The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining KnowledgeJames Potts, 1783 |
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... fervice of his fward , and was efteemed the ableft fold er that had of late years , appeared in the Carnatic . His contempt the fordid means by which moft of the Indian princes amafs treasures , had gain ed him the affections of the ...
... fervice of his fward , and was efteemed the ableft fold er that had of late years , appeared in the Carnatic . His contempt the fordid means by which moft of the Indian princes amafs treasures , had gain ed him the affections of the ...
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... fervice to him , whom he took into his pay , and likewife 2500 of the troops of his ally : fo that he was now at the head of 6000 men : but this force being still insufficient to attempt the conqueft of the Carnatic , he found refources ...
... fervice to him , whom he took into his pay , and likewife 2500 of the troops of his ally : fo that he was now at the head of 6000 men : but this force being still insufficient to attempt the conqueft of the Carnatic , he found refources ...
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... fervice of his fword : his military reputation caused him to be received with open arms , and the troops which he brought with him were taken into Murzafa - jing's pay . Chunda Saheb highly acknowledged his right to the fo- A Lift of ...
... fervice of his fword : his military reputation caused him to be received with open arms , and the troops which he brought with him were taken into Murzafa - jing's pay . Chunda Saheb highly acknowledged his right to the fo- A Lift of ...
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... fervice of the public . He forefaw the volution , and gave every affistance in power to accomplish it . To the gr leaders of this arduous and fuccefsful pofition , however , his carriage beca fuddenly diftant and referved . And the ...
... fervice of the public . He forefaw the volution , and gave every affistance in power to accomplish it . To the gr leaders of this arduous and fuccefsful pofition , however , his carriage beca fuddenly diftant and referved . And the ...
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general in Ruffia , as in milder climates , M I fervice , to whom he told the misfortune that. Ling equipage for perfons of condition , is made large enough to lie at length in , and when the bed or mattress is rolled up , it makes a ...
general in Ruffia , as in milder climates , M I fervice , to whom he told the misfortune that. Ling equipage for perfons of condition , is made large enough to lie at length in , and when the bed or mattress is rolled up , it makes a ...
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Page 64 - Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind ; His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart...
Page 408 - Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy ! Railing and praising were his usual themes, And both, to show his judgment, in extremes : So over violent or over civil That every man with him was God or Devil.
Page 40 - Inn, in the form of a sermon, 'to prove the truth of revealed religion in general, and of the Christian in particular, from the completion of the prophecies in the Old and New Testament, which relate to the Christian church, especially to the apostacy of papal Rome.
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Page 40 - He employed, through a long life, in the support of what he firmly believed, the Christian Religion, and of what he esteemed the best Establishment of it, the Church of England. He was born at Newark-upon-Trent, Dec. 24, 1098 ; was consecrated Bishop of Gloucester, Jan. 20, 1760 ; Died at his Palace, in this City, June 7, 1779, and was buried near this place.
Page 145 - Distinctions of colour* are of his ordination. It is he who gives existence. In your temples, to his Name, the voice is raised in prayer ; in a house of images, where the bell is shaken, still He is the object of adoration.
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Page 349 - ... he was made a baron, a viscount, an earl, a marquis, and became lord high admiral of England, lord warden of the cinque ports, master of the horse, and entirely disposed of all the graces of the king, in conferring all the honours and all the offices of the three kingdoms, without a rival...