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... considerable degree of public attention at the time it was read with great avidity by every man who either mixed or took an interest in the political disquisitions of the period , and gave rise to a good deal of party reasoning in print ...
... considerable degree of public attention at the time it was read with great avidity by every man who either mixed or took an interest in the political disquisitions of the period , and gave rise to a good deal of party reasoning in print ...
Pagina 13
... considerable Dutch squadron to Portsmouth under Admiral Kinsbergen . On the 10th of December , 1790 , Lord Auckland con- cluded and signed the convention between the Em- peror Leopold and the Kings of Great Britain and Prussia , and the ...
... considerable Dutch squadron to Portsmouth under Admiral Kinsbergen . On the 10th of December , 1790 , Lord Auckland con- cluded and signed the convention between the Em- peror Leopold and the Kings of Great Britain and Prussia , and the ...
Pagina 19
... considerable landed property in the same county . His mother was the daughter of the Rev. Henry Head , of an ancient and respectable family in Berkshire ; who also once held the living of Berkeley , and was at the same time a prebendary ...
... considerable landed property in the same county . His mother was the daughter of the Rev. Henry Head , of an ancient and respectable family in Berkshire ; who also once held the living of Berkeley , and was at the same time a prebendary ...
Pagina 23
... a constitutional indisposition to a considerable extent , yet still remain susceptible of the varioious contagion . While thus investigating the nature of the cow- CA pox , pox , he was struck with the idea , that DR . JENNER . 23.
... a constitutional indisposition to a considerable extent , yet still remain susceptible of the varioious contagion . While thus investigating the nature of the cow- CA pox , pox , he was struck with the idea , that DR . JENNER . 23.
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... considerable num- ber of the most eminent physicians and surgeons in the metropolis , appeared in the medical journals , and other respectable channels of information . Occa- sional observations , published by Dr. Jenner also , had uo ...
... considerable num- ber of the most eminent physicians and surgeons in the metropolis , appeared in the medical journals , and other respectable channels of information . Occa- sional observations , published by Dr. Jenner also , had uo ...
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Pagina 24 - Vaccinae, A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England. Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox...
Pagina 456 - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and there is no new thing under the sun.
Pagina 221 - Johnson praised its humour, and seemed much diverted with it. He repeated the following passage : " In strains more exalted the salt-box shall join, And clattering and battering and clapping combine ; With a rap and a tap, while the hollow side sounds. Up and down leaps the flap, and with rattling rebounds '." . I mentioned the periodical paper called
Pagina 316 - I did not however quite resign the hope of one day succeeding to Mr. Hugh Smerdon, and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite study, at every interval of leisure. These intervals were not very frequent ; and when the use I made of them was found out, they were rendered still less so. I could not guess the motives for this at first ; but at length I discovered that my master destined his youngest son for the situation to which I aspired.
Pagina 317 - I was indebted to chance alone for stumbling upon his hiding-place.
Pagina 315 - In these there was nothing remarkable ; but my master was the strangest creature. He was a Presbyterian, whose reading was entirely confined to the small tracts published on the Exeter controversy. As these (at least his portion of them) were all on one side, he entertained no doubt of their infallibility, and, being noisy and disputatious, was sure to silence his opponents ; and became, in consequence of it, intolerably arrogant and conceited.
Pagina 317 - This was not done without difficulty. I had not a farthing on earth, nor a friend to give me one: pen, ink, and paper, therefore...
Pagina 310 - On seeing me, this great man observed, with a look of pity and contempt, that I was " too small,' and sent me away sufficiently mortified. I expected to be very ill received by my godfather, but he said nothing. He did not, however, choose to take me back himself, but sent me in a passage-boat to Totness, from whence I was to walk home.
Pagina 9 - Majesty being concerned to find that discontents and jealousies are prevailing amongst his loyal subjects in Ireland, upon matters of great weight and importance, earnestly recommends to this House, to take the same into their most serious consideration, in order to such a final adjustment as may give mutual satisfaction to both kingdoms.
Pagina 307 - Book;' but from my mother, who had stored up the literature of a country town, which about half a century ago amounted to little...