The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, Volume 31F. and C. Rivington, 1808 |
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... period of extraordinary events and revolutions , fupplies an important chafm in the connection of the whole . We have not yet concluded our remarks on this elaborate work . Befides this , we have chiefly had to notice tranflated hiftory ...
... period of extraordinary events and revolutions , fupplies an important chafm in the connection of the whole . We have not yet concluded our remarks on this elaborate work . Befides this , we have chiefly had to notice tranflated hiftory ...
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... period - 80 A. D. 446. - Chap . I. Of the Aborigines of North Britain . Chap . II . Of the North British Tribes ; their topographical Pofitions ; and fingular An- tiquities . Chap . III . Of Agricola's Campaigns . Chap . IV . Of the ...
... period - 80 A. D. 446. - Chap . I. Of the Aborigines of North Britain . Chap . II . Of the North British Tribes ; their topographical Pofitions ; and fingular An- tiquities . Chap . III . Of Agricola's Campaigns . Chap . IV . Of the ...
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... period , extending from the arrival of Agri- cola , A. D , 80 , to the abdication of the Roman authority , A. D. 446 . The Pictifh period , extending from A. D. 446 , to the overthrow of the Picts , A. D. 843 . The Scotifh period , from ...
... period , extending from the arrival of Agri- cola , A. D , 80 , to the abdication of the Roman authority , A. D. 446 . The Pictifh period , extending from A. D. 446 , to the overthrow of the Picts , A. D. 843 . The Scotifh period , from ...
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... period , indeed , as difturbed by fome rebellion , and as afflicted by fome depredations of the Danes . We may cafily fuppofe , indeed , that Sigurd's fons , the Earls of Orkney , may have tried their young pinions , as eaglet vikingr ...
... period , indeed , as difturbed by fome rebellion , and as afflicted by fome depredations of the Danes . We may cafily fuppofe , indeed , that Sigurd's fons , the Earls of Orkney , may have tried their young pinions , as eaglet vikingr ...
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... period of the Reformation , the fpiritual authority of the crown has become a fundamental principle of the conftitution . The king is fworn to maintain it , and the people are bound to support him . It is recognised in the bill of ...
... period of the Reformation , the fpiritual authority of the crown has become a fundamental principle of the conftitution . The king is fworn to maintain it , and the people are bound to support him . It is recognised in the bill of ...
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Page 643 - They close in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway and with lance's thrust; And such a yell was there Of sudden and portentous birth, As if men fought upon the earth And fiends in upper air; O life and death were in the shout, Recoil and rally, charge and rout, And triumph and despair.
Page 641 - DAY set on Norham's castled steep. And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep. And Cheviot's mountains lone : The battled towers, the donjon keep, The loop-hole grates where captives weep. The flanking walls that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shone.
Page 181 - Could I have rewarded these services I would not now call upon my country ; but as that has not been in my power, I leave Emma Lady Hamilton, therefore, a legacy to my king and country, that they will give her an ample provision to maintain her rank in life.
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Page 643 - And sudden, as he spoke, From the sharp ridges of the hill, All downward to the banks of Till, Was wreathed in sable smoke. Volumed and vast, and rolling far, The cloud enveloped Scotland's war As down the hill they broke; Nor martial shout, nor minstrel tone, Announced their march; their tread alone, At times one warning trumpet blown, At times a stifled hum, Told England, from his...
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Page 38 - Chrill, (by grace ye are faved.) 2 Tim. i. 9. Who hath faved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpofe and grace, which was given us in Chrift Jefus, before the world began, v.