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... hope that it will be long before it be again opened . A dreadful but falutary experiment , in the courfe of the * For a fummary review and character of the Eighteenth Century , and more especially at its clofe , fee the conclufion of ...
... hope that it will be long before it be again opened . A dreadful but falutary experiment , in the courfe of the * For a fummary review and character of the Eighteenth Century , and more especially at its clofe , fee the conclufion of ...
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... hope , and doubt not , for many years , to be called from the miferies and horrors of war to progreflive improvement in all the arts of peace : a nobler , as well as more pleafing and profitable career of ambition , among civilized ...
... hope , and doubt not , for many years , to be called from the miferies and horrors of war to progreflive improvement in all the arts of peace : a nobler , as well as more pleafing and profitable career of ambition , among civilized ...
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... hope , if poffible . This difpofition is par- ticularly remarkable in the French nation . They are alfo diftinguifh- ed by another propenfity , indulged to excels : a devoted attachment to fome object of fond admiration . Their whole ...
... hope , if poffible . This difpofition is par- ticularly remarkable in the French nation . They are alfo diftinguifh- ed by another propenfity , indulged to excels : a devoted attachment to fome object of fond admiration . Their whole ...
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... hope and expectation of fome approaching change.- Though this man had voted for the death of the king , and that in a very unfeeling and inhuman manner , * he affected great regard for the confti- tutionalifts of 1791 , who had for ...
... hope and expectation of fome approaching change.- Though this man had voted for the death of the king , and that in a very unfeeling and inhuman manner , * he affected great regard for the confti- tutionalifts of 1791 , who had for ...
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... hope to profper , in the eyes of which property was nothing , and which abforbed to itlelf all the revenues both from land and induftry , by pallying them by requifitions , maximums , and forced loans ? In order to break afunder this ...
... hope to profper , in the eyes of which property was nothing , and which abforbed to itlelf all the revenues both from land and induftry , by pallying them by requifitions , maximums , and forced loans ? In order to break afunder this ...
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Page 321 - I had met with a collection of letters by the wits of Queen Anne's reign, and I pored over them most devoutly; I kept copies of any of my own letters that pleased me; and a comparison between them and the composition of most of my correspondents, flattered my vanity. I carried this whim so far, that though I had not three farthings...
Page 333 - The negroes thus bound, are (by their masters or mistresses) to be taught to read and write, and to be brought up to some useful occupation, agreeably to the laws of the commonwealth of Virginia, providing for the support of orphan and other poor children. And I do hereby expressly forbid the sale or transportation, out of the said commonwealth, of any Slave I may die possessed of, under any pretence whatsoever.
Page 291 - ... in their persons nor shall their houses or goods be burnt, or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted by the armed force...
Page 451 - Bolus arrived, and gave a doubtful tap, Between a single and a double rap. Knocks of this kind Are given by gentlemen who teach to dance; By fiddlers, and by opera.singers; One loud, and then a little one behind.
Page 294 - The difficulties which suspended the execution of the sixth article of our treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation with Great Britain have not yet been removed. The negotiation on this subject is still depending.
Page 324 - I can truly say, that pauvre inconnu as I then was, I had pretty nearly as high an idea of myself and of my works as I have at this moment, when the public has decided in their favour.
Page 333 - ... the latter, while both descriptions are in the occupancy of the same proprietor; it not being in my power, under the tenure by which the dower negroes are held, to manumit them.
Page 98 - I have told you my opinion. I think you ought to have given a civil, clear, and explicit answer to the overture which was fairly and handsomely made you.
Page 317 - ... remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection in the country of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery. This cultivated the latent seeds of poetry, but had so strong an effect on my imagination, that to this hour, in my nocturnal rambles, I sometimes keep a sharp look-out...
Page 183 - Drapery, shall pay, on importation into each country from the other, the duties now payable on importation into Ireland ; salt and hops, on importation into Ireland...