Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle, Volume 97

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1805
 

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Page 456 - I do declare that I do not believe that the Pope of Rome or any other foreign prince, prelate, person, state, or potentate, hath or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority, or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm.
Page 457 - Petitioner« most solemnly declare, that they do not seek or wish in any way to injure or encroach upon the rights, privileges, possessions, or revenues, appertaining to the bishops and clergy of the Protestant Religion, as by law established, or to the churches committed to their charge, or to any of them...
Page 17 - For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 342 - But chiefly Man the day of rest enjoys. Hail, SABBATH ! thee I hail, the poor man's day. On other days the man of toil is...
Page 156 - His Majesty is persuaded that this end can only be attained by arrangements, which may at the same time provide for the future safety and tranquillity of Europe, and prevent the recurrence of the dangers and calamities in which it is involved. " Conformably to this sentiment, his Majesty feels...
Page 323 - For soon the winter of the year, And age, life's winter, will appear ; At this, thy living bloom will fade, As that will strip the verdant shade : Our taste of pleasure then is o'er ; The feather'd songsters love no more ; And when they droop, and we decay, Adieu the birks of Invermay.
Page 457 - Majesty's royal prerogative ; that they are hurtful and vexatious to the feelings of a loyal and generous people, and that the total abolition of them will be found not only compatible with, but highly conducive to, the perfect security of every establishment, religious or political, now existing in this realm.
Page 449 - III. cap. 45 ; and with the sanction of the Court of Directors ' of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the ' East Indies ; and with the approbation of the Board of Commis* sioners for the Affairs of India, has enacted the following rules to ' be in force within the Town of Calcutta, from and after the 1st day
Page 342 - But on this day, embosomed in his home, He shares the frugal meal with those he loves ; With those he loves he shares the heartfelt joy Of giving thanks to God — not thanks of form, A word and a grimace, but reverently. With covered face and upward earnest eye.
Page 12 - His scorn of the great is repeated too often to be real ; no man thinks much of that which he despises; and as falsehood is always in danger of inconsistency, he makes it his boast at another time that he lives among them. It is evident that his own importance swells often in his mind.

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