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... necessary to the fuccefs of a comprehentive and well - combined plan , he regulates the prefent by his experience of the paft ; always can feize the fleeting , the decifive moment of advantage , and prefling forward at the head of his ...
... necessary to the fuccefs of a comprehentive and well - combined plan , he regulates the prefent by his experience of the paft ; always can feize the fleeting , the decifive moment of advantage , and prefling forward at the head of his ...
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... the workhouse , it became necessary to separate healthy children from the difeafes and infirmities incident to old age ; age ; and from the pernicious exam- ples of vice 104 Sketch of the State of the Children of the Poor , & c .
... the workhouse , it became necessary to separate healthy children from the difeafes and infirmities incident to old age ; age ; and from the pernicious exam- ples of vice 104 Sketch of the State of the Children of the Poor , & c .
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... necessary in a dark row , they give timely warning to other travellers : thefe are the English reafons . The Spaniards motives for ufing them are , that the mules like the mufic ; and that , as all the bells are marked with a crucifix ...
... necessary in a dark row , they give timely warning to other travellers : thefe are the English reafons . The Spaniards motives for ufing them are , that the mules like the mufic ; and that , as all the bells are marked with a crucifix ...
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... necessary to embalm the body . The books found in the grave of Numa , as we learn from the Ro- man hiftorians , though they had been buried more than five hundred years , were , when taken up , fo entire , that they looked as if ...
... necessary to embalm the body . The books found in the grave of Numa , as we learn from the Ro- man hiftorians , though they had been buried more than five hundred years , were , when taken up , fo entire , that they looked as if ...
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... necessary to be practifed by Volunteer Corps . - 6 . A Selec- tion of Manoeuvres for the Use of Volunteer Cavalry , founded on the Principles of the new Inftructions . To which are added Plates , point- ing out the Pofts of every ...
... necessary to be practifed by Volunteer Corps . - 6 . A Selec- tion of Manoeuvres for the Use of Volunteer Cavalry , founded on the Principles of the new Inftructions . To which are added Plates , point- ing out the Pofts of every ...
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Page 278 - by gentlemen who teach to dance ; By fidlers, and by opera-fingers: One loud, and then a little one behind ; As if the knocker fell, by chance, Out of their fingers. The fervant lets him in, with
Page 275 - in which with all imaginable decency year after year wears away in unprofitable vacancy. Even old age often finds us pacing in the fame round of amufements, which our early youth had tracked out. Meanwhile, being confcious that we are not giving into any flagrant vice, perhaps that we are guilty of no irregularity, and, it may be, that we
Page 324 - the extraordinary merit of this great painter, either have a narrow conception of the variety of art, or are led away by the affectation of approving nothing but
Page 275 - the theatres—all contribute their aid — amufements are multiplied, and combined, and varied, " to fill up the void « of a liftlefs and languid life;'' and by the judicious ufe of thefe different refources, there is often a kind of fober fettled plan of domeftic
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Page 304 - a native of Germany, travelled over almoft all Europe; and his pretended art has been mentioned by fo many writers, that we may conclude it had not been often exhibited before ; and that it was then confidered as new. His name was John Charles von Eckeberg ; he was born at
Page 100 - utter a found. Ere yet her pale lips could the ftory impart, For a moment the hat met her view,— Her eyes from that
Page 73 - to me, and that in the day of danger) and a hypocrite In public life, the world will be puzzled to
Page 290 - the fummit, would fcarcely equal four miles and a half; and in the other parts it is a mere ridge, whofe bafe hardly ever exceeds one mile in breadth. The peak is faid to be 2850 feet above
Page 362 - of his operations. But though, by the wonderful powers" of native genius, he was thus enabled to get over his want of artificial method to a certain degree, yet there is no doubt that when his concerns became extremely complicated, with accounts of various kinds to keep, and calculations of all forts