The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining KnowledgeJames Potts, 1784 |
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... himself , in prefence of the fame witnesses , and in ten minutes ascended to the height of 1524 toifes ( fathoms ) where fufpending himself for thirty - five minutes , he happily defcended in the waftes of the wood of La Tour - du - lay ...
... himself , in prefence of the fame witnesses , and in ten minutes ascended to the height of 1524 toifes ( fathoms ) where fufpending himself for thirty - five minutes , he happily defcended in the waftes of the wood of La Tour - du - lay ...
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... himself with great zeal in fupport of his intereft , by perfonally heading great mobs , and writing fongs and para ... himself with the fame of writ ing ; nor have we any material compofi- tion of bis extant , after his Epistle to Dr ...
... himself with great zeal in fupport of his intereft , by perfonally heading great mobs , and writing fongs and para ... himself with the fame of writ ing ; nor have we any material compofi- tion of bis extant , after his Epistle to Dr ...
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... himself , and to look around for a model by which to form him . “ And God faid , let us make man in our ow image , & c . Gen. 1. 26 . With regard to Adam's condition in Pa- radife before the creation of Eve , the au- thor is of opinion ...
... himself , and to look around for a model by which to form him . “ And God faid , let us make man in our ow image , & c . Gen. 1. 26 . With regard to Adam's condition in Pa- radife before the creation of Eve , the au- thor is of opinion ...
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... himself should come from behind the curtain , and appear on the flage in propria perfona . tice in Utopia , he would make them re- pent their daring and lawless actions . For this flight oppofition to ruffians in office , to the ...
... himself should come from behind the curtain , and appear on the flage in propria perfona . tice in Utopia , he would make them re- pent their daring and lawless actions . For this flight oppofition to ruffians in office , to the ...
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... himself entirely open ; Wildfire deceived by this frata- gem , flew violently at him , and expofed himself by his want of fkill , which Wil- liams profiting by , ran him through the body . Williams had no fooner withdrawn his fword than ...
... himself entirely open ; Wildfire deceived by this frata- gem , flew violently at him , and expofed himself by his want of fkill , which Wil- liams profiting by , ran him through the body . Williams had no fooner withdrawn his fword than ...
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Page 370 - God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting. To thee, all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee, Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory.
Page 389 - And accordingly she is provided with the organs and faculty of speech, by which she can throw out signs with amazing facility, and vary them without end. Thus we have built up an animal body, which would...
Page 425 - We furl'd the sail, we plied the labouring oar, Took down our masts, and row'd our ships to shore. Two tedious days and two long nights we lay, O'erwatch'd and batter'd in the naked bay. But the third morning when Aurora brings...
Page 89 - ... a privateer, I should have been entitled to clothing and maintenance during the rest of my life; but that was not my chance: one man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and another with a wooden ladle. However, blessed be God! I enjoy good health, and will for ever love liberty and Old England. Liberty, property, and Old England, for ever, huzza!
Page 134 - The man indeed ought not to cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God ; but the woman is the glory of the man.
Page 174 - The Discovery of a New World ; or, a Discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another habitable World in the Moon ; with a Discourse concerning the possibility of a passage thither.
Page 89 - I chose the latter : and in this post of a gentleman I served two campaigns in Flanders, was at the battles of Val and Fontenoy, and received but one wound, through the breast here ; but the doctor of our regiment soon made me well again.
Page 348 - The politeness of these savages in conversation is indeed carried to excess, since it does not permit them to contradict or deny the truth of what is asserted in their presence.
Page 89 - I was once more in the power of the French, and I believe it would have gone hard with me had I been brought back to Brest : but, by good fortune, we were retaken by the Viper.
Page 380 - ... the other being loft in the dirt. •' They continued to wander through the open meadows, without following any certain path» and without getting to any diftance from Warfaw.