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... use of them . The alarm now fpread , induced the British and auxiliary troops im- mediately to affemble , and Gene- ral Grant , with the forces at Brunswick and that quarter , to ad- vance speedily to Princetown ; whilft Lord Cornwallis ...
... use of them . The alarm now fpread , induced the British and auxiliary troops im- mediately to affemble , and Gene- ral Grant , with the forces at Brunswick and that quarter , to ad- vance speedily to Princetown ; whilft Lord Cornwallis ...
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... use of the army at Philadelphia , was all that could be obtained at prefent . General Wathington being rein- forced by 4000 men from the northern army , advanced within 14 miles of Philadelphia , to a place called White Marth , where he ...
... use of the army at Philadelphia , was all that could be obtained at prefent . General Wathington being rein- forced by 4000 men from the northern army , advanced within 14 miles of Philadelphia , to a place called White Marth , where he ...
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... use them , knowing that they were capricious , inconftant , and in- tractable . That as their ideas of war and of courage were totally different from thofe of civilized na- tions , fo , notwithstanding their ferocity of character , and ...
... use them , knowing that they were capricious , inconftant , and in- tractable . That as their ideas of war and of courage were totally different from thofe of civilized na- tions , fo , notwithstanding their ferocity of character , and ...
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... use the faid firname of Bowes , purfuant to the will of the countefs's father . The barons of the exche- 11th . quer gave their opinion on a motion made last term , for a new trial in the great caufe between Sir James Lowther , Bart ...
... use the faid firname of Bowes , purfuant to the will of the countefs's father . The barons of the exche- 11th . quer gave their opinion on a motion made last term , for a new trial in the great caufe between Sir James Lowther , Bart ...
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... use . The Spaniards , not accuftomed to fee fires of this kind , ftood aghaft , looking on , and faw every thing confumed . No doubt , many ef- fects might have been faved , had a little activity been used at first , Numbers of ...
... use . The Spaniards , not accuftomed to fee fires of this kind , ftood aghaft , looking on , and faw every thing confumed . No doubt , many ef- fects might have been faved , had a little activity been used at first , Numbers of ...
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Página 269 - ... religious factions, they seemed to be disarmed in my behalf of their wonted fury. My friends never had occasion to vindicate any one circumstance of my character and conduct: not but that the zealots, we may well suppose, would have been glad to invent and propagate any story to my disadvantage, but they could never find any which they thought would wear the face of probability. I cannot...
Página 269 - In 1745, I received a letter from the Marquis of Annandale, inviting me to come and live with him in England ; I found also, that the friends and family of that young nobleman were desirous of putting him under my care and direction, for the state of his mind and health required it. I lived with him a twelvemonth. My appointments during that time made a considerable accession to my small fortune.
Página 269 - I was assailed by one cry of reproach, disapprobation, and even detestation; English, Scotch, and Irish, Whig and Tory, churchman and sectary, freethinker and religionist, patriot and courtier, united in their rage against the man who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles I. and the earl of Strafford...
Página 269 - My company was not unacceptable to the young and careless, as well as to the studious and literary ; and as I took a particular pleasure in the company of modest women, I had no reason to be displeased with the reception I met with from them. In a word, though most men...
Página 33 - That there may be a continent, or large tract of land, near the Pole, I will not deny; on the contrary I am of opinion there is ; and it is probable that we have seen a part of it.
Página 269 - I consider, besides, that a man of sixty-five, by dying, cuts off only a few years of infirmities; and though I see many symptoms of my literary reputation's breaking out at last with additional lustre, I knew that I could have but few years to enjoy it. It is difficult to be more detached from life than I am at present.
Página 269 - Millar told me, that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty-five copies of it. I scarcely, indeed, heard of one man in the three kingdoms, considerable for rank or letters, that could endure the book. I must only except the primate of England, Dr Herring, and the primate of Ireland, Dr Stone, which seem two odd exceptions. These dignified prelates separately sent me messages not to be discouraged.
Página 160 - They presented to him choice specimens of those works of ingenuity which his light had guided the hand of man in forming. But the Incas never stained his altars with human blood, nor could they conceive that their beneficent father the Sun would be delighted with such horrid victims fj£J.
Página 135 - Oh! that's me! the villain! Throw it behind the fire, and never more Let that vile paper come within my door." Thus at our friends we laugh, who feel the dart; To reach our feelings, we ourselves must smart. Is our young bard so young, to think that he Can stop the full spring-tide of calumny?
Página 269 - Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born from the press, without reaching such distinction, as even to excite a murmur among the zealots. But being naturally of a cheerful and sanguine temper, I very soon recovered the blow, and prosecuted with great ardour my studies in the country.