The Gentleman's Magazine, Volumen 89,Parte 2;Volumen 126F. Jefferies, 1819 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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... persons who would otherwise be purchasers , had they not access to the Public Libraries . For a masterly article ... person therein men- tioned was ; also of a school there in the time of Queen Elizabeth , of which the Shepherd ; and ...
... persons who would otherwise be purchasers , had they not access to the Public Libraries . For a masterly article ... person therein men- tioned was ; also of a school there in the time of Queen Elizabeth , of which the Shepherd ; and ...
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... persons are neither difficult or obscure , may yet be acceptable to readers less conversant with such pro- ductions , and superficially acquainted with the language and customs of our ancestors . In volume IX . page 58 , of Mr ...
... persons are neither difficult or obscure , may yet be acceptable to readers less conversant with such pro- ductions , and superficially acquainted with the language and customs of our ancestors . In volume IX . page 58 , of Mr ...
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... persons who sell goods at standings in the streets , by whom the punishment is frequently inflicted upon fraudulent customers , when attempting to retire without making a fair payment : it consists in forcibly taking off the hat from ...
... persons who sell goods at standings in the streets , by whom the punishment is frequently inflicted upon fraudulent customers , when attempting to retire without making a fair payment : it consists in forcibly taking off the hat from ...
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... persons by any striking deformity " curtailed of man's fair proportion , " who were often in former times , and are in our own days , the unhappy subjects of public exhibition . The received interpretation cannot be correct ; it is far ...
... persons by any striking deformity " curtailed of man's fair proportion , " who were often in former times , and are in our own days , the unhappy subjects of public exhibition . The received interpretation cannot be correct ; it is far ...
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... persons , when they are passing from Court to Court , or from the Forum to the Coffee House in their wig and gown but this is disregarded , and has no ill effect , except to themselves for the moment . Examine the same disposition among ...
... persons , when they are passing from Court to Court , or from the Forum to the Coffee House in their wig and gown but this is disregarded , and has no ill effect , except to themselves for the moment . Examine the same disposition among ...
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Página 56 - and attentively read these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that this " Volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, ' more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and * finer strains both of Poetry and Eloquence, than can be' collected from * all other books, in whatever age or language they may have been composed.
Página 465 - In his temper and dispositions he was not only kind and affectionate, but generous, and considerate of the feelings of all around him ; and gave the most liberal assistance and encouragement to all young persons who showed any indications of talent, or applied to him for patronage or advice.
Página 53 - For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Página 463 - It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it, — draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin, and forge anchors, — cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves.
Página 463 - We have said that Mr. Watt was the great Improver of the steamengine ; but, in truth, as to all that is admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its Inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being applied to the finest and most delicate manufactures, and its power so increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable...
Página 464 - ... knowledge. No man could be more social in his spirit, less assuming or fastidious in his manners, or more kind and indulgent towards all who approached him. He rather liked to talk — at least in his latter years : but though he took a considerable share of the conversation, he rarely suggested the topics on which it was to turn, but readily and quietly took up whatever was presented by those around...
Página 464 - ... and perfectly at home in all the details of architecture, music, and law. He was well acquainted too with most of the modern languages, and familiar with their most recent literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories of the German logicians, or criticising the measures or the matter of the German poetry.
Página 463 - ... bestowed such a gift on his kind. The blessing is not only universal, but unbounded; and the fabled inventors of the plough and the loom, who were deified by the erring gratitude of their rude contemporaries, conferred less important benefits on mankind than the inventor of our present steam engine.
Página 72 - The House having resolved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means, The Chancellor of the Exchequer...
Página 256 - What should thy sons do? — anything but weep: And yet they only murmur in their sleep. In contrast with their fathers — as the slime, The dull green ooze of the receding deep, Is with the dashing of the spring-tide foam That drives the sailor shipless to his home, Are they to those that were...