London Magazine Enlarged and Improved, Volume 18C. Ackers, 1749 - English essays |
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... manner of living with other men , and , in a word , of his private life , that you defire me to fpeak . Let me begin then by faying , bien feance of the French , and decorum That all the decency and grace ( the of the Latins ) which ...
... manner of living with other men , and , in a word , of his private life , that you defire me to fpeak . Let me begin then by faying , bien feance of the French , and decorum That all the decency and grace ( the of the Latins ) which ...
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... manner , that run uniformly thro ' the whole tenour of conduct and behaviour . This air and manner must be fo far from any kind or degree of affectation , that they cannot be attained except by him who is void of all affectation . We ...
... manner , that run uniformly thro ' the whole tenour of conduct and behaviour . This air and manner must be fo far from any kind or degree of affectation , that they cannot be attained except by him who is void of all affectation . We ...
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... manners were established : And yet even in F this city , and among these degene- rate Romans , certain it is , that ... manner , and perhaps more ftrongly felt . Failings or vices that flow that run the fame courfe thro ' the from the ...
... manners were established : And yet even in F this city , and among these degene- rate Romans , certain it is , that ... manner , and perhaps more ftrongly felt . Failings or vices that flow that run the fame courfe thro ' the from the ...
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... manner of doing them . In her private behaviour the fhewed great affability , fhe defcended even to familiarity ... manners in life , who is not free from every kind of affecta- F tion , as it has been faid already : But he who affects ...
... manner of doing them . In her private behaviour the fhewed great affability , fhe defcended even to familiarity ... manners in life , who is not free from every kind of affecta- F tion , as it has been faid already : But he who affects ...
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... manner . Our preventing their pub- lick preaching will , therefore , be of fome fervice ; and if we cannot ab- D lutely prevent an evil , it is not , fure- ly , an argument against our doing all we can . F As I was , from my infancy ...
... manner . Our preventing their pub- lick preaching will , therefore , be of fome fervice ; and if we cannot ab- D lutely prevent an evil , it is not , fure- ly , an argument against our doing all we can . F As I was , from my infancy ...
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Page 230 - Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do.
Page 230 - Shall through the gloomy vale attend, And cheer our dying breath ; Shall, when all other comforts cease, .Like a kind angel whisper peace, And smooth the bed of death.
Page 243 - That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Page 229 - The Fire-Side. DEAR Chloe, while the busy crowd, The vain, the wealthy, and the proud, In folly's maze advance ; ^ Tho' singularity and pride Be call'd our choice, we'll step aside, Nor join the giddy dance. From the gay world, we'll oft retire To our own family and fire, Where love our hours employs ; No noisy neighbour enters here, No intermeddling stranger near, To spoil our heart-felt joys.
Page 25 - The Arms of France, favoured by the Defection of the Elector of Bavaria, had penetrated into the Heart of the Empire. This mighty Body lay exposed to immediate Ruin.
Page 104 - The true image of a free people, governed by a Patriot King, is that of a patriarchal family, where the head and all the members are united by one common interest, and animated by one common spirit...
Page 24 - Obtained over the French and Bavarians, Near the Village of Blenheim, , On the Banks of the Danube, By JOHN Duke of MARLBOROUGH, The Hero not only of this Nation, but of this age; Whose Glory was equal in the Council and in the...
Page 38 - Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line, which dying he could wish to blot.
Page 32 - 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 25 - III. beheld this formidable Union of two Great, and once Rival Monarchies. At the End of a Life spent in defending the Liberties of Europe, He saw them in their greatest Danger.