The Bee: Or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Volume 3James Anderson Mundell and Son, Parliament Stairs, 1791 |
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... hope that I may gradually finish a pic- ture fit for the cabinet of the curious , and fuch as has not hitherto been ever put upon the eafel , far less ex- hibited to the view of the public . Could my adventurous pencil fortunately ...
... hope that I may gradually finish a pic- ture fit for the cabinet of the curious , and fuch as has not hitherto been ever put upon the eafel , far less ex- hibited to the view of the public . Could my adventurous pencil fortunately ...
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... tide of the af- fairs of men , I hope to recommend this ftudy to my readers ; and remain , their devoted fervant ALBANICUS . I Differtation to justify the Account of the Trojan War , 1791 . 45 ON THE ART OF IDLENESS .
... tide of the af- fairs of men , I hope to recommend this ftudy to my readers ; and remain , their devoted fervant ALBANICUS . I Differtation to justify the Account of the Trojan War , 1791 . 45 ON THE ART OF IDLENESS .
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... hope you may also admit this ftory of a Weft India flave , which happened lately to fall in my way . I do not pretend to judge of its merit , but leave that to you ; and I am , Sir , respectfully , your's , A COUNTRY READER . The Poor ...
... hope you may also admit this ftory of a Weft India flave , which happened lately to fall in my way . I do not pretend to judge of its merit , but leave that to you ; and I am , Sir , respectfully , your's , A COUNTRY READER . The Poor ...
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... hope ; even death to relieve me refus'd ; Dry bones of poor negroes were fcatter'd around ; Like me they were launch'd ; but sweet death they had found ; Had efeaped , exulting , from flavery and pain ; Their fpirits high foaring had ...
... hope ; even death to relieve me refus'd ; Dry bones of poor negroes were fcatter'd around ; Like me they were launch'd ; but sweet death they had found ; Had efeaped , exulting , from flavery and pain ; Their fpirits high foaring had ...
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... hope or confolation . I now continued my flight on foot ; but was constrained by the craving call of neceffity to stop at the next village that I faw . Here I purchased fome provifions , gave myfelf out for a merchant who had been ...
... hope or confolation . I now continued my flight on foot ; but was constrained by the craving call of neceffity to stop at the next village that I faw . Here I purchased fome provifions , gave myfelf out for a merchant who had been ...
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Page 311 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Page 97 - ... the foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality ; and the pre-eminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens, and command the respect of the world.
Page 96 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men, more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency...
Page 336 - Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends ; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Page 257 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 276 - At the desire of many of his friends, his body was carried into the chapel the day preceding the interment, and there lay in a kind of state becoming the person, dressed in his clerical habit, with gown, cassock, and band ; the old clerical cap on his head, a Bible in one hand, and a white handkerchief in the other.
Page 303 - Strange cozenage ! none would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain, And from the dregs of life think to receive What the first sprightly running could not give. I'm tired of waiting for this chymic gold Which fools us young and beggars us when old.
Page 325 - A stately tree grew on the plain ; its branches were covered with verdure ; its boughs spread wide, and made a goodly shadow ; the trunk was like a strong pillar ; the roots were like crooked fangs.
Page 323 - This is my story, — now to the prayer of my petition. I never before envied you the possession of the Orkneys, which I now do only to provide for this eloquent innocent apostle. The sun has refused your barren...
Page xxxvi - And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of fleep ; for now is our falvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far fpent, the day is at hand ; let us therefore caft off the works of darknefs, and let us put on the armour of light.