The Scots Magazine, Band 20Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, 1758 |
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... thefe , fuch as they were , have not much attracted the attention of Europeans , who have had more important affairs among themselves to fix their thoughts upon . Early in the year we were told , that Ifpahan , the ca- pital had again ...
... thefe , fuch as they were , have not much attracted the attention of Europeans , who have had more important affairs among themselves to fix their thoughts upon . Early in the year we were told , that Ifpahan , the ca- pital had again ...
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... thefe desertions , forefeeing that the country would be obliged to furnifh o- ther men . If fo , fhe was not mistaken : for orders were foon issued , requiring the magiftrates to deliver upwards of 4000 recruits . We heard of no ...
... thefe desertions , forefeeing that the country would be obliged to furnifh o- ther men . If fo , fhe was not mistaken : for orders were foon issued , requiring the magiftrates to deliver upwards of 4000 recruits . We heard of no ...
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... thefe ob- ftacles , the King having paffed the river with a fmall part of his own army , and being joined by his other troops united into one body under M. Schwerin , he refolved to attack the Austrians , though fo advantageously pofted ...
... thefe ob- ftacles , the King having paffed the river with a fmall part of his own army , and being joined by his other troops united into one body under M. Schwerin , he refolved to attack the Austrians , though fo advantageously pofted ...
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... Thefe mournful , thefe pathetic words expreft , RAMSAY IS DEAD ! his filence told the reft . CLEANTHES . Tranflation of an ODE written by the King of PRUSSIA immediately after the battle of Rof- bach . [ xix . 593. ] Set to mufic , and ...
... Thefe mournful , thefe pathetic words expreft , RAMSAY IS DEAD ! his filence told the reft . CLEANTHES . Tranflation of an ODE written by the King of PRUSSIA immediately after the battle of Rof- bach . [ xix . 593. ] Set to mufic , and ...
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... thefe minutes , that an attempt to land was impracticable , however an- advifeable it might be . For what in fcence could the state of the place , or the uncertainty of a retreat , have upon an attempt to land ? Had they been af- fured ...
... thefe minutes , that an attempt to land was impracticable , however an- advifeable it might be . For what in fcence could the state of the place , or the uncertainty of a retreat , have upon an attempt to land ? Had they been af- fured ...
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Seite 473 - ... round them pretend that there is, in every herd, one that gives directions to the rest, and seems to be more eminently delighted with a wide carnage. What it is that entitles him to such pre-eminence we know not; he is seldom the biggest or the swiftest, but he shows by his eagerness and diligence that he is, more than any of the others, a friend to vultures.
Seite 296 - Surely nothing is more reproachful to a being endowed with reason, than to resign its powers to the influence of the air, and live in dependence on the weather and the wind for the only blessings which nature has put into our power, tranquillity and benevolence.
Seite 247 - As I never had the honour to live among the great, the tenor of my proposals will not be very courtly ; but let that be an argument to enforce a belief of what I am now going to write.
Seite 80 - ... the confusion now became general and horrid. Several quitted the other window (the only chance they had for life) to force their way to the water, and the throng and press upon the window was beyond bearing ; many forcing their passage from the further part of the room, pressed down those in their way who had less strength, and trampled them to death.
Seite 84 - I had appearance of life remaining; and believed I might recover if the door was opened very soon. This answer being returned to the suba, an order came immediately for our release, it being then near six in the morning.
Seite 249 - Westminster, is acquainted with some secrets that nearly concern your safety : his father is now out of town, which will give you an opportunity of questioning him more privately ; it would be useless to your grace, as well as dangerous to me, to appear more publicly in this affair. " Your sincere friend, ANONYMOUS.
Seite 83 - Lushington and Walcot undertook the search, and by my shirt discovered me under the dead upon the platform. They took me from thence ; and imagining I had...
Seite 234 - ... upon the mountains, like wild beasts, or put to death in cold blood, without form of trial : the women, after having seen their husbands and fathers murdered, were subjected to brutal violation, and then turned out naked, with their children, to starve on the barren heaths.
Seite 80 - This was what I dreaded. I foresaw it would prove the ruin of the small chance left us, and essayed many times to speak to him privately, to forbid its being brought...
Seite 234 - ... government. The castle of lord Lovat was destroyed. The French prisoners were sent to Carlisle and Penrith: Kilmarnock, Balmerino, Cromartie, and his son, the lord Macleod, were conveyed by sea to London; and those of an inferior rank were confined in different prisons. The marquis of Tullibardine, together with a brother of the earl of Dunmore...