The Scots Magazine, Volume 41Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, 1779 - English literature |
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... soon after the middle of Auguft . The French return ed into Breft on the 18th of September , and the British into the English ports on the 5th of October , without having met . About the end of October , an anony mous paragraph appeared ...
... soon after the middle of Auguft . The French return ed into Breft on the 18th of September , and the British into the English ports on the 5th of October , without having met . About the end of October , an anony mous paragraph appeared ...
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... Soon after we wore about on the ftarboard tack , the wind came two points in our favour to the weftward , which enabled us to lie up for a part of them ; but in a dark squall that foon af- ter came on , I loft fight of the enemy for ...
... Soon after we wore about on the ftarboard tack , the wind came two points in our favour to the weftward , which enabled us to lie up for a part of them ; but in a dark squall that foon af- ter came on , I loft fight of the enemy for ...
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... Soon gloomy Sorrow flies away , And Joy breaks on the foul like to returning Byker foft aid dejected MERIT rears Es head , in native majesty appears ; Infpir'd with Gratitude * , prepares To eafe his fellow - mortals cares ; MERIT lives ...
... Soon gloomy Sorrow flies away , And Joy breaks on the foul like to returning Byker foft aid dejected MERIT rears Es head , in native majesty appears ; Infpir'd with Gratitude * , prepares To eafe his fellow - mortals cares ; MERIT lives ...
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... a few flort hours away , And act the last soon ends the play ; Each image of thy LAD OF WARWICK Extinct with thee , dear DAVID GARRIC Jan. 21. 1779 J. C. H HISTORICAL AFFAIRS . ENGLAND . [ 166. ] The royal 216 Vol . 41 . POETICAL ESSAYS .
... a few flort hours away , And act the last soon ends the play ; Each image of thy LAD OF WARWICK Extinct with thee , dear DAVID GARRIC Jan. 21. 1779 J. C. H HISTORICAL AFFAIRS . ENGLAND . [ 166. ] The royal 216 Vol . 41 . POETICAL ESSAYS .
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... Soon must this bough , as you fhall fix his doom , Adorn Philander's head , or grace his tomb . Written after the rehearsal , in the Banqueting- boufe , Whitehall , of the anthem compofed by Mr HANDEL , for the funeral of Queen CARO ...
... Soon must this bough , as you fhall fix his doom , Adorn Philander's head , or grace his tomb . Written after the rehearsal , in the Banqueting- boufe , Whitehall , of the anthem compofed by Mr HANDEL , for the funeral of Queen CARO ...
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Page 294 - ... from the torch of a person clothed in the dress of an attendant on a funeral, and accompanied by several others, who, like him, seemed to have been employed in the rites of sepulture.
Page 294 - Christian should ; he is even so composed as to be now in his pulpit, ready to deliver a few exhortations to his parishioners, as is the custom with us on such occasions. Follow me, sir, and you shall hear him.
Page 119 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the buskined stage. But O, sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek.
Page 293 - I have before described, in the neighbourhood of La Roche's dwelling. A light gleamed on the water, that seemed to proceed from the house ; it moved slowly along as he proceeded up...
Page 172 - He was particularly curious with regard to the construction of clocks and watches ; and having found, after repeated trials, that he could not bring any two of them to go exactly alike, he reflected, it is...
Page 291 - He found in them the guileless manner of the earliest times, with the culture and accomplishment of the most refined ones. Every better feeling warm and vivid ; every ungentle one repressed or overcome. He was not addicted to love ; but he felt himself happy in being the friend of Mademoiselle La...
Page 172 - Exult, then, O sun, in the strength of thy youth ! Age is dark and unlovely ; it is like the glimmering light of the moon when it shines through broken clouds, and the mist is on the hills : the blast of the north is on the plain ; the traveller shrinks in the midst of his journey.
Page 293 - After some little speculation on the matter, however, he could look on it as a thing fitting, if not quite agreeable, and determined on this...
Page 233 - Thus an army was poured forth by the woods, mountains, and marshes, which in this part were thickly sown with plantations and villages. The Americans recalled their courage, and, when their regular army seemed to be entirely wasted, the spirit of the country produced a much greater and more formidable force.
Page 33 - In order to fix more precisely the sense and application of the preceding article, the contracting parties declare, that in case of a rupture between France and England the reciprocal guarantee declared in the said article shall have its full force and effect the moment such war shall break out; and if such rupture shall not take place, the mutual obligations of the said...