The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 6J. Dodsley, 1764 - History |
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... producing abundance of events of a very in- teresting nature ; and we heartily wish we could fatter ourselves , that we should be found as equal to our materials of history , as we are likely to be well supplied with them . The favage ...
... producing abundance of events of a very in- teresting nature ; and we heartily wish we could fatter ourselves , that we should be found as equal to our materials of history , as we are likely to be well supplied with them . The favage ...
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... produced in ours . Befides the Pa- rian , there are several other fuburbs of great extent contiguous to this city , inhabited by forty thousand of the native Indians , or by that mixed breed fo common in all the Spanish colonies ...
... produced in ours . Befides the Pa- rian , there are several other fuburbs of great extent contiguous to this city , inhabited by forty thousand of the native Indians , or by that mixed breed fo common in all the Spanish colonies ...
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... produced no decifive advantage ; for as foon as the fa- vages were driven from one poft , they conftantly appeared on another , till by conftant reinforcements they were at length able to furround the whole detachment , and attack the ...
... produced no decifive advantage ; for as foon as the fa- vages were driven from one poft , they conftantly appeared on another , till by conftant reinforcements they were at length able to furround the whole detachment , and attack the ...
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... produced the late change , and the prefent miniftry . But whether the idea of the fubferviency of the ministry to a concealed intereft was credited by all the party , as they pretend- ed , or not , the effect was the fame ; and it could ...
... produced the late change , and the prefent miniftry . But whether the idea of the fubferviency of the ministry to a concealed intereft was credited by all the party , as they pretend- ed , or not , the effect was the fame ; and it could ...
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... produced that the them , and until we have before our eyes the confequences which have arifen from them . Our bufinefs is not fpeculation , but narrative . We must however remark , that this ne- gotiation feems to have difcovered to the ...
... produced that the them , and until we have before our eyes the confequences which have arifen from them . Our bufinefs is not fpeculation , but narrative . We must however remark , that this ne- gotiation feems to have difcovered to the ...
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Page 296 - ... which is the term they give it. There is a set of old women who make it their business to perform the operation every autumn, in the month of September, when the great heat is abated. People send to one another to know if any of their family has a mind to have the smallpox: they make parties for this purpose and when they are met (commonly fifteen or sixteen together), the old woman comes with a nutshell full of the matter of the best sort of smallpox and asks what vein you please to have opened.
Page 211 - And whereas it is just and reasonable, and essential to our interest, and the security of our colonies, that the several nations or tribes of Indians with whom we are connected, and •who live under our protection, should not be molested or disturbed in the possession of such parts of our dominions and territories as, not having been ceded to, or purchased by us, are reserved to them, or any of them, as their hunting grounds...
Page 302 - Vizier's ; and the very house confessed the difference between an old devotee and a young beauty. It was nicely clean and magnificent. I was met at the door by two black eunuchs, who led me through a long gallery between two ranks of beautiful young girls, with their hair finely plaited, almost hanging to their feet, all dressed in fine light damasks, brocaded with silver. I was sorry that decency did not permit me to stop to consider them nearer.
Page 212 - And we do further strictly enjoin and require all persons whatever, who have either wilfully or inadvertently seated themselves upon any lands within the countries above described, or upon any other lands, which, not having been ceded to, or purchased by, us, are still reserved to the said Indians as aforesaid, forthwith to remove themselves from such settlements.
Page 210 - ... according to law and equity, and, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England...
Page 211 - And we do further declare it to be our Royal will and pleasure, for the present as aforesaid, to reserve under our sovereignty, protection, and dominion, for the use of the said Indians, all the land and territories not included within the limits of our said three new governments or within the limits of the territory granted to the Hudson's Bay Company...
Page 303 - ... embroidered; and at her feet sat two young girls about twelve years old, lovely as angels, dressed perfectly rich, and almost covered with jewels. But they were hardly seen near the fair Fatima (for that is her name), so much her beauty effaced every thing I have seen, nay, all that has been called lovely either in England or Germany.
Page 210 - Representatives of the people so to be summoned as aforesaid, to make, constitute, 'and ordain laws, statutes, and ordinances for the public peace, welfare, and good government of our said colonies, and of the people and inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the laws of England...
Page 211 - America do presume for the present, and until our further pleasure be known, to grant warrants of survey or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest...
Page 142 - ... in confequence of the heavy charge brought againft you, for being the author of an infamous and feditious libel, tending to inflame the minds, and alienate the affections of the people from...