The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 23Philological Society of London, 1793 - English literature |
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... Duke of Marlborough , confidering him fo nearly related to the Crown , thought it neceffary to put him under an arreft . This battle dwelt fo much upon his mind , that he retained the fuit of regimentals he wore upon that occafion ...
... Duke of Marlborough , confidering him fo nearly related to the Crown , thought it neceffary to put him under an arreft . This battle dwelt fo much upon his mind , that he retained the fuit of regimentals he wore upon that occafion ...
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ufed conftantly to call the late Duke of Newcale , whenever he thwarted his measures , " One d - d fon of a b ... Duke ) , and Lords Ligonier and Dela war . Above forty years ago a Clergyman in theCity went to St. James's to vifit ...
ufed conftantly to call the late Duke of Newcale , whenever he thwarted his measures , " One d - d fon of a b ... Duke ) , and Lords Ligonier and Dela war . Above forty years ago a Clergyman in theCity went to St. James's to vifit ...
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... Duke , which he conftantly refused . Being one day much preffed on this fubject by two Court Ladies , he turned round to them with great good- humour , and faid , As he had decided in his own mind not to create any Duke , he would fo ...
... Duke , which he conftantly refused . Being one day much preffed on this fubject by two Court Ladies , he turned round to them with great good- humour , and faid , As he had decided in his own mind not to create any Duke , he would fo ...
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... Duke of Buckingham , the King , Charles the Second , made the Prince of Orange drink very hard . The Prince was natu- rally averfe to it , but , being once enter- ed , was more frolic and gay than the reft of the company ; and now the ...
... Duke of Buckingham , the King , Charles the Second , made the Prince of Orange drink very hard . The Prince was natu- rally averfe to it , but , being once enter- ed , was more frolic and gay than the reft of the company ; and now the ...
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... Duke of Norfolk fupported the mo- tion . Lord Sydney oppofed it on the fame grounds which Lord Grenville went upon . The Marquis of Lansdowne again fup- ported his motion for fending an Ambaffador to France ; and deprecared the frequent ...
... Duke of Norfolk fupported the mo- tion . Lord Sydney oppofed it on the fame grounds which Lord Grenville went upon . The Marquis of Lansdowne again fup- ported his motion for fending an Ambaffador to France ; and deprecared the frequent ...
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Page 177 - Remember that credit is money. If a man lets his money lie in my hands after it is due, he gives me the interest, or so much as I can make of it during that time. This amounts to a considerable sum where a man has good and large credit, and makes good use of it.
Page 178 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit, are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a- creditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiard table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day ; demands it before he can receive it in a lump.
Page 353 - It consisted only of six rooms, four of them in the form of friars' cells, with naked walls ; the other two, each twenty feet square, were hung with brown cloth and furnished in the most simple manner.
Page 355 - The service for the dead was chanted, and Charles joined in the prayers which were offered up for the...
Page 177 - Remember that money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on. Five shillings turned is six, turned again it is seven and threepence, and so on, till it becomes an hundred pounds. The more there is of it, the more it produces every turning, so that the profits rise quicker and quicker. He that kills a breeding sow destroys all her offspring to the thousandth generation. He that murders a crown destroys all that it might have produced, even...
Page 353 - He buried there, in solitude and silence, his grandeur, his ambition, together with all those vast projects which, during half a century, had alarmed and agitated Europe ; filling every kingdom in it, by turns, with the terror of his arms, and the dread of being subjected to his power.
Page 261 - ... its merits before he would engage in it; by this caution, added to the clearness of his description, and the integrity of his heart, he seldom failed having the bill he supported carried into an act of parliament.
Page 417 - ... critical nicety of form, which any other defendant could claim under the like objection. The only effect I feel...
Page 177 - This amounts to a considerable sum where a man has good and large credit, and makes good use of it. Remember that money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on.
Page 69 - Europe, established by solemn treaties and guaranteed by the consent of all the powers. This government, adhering to the maxims which it has followed for more than a century, will also never see with indifference that France shall make herself, either directly or indirectly, sovereign of the Low Countries, or general arbitress of the rights and liberties of Europe.