sufficient for the purposes of poetry, the adoption of the machineries of romance, and the frequency and improvements of allegoric exhibition in the popular spectacles.
Page xxx - Ovid's metamorphoses were exhibited in confectionary ; and the splendid iceing of an immense historic plum-cake was embossed with a delicious basso-relievo of the destruction of Troy. In the afternoon, when she condescended to walk in the garden, the- lake was covered with Tritons and Nereids ; the pages of the family were converted into Wood-nymphs who peeped from every bower ; and the footmen gamboled over the lawns in the figure of Satyrs.
Page 105 - ... fearlessly from the shore ; and he who knows that his hand can execute whatever his fancy can suggest, sports with more freedom in embodying the visionary forms of his own creation. I will not say...
Page 114 - ... with the dictates of humanity. Some of these have been crowned with full success, and others are yet depending. The expeditions, which have been completed, were carried on, under the authority and at the...
Page 89 - ... and wrifts is embroidered with gold ; this drefs reaches fomething lower than the calf of the leg.
Page 44 - Since the fucceffion to the title and authority of Sultan is not unalterably fixed in one line, but requires confirmation by the chiefs of the ifland, it is not improbable that they may hereafter be conferred on prince HAMDULLAH. A little beyond the hole, in which SA'LIM received us, was his...
Page 35 - ... when he had thirty pounds a year, he lived on twenty, eight, and gave away forty shillings. The next year, receiving sixty pounds, he still lived on twenty-eight, and gave away two and thirty. The third year he received ninety pounds, and gave away sixty-two. The fourth year he received one hundred and twenty pounds. Still he lived on twenty-eight, and gave to the poor ninety-two.
Page 115 - Pursuant to the authority contained in the several acts on that subject, a district of ten miles square, for the permanent seat of the government of the United States has been fixed and announced by proclamation ; which district will comprehend lands on both sides of the river Potomac, and the towns of Alexandria and Georgetown. A city has also been laid out agreeably to a plan which will be placed before Congress. And as there is a prospect, favored by the rate of sales which have already taken...