The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, Volume 2

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C. Ackers, 1733
 

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Page 405 - Proctor, a very poor beggar boy ; he came into this country upon the back of a dun cow ; it was not a black cow, nor a brindled cow, nor a brown cow ; no, beloved, it was a dun cow. Well, beloved, this poor boy came a begging to this good man's door ; he did...
Page 278 - Three-fourths into Annuities, and leaving the remaining Quarter to be a Trading Stock, with a large Debt and Demands upon it unliquidated...
Page 259 - This day his Majefty went to the Houfe of Peers, and gave the royal aflent to the following bills, viz. The bill for railing 1,800,000!. by loan! on Exchequer bills, for the fcrvke of the prefent year.
Page 166 - Nor thus the boar (those terrors of the plain ;) Man only vaunts his force, and vaunts in vain. But far the vainest of the boastful kind These sons of Panthus vent their haughty mind.
Page 203 - A ftrift integrity, devoid of art ; The fweeteft manners, and fincereft heart ; A foul, where depth of fenfe and fancy meet ; A judgment brighten'd by the beams of wit, Were ever yours ; — be what yon were before, Be ftill yourfelf ; the world can afk no more.
Page 150 - Against the power of those already known : For well you twist the secret chains that bind With gentle force the captivated mind, Skill'd every...
Page 149 - Your heart's supreme ambition ? — To be fair. For this, the toilet every thought employs, Hence all the toils of dress...
Page 406 - I have a pair of stockings upon my legs that were knit in the same manner, and they are the best stockings that ever I wore in my life. Secondly, she was the best maker of toast in drink that ever I eat in my life, and they were brown toasts, too ; for when I used to go in a morning...
Page 176 - As I know your Zeal for Liberty, I thought I could not address better than to you the following exact Account of the noble Stand, lately made by the polite Part of the World, in Defence of their Liberties and Properties, against the open Attacks and bold Attempts of Mr.
Page 592 - ... charged upon tobacco and wines, all the .papers relating to these duties were submitted to the perusal of the members : the commissioners of the customs and excise were ordered to attend the house, the avenues of which were...

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