The Scots Magazine, Volume 48Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, 1786 - English literature |
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... bill for difpofing of the crown - lands paffes the Houfe of Peers , p . 486 , The Prince of Wales , after an unfuccefsful application to his Majesty for L. 250,000 to pay his debts , retrenches his expences , and affigns great part of ...
... bill for difpofing of the crown - lands paffes the Houfe of Peers , p . 486 , The Prince of Wales , after an unfuccefsful application to his Majesty for L. 250,000 to pay his debts , retrenches his expences , and affigns great part of ...
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... bill 44 England : Lofs of the Halfewell 45 Trial of J Hoggan 46 Scotland : Distillery 47. Procurator- fifcal of Edinburgh against James Macmil lan and John Law 48 . Lifts Marriages , Births , Deaths , Preferments , & c . 51. and 52 ...
... bill 44 England : Lofs of the Halfewell 45 Trial of J Hoggan 46 Scotland : Distillery 47. Procurator- fifcal of Edinburgh against James Macmil lan and John Law 48 . Lifts Marriages , Births , Deaths , Preferments , & c . 51. and 52 ...
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... bill totally abandoned ; the fubject was yet under the consideration of the people of Ireland , and in propor- tion as it was coolly confidered , its po- pularity increased . The introduction of India affairs was , in his opinion ...
... bill totally abandoned ; the fubject was yet under the consideration of the people of Ireland , and in propor- tion as it was coolly confidered , its po- pularity increased . The introduction of India affairs was , in his opinion ...
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... bill , of which we heard not one word , though it is to be prefumed , if good had been the confe- quence , he would not have been filent . The next measure of confequence was one in which he had his hearty concur rence , namely , a ...
... bill , of which we heard not one word , though it is to be prefumed , if good had been the confe- quence , he would not have been filent . The next measure of confequence was one in which he had his hearty concur rence , namely , a ...
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... bill had occafioned through all ranks of peo- ple in India , by robbing Englishmen of their right to trial by jury , was fuch as could not afford him much triumph . A Noble friend of his , who had lately re- turned from thence , had ...
... bill had occafioned through all ranks of peo- ple in India , by robbing Englishmen of their right to trial by jury , was fuch as could not afford him much triumph . A Noble friend of his , who had lately re- turned from thence , had ...
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Page 351 - He has visited all Europe,— not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; not to collect medals, or...
Page 207 - Indians rushed among them, and forced them into the water, where four of them were killed ; their lieutenant was wounded, but fortunately escaped, and was taken up by the pinnace.
Page 186 - Almighty God hath created the mind free; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the Holy author of our religion...
Page 186 - ... that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical ; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher, of his own religious persuasion, is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor whose morals he would make his pattern...
Page 351 - ... compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery, a circumnavigation of charity. Already the benefit of his labour is felt more or less in every country ; I hope he will anticipate his final reward by seeing all its effects fully realized in his own.
Page 205 - ... noise : it seemed as if he meant to divert their attention from his countrymen, who were growing more tumultuous, and arming themselves in every quarter. Captain Cook, being at the same time surrounded...
Page 107 - If the calculation be juft, however alarming it may appear in a national view, there is this confolation, when confidered in a philofophical light, that without partial evil, there can be no general good ; and that, what a nation lofes in the fcale of population at one period, it gains at another; and thus, probably, the average number of inhabitants, on the furface of the globe, continues, at all times, nearly the fame. By this medium, the world is neither overftocked with inhabitants, nor kept...
Page 206 - Serjeant's musket, and endeavoured to wrench it from him, but was prevented by the lieutenant's making a blow at him. Captain Cook...
Page 206 - By his own account, he mistook the signal : but be that as it may, this circumstance appears to me, to have decided the fatal turn of the affair, and to have removed every chance which remained with Captain Cook, of escaping with his life. The business of saving the marines out of the water, in consequence of that, fell altogether upon the pinnace; which thereby became so much crowded, that...
Page 351 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.