Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 57, Part 1F. Jefferies, 1787 - Early English newspapers The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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... leave to ftate , that Julius Cæfar , when he reformed the calendar , fuppofed the tropical year to confift of 365 days 6 hours , and ordained that , on account of the 6 hours , an intercalary day should be added every fourth year , by ...
... leave to ftate , that Julius Cæfar , when he reformed the calendar , fuppofed the tropical year to confift of 365 days 6 hours , and ordained that , on account of the 6 hours , an intercalary day should be added every fourth year , by ...
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... leave thy " virtues to thy family ; " and then , depofiting the corpfe in the ground , they return to finish the repaft : but with the utmost fobriety and regularity . They live in the moft perfect equa- lity ; giving no precedence but ...
... leave thy " virtues to thy family ; " and then , depofiting the corpfe in the ground , they return to finish the repaft : but with the utmost fobriety and regularity . They live in the moft perfect equa- lity ; giving no precedence but ...
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... leaves fuccinct , and brifily top . The fame poet refers to the fharpnefs of its narrow leaves , in the following paffage : Pan videt hanc , pinuque caput præcinctus acuta Talia verba refert . Met . i . 699 . Pan , with his pointed ...
... leaves fuccinct , and brifily top . The fame poet refers to the fharpnefs of its narrow leaves , in the following paffage : Pan videt hanc , pinuque caput præcinctus acuta Talia verba refert . Met . i . 699 . Pan , with his pointed ...
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... leave to exemplify with an anecdote which concerned my felf , and wherein I committed a very innocent blunder . Being fome years ago at a fashionable watering - place in --fhire , I had officiated for a few days as lay - chaplain to a ...
... leave to exemplify with an anecdote which concerned my felf , and wherein I committed a very innocent blunder . Being fome years ago at a fashionable watering - place in --fhire , I had officiated for a few days as lay - chaplain to a ...
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... leave to your de- cifion : Whether the clergy , defirous of receiving that refpect which is justly due to their character , fhould not ob ferve a proper decorum as well in drefs as in manners ; fuch as may fecure us laymen from ...
... leave to your de- cifion : Whether the clergy , defirous of receiving that refpect which is justly due to their character , fhould not ob ferve a proper decorum as well in drefs as in manners ; fuch as may fecure us laymen from ...
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Page 71 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.
Page 465 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page 21 - I do declare that I do not believe that the Pope of Rome or any other foreign prince, prelate, person, state, or potentate, hath or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority, or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm.
Page 338 - Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Page 56 - God that the established government be obeyed, and no longer This principle being admitted, the justice of every particular case of resistance is reduced to a computation of the quantity of the danger and grievance on the one side, and of the probability and expense of redressing it on the other.
Page 227 - the most astonishing effort of eloquence, argument and wit united, of which there is any record or tradition.
Page 401 - For the man whom the king delighteth to honour, let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head: and let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour...
Page 71 - ... 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 234 - ... said realm of England, dominion of Wales or town of Berwick upon Tweed, or any of the...
Page 281 - Judge of his want of them by this question, which he once put to an author: "Mr. , I hear you have just published a pamphlet, and am told there is a very good paragraph in it upon the subject of music; did you write that yourself?