The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, Volume 44R. Baldwin, 1775 |
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... means to restore his children to his favour , and their natural right of fituation . Now for his hiftory , which is not a blank . He has been the father of feven children , to whom he has only be- haved like one in the begetting them ...
... means to restore his children to his favour , and their natural right of fituation . Now for his hiftory , which is not a blank . He has been the father of feven children , to whom he has only be- haved like one in the begetting them ...
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... means to obtain a repeal of the late act of parliament for " blocking up the harbour of Bofton . " - Diffentient three . II . That it is the opinion of this meeting , that if the colonies come into a joint refolution to ftop impor ...
... means to obtain a repeal of the late act of parliament for " blocking up the harbour of Bofton . " - Diffentient three . II . That it is the opinion of this meeting , that if the colonies come into a joint refolution to ftop impor ...
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... means to obtain a repeal of the said act , and alfo of the faid bills if paffed into acts . 3. Refolved , That it is the opinion of this committee , that if the colo- nies come into a joint resolution to ftop all importation from , and ...
... means to obtain a repeal of the said act , and alfo of the faid bills if paffed into acts . 3. Refolved , That it is the opinion of this committee , that if the colo- nies come into a joint resolution to ftop all importation from , and ...
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... means fo happy a revolution in pub- lic affairs has been effectuated in the reign of George the Third . Are our taxes leffened ? No. Is the nation freed from excife ? No. Are the rights of the fubject more religiously preferved ? No. Is ...
... means fo happy a revolution in pub- lic affairs has been effectuated in the reign of George the Third . Are our taxes leffened ? No. Is the nation freed from excife ? No. Are the rights of the fubject more religiously preferved ? No. Is ...
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... means of rendering their situation free from oppreffion . " New York , Dec. 1z . A gentleman juft arrived from Quebec brings advice , that Gov. Carleton had attempted to raise a regiment of Canadians that he first applied to the inha ...
... means of rendering their situation free from oppreffion . " New York , Dec. 1z . A gentleman juft arrived from Quebec brings advice , that Gov. Carleton had attempted to raise a regiment of Canadians that he first applied to the inha ...
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Page 339 - Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them, than the accumulated winter of both the poles. We know...
Page 131 - I may have leave to lament. For a wise man, he seemed to me at that time to be governed too much by general maxims.
Page 64 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Page 67 - I remember, Sir, with a melancholy pleasure, the situation of the honourable gentleman who made the motion for the repeal ; in that crisis, when the whole trading interest of this empire, crammed into your lobbies, with a trembling and anxious expectation, waited, almost to a winter's return of light, their fate from your resolutions. When at length you had determined in their...
Page 230 - ... plunged into the water, swimming underneath like an otter, only rising to take breath, till he reached the opposite shore. He now ascended the steep bank, but though he had good reason to be in a hurry, as many of the enemy were in the water, and others running...
Page 339 - When I contemplate these things; when I know that the colonies in general owe little or nothing to any care of ours, and that they are not squeezed into this happy form by the constraints of watchful and suspicious government, but that, through a wise and salutary neglect, a generous nature has been suffered to take her own way to perfection...
Page 338 - Young man, there is America, which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners, yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.
Page 64 - I mean into the business of office ; and the limited and fixed methods and forms established there. Much knowledge is to be had undoubtedly in that line ; and there is no knowledge which is not valuable. But it may be truly said, that men too much conversant in office are rarely minds of remarkable enlargement.
Page 338 - England, the genius should point out to him a little speck, scarce visible in the mass of the national interest, a small seminal principle, rather than a formed body, and should tell him, — ' Young man, there is America — which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth...
Page 420 - But did not chance at length her error mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.