The Historical Magazine, Or, Classical Library of Public Events: Consisting of Authentic Anecdotes, Biographical Memoirs, Manners and Customs, Philosophical Papers, Natural History, Theatrical Intelligence, Analysis of Historical Books, Domestic News, &c. &c. &c, Volumen 1D. Brewman, New Street, Shoe Lane, 1789 |
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... whose sen- fibility was roused at hearing their king fpeak plain English . The addreffes were reverberations of the fpeech , heightened by the ftrongest expreffions of loyalty and affection ; and the Commons , not content with mere ...
... whose sen- fibility was roused at hearing their king fpeak plain English . The addreffes were reverberations of the fpeech , heightened by the ftrongest expreffions of loyalty and affection ; and the Commons , not content with mere ...
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... whose mediation he folicited and obtained fuccours from Edward the Third , for the recovery of his king- dom : and the Prince of Wales , at the head of a gallant army , embarked in the expedition . The following extract from our author ...
... whose mediation he folicited and obtained fuccours from Edward the Third , for the recovery of his king- dom : and the Prince of Wales , at the head of a gallant army , embarked in the expedition . The following extract from our author ...
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... whose deeds of latter date proveyd him not to be worthy . ANECDOTES , FROM VOLTAIRE'S LIFE OF CHARLES THE TWELFTH OF SWEDEN . [ Tranfmitted by a Correfpondent . ] I. at the battle of Narva , was AMONG the prisoners taken the eldest fon ...
... whose deeds of latter date proveyd him not to be worthy . ANECDOTES , FROM VOLTAIRE'S LIFE OF CHARLES THE TWELFTH OF SWEDEN . [ Tranfmitted by a Correfpondent . ] I. at the battle of Narva , was AMONG the prisoners taken the eldest fon ...
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... - fed the meridian , I perceived near its difk , and within a few of its dia- meters , fome very faint stars whose places I noted down with great care . The I confefs that this fcene ap- peared to me with 164 HISTORICAL MAGAZINE .
... - fed the meridian , I perceived near its difk , and within a few of its dia- meters , fome very faint stars whose places I noted down with great care . The I confefs that this fcene ap- peared to me with 164 HISTORICAL MAGAZINE .
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... whose lofs to the army , for he was a very meritorious and active officer , was greatly lamented . When the fortified houfe , in which the unfortunate Surdar Cawn made his laft ftand , was fet on fire , many of his family and other ...
... whose lofs to the army , for he was a very meritorious and active officer , was greatly lamented . When the fortified houfe , in which the unfortunate Surdar Cawn made his laft ftand , was fet on fire , many of his family and other ...
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Página 38 - It happened at Athens, during a public representation of some play exhibited in honour of the commonwealth, that an old gentleman came too late for a place suitable to his age and quality. Many of the young gentlemen who observed the difficulty and confusion he was in, made signs to him that they would accommodate him if he came where they sat.
Página 39 - He was not by any means to be forced from the body, but was removed with it bleeding in his arms, and attended with tears by all their comrades who knew their enmity. When he was brought to a tent, his wounds were dressed...
Página 39 - They had spent whole months thus, one injuring, the other complaining, when in the midst of this rage towards each other they were commanded upon the attack of the castle, where the corporal received a shot in the thigh, and fell ; the French pressing on, and he expecting to be trampled to death, called out to his enemy, " Ah, Valentine ! can you leave me here...
Página 39 - Ah, Valentine ! can you leave me here ?" Valentine immediately ran back, and in the midst of a thick fire of the French took the corporal upon his back and brought him through all that danger as far as the Abbey of...
Página 75 - ... battle was given; but, knowing the fatal consequences that would happen to his children and people, in case he should die before he put an end to that war, he commanded his principal officers, that if he died during the engagement, they should conceal his death from the army, and that they...
Página 38 - Their mutual friendship was so strong, that they were ready to die for one another. One of the two (for it is not known which) being condemned to death by the tyrant, obtained leave to go into his own country, to...
Página 317 - Snceberg, are fwom enemies to the paftoral life. Some of their maxims are, to live on hunting and plunder, and never to keep any animal alive for the fpace of one night. By this means they render themfelves odious to the reft of mankind, and are purfued and exterminated like the wild beafts, whofe manners they have af> fumed.
Página 168 - ... for turning out its companions begins to decline from the time it is two or three, till it is about twelve days old, when, as far as I have hitherto seen, it ceases.
Página 219 - August at sun-set, and for half an hour when the atmosphere was clear ; but after a rainy day, or when the air was loaded with vapours, nothing of it was seen. The following flowers emitted flashes more or less vivid, in this order: — 1.
Página 36 - ... perifh for want, and that the feverity of putting a woman of .Family to a violent death, by the hand of the executioner, might thus be avoided. Some days...