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Pagina 21
... remained no hope of a commotion in his favour among the English , and many of the Scots began to grow cool in his cause . No prospect of success could engage him in this expedition , but it was become necessary for his reputation . The ...
... remained no hope of a commotion in his favour among the English , and many of the Scots began to grow cool in his cause . No prospect of success could engage him in this expedition , but it was become necessary for his reputation . The ...
Pagina 35
... remained undecided , the enemy using every effort to escape , while Benbow was equally active on his part to prevent their flight . On the 22d , the Greenwich , of fifty - four guns , commanded by Captain Wade , was near three leagues ...
... remained undecided , the enemy using every effort to escape , while Benbow was equally active on his part to prevent their flight . On the 22d , the Greenwich , of fifty - four guns , commanded by Captain Wade , was near three leagues ...
Pagina 47
... remained constantly employed in the Mediterranean . The catalogue of his successes against the states of Barbary would be tedious in the recital . On his return to England , James II . , in the midst of that ferment which preceded the ...
... remained constantly employed in the Mediterranean . The catalogue of his successes against the states of Barbary would be tedious in the recital . On his return to England , James II . , in the midst of that ferment which preceded the ...
Pagina 49
... remained unbroken till after the accession of Queen Anne . Among the very first acts of her majesty's reign , is to be reckoned the appointment of Sir George to be vice - admiral of England , and commander - in - chief of the British ...
... remained unbroken till after the accession of Queen Anne . Among the very first acts of her majesty's reign , is to be reckoned the appointment of Sir George to be vice - admiral of England , and commander - in - chief of the British ...
Pagina 71
... remained in office until his death , which took place on the 19th of May , 1715. His poems and speeches were published in the course of the same year ; and Dr Johnson , who included the former in his edition of the British Poets ...
... remained in office until his death , which took place on the 19th of May , 1715. His poems and speeches were published in the course of the same year ; and Dr Johnson , who included the former in his edition of the British Poets ...
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Pagina 75 - An Act for the Amendment of the Law, and the better Advancement of Justice...
Pagina 265 - The cause of Congreve was not tenable: whatever glosses he might use for the defence or palliation of single passages, the general tenour and tendency of his plays must always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better ; and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be regulated.
Pagina 397 - I now design to suppress. Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady, that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits, as have to do with her.
Pagina 210 - But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering. 16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God...
Pagina 56 - Trevor, and who was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Charles II.
Pagina 275 - The difficulties and discouragements which attend the Study of the Scriptures, in the way of private judgment...
Pagina 398 - I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly by little and little into a full and clear light.
Pagina 53 - If the plaintiff has a right, he must of necessity have a means to vindicate and maintain it, and a remedy if he is injured in the exercise or enjoyment of it; and indeed it is a vain thing to imagine a right without a remedy; for want of right and want of remedy are reciprocal.
Pagina 254 - The university approved the contents of this letter, and accordingly created Mr. AtterburyD.D. Our author's work was entitled, "The Rights, Powers, and Privileges of an English Convocation, stated and vindicated, in answer to a late book of Dr.
Pagina 423 - We were all, at the first night of it, in great uncertainty of the event ; till we were very much encouraged by overhearing the Duke of Argyle, who sat in the next box to us, say, ' It will do — it must do ! I see it in the eyes of them.