The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and literature

1787

Table des matières

• Second Sefion of the Irish Parliament Meeting of Congress Eleven Com: 3
• The Speech of his Grace Charles Duke of Rutland Lord Lieutenant of: 19
• Infurrections in the South of Ireland Different Causes to which they were: 41
• Meeting of Parliament Speech fromthe Throne Address Alteration of: 61
• The Speech of the Right Hon the Speaker of the House of Commons in Ire: 66
• Bill for establishing Sinking Fund Civil Lift Bill Wine Excise Bill: 94
• Mr Franciss India Bill Bill of Mr Dundas relative to the Political: 129
• Impeachment of Mr Hastings Motion for Papers Maratta Papers: 144
• The Petition of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London concerning: 3
• 144: 63
• Resolutions respecting a County Police by the General Quarter Seſſions of: 70
• The Address of the Proteftant Diſſenting Ministers in and about the Cities: 76
• Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between bis Britannic Majesty and: 82
• present Treaty: 97
• The Prince of Oranges Letter to the States of the Province of Holland fent: 101
• An Account of the Annual Sums charged upon and payable out of the Aggre: 107
• The Eleventh Report of the Commiſſioners appointed to examine take: 131
• Supplies granted in the Year 1786: 179
• Public Acts paſſed in the Third Seſſion of the Sixteenth Parliament of Great: 183
• BIOGRAPHICAL ANECDOTES: 1
• Houses of Parliament on Wednesday July: 11
• Character of Sir John Berkley: 14
• Memoirs of Sir John Davies: 20
• Some Account of De: 27
• The Life of Ali Bey: 34
• Effect of the Public Games on the Character of the Greeks: 46
• Manners of the Modern Egyptians: 53
• CLASSICAL AND POLITE CRITICISM: 62
• 65: 65
• The First Requisite of the Drama: 72
• Of Logic or the Art of Reasoning: 80
• PHILOSOPHICAL PAPERS: 89
• Ibe present State of Mount Vesuvius with the Account of a Voyage to: 98
• Account of a new Electrical Fish 106: 106
• Applications of the foregoing Notions 113: 113
• An Essay on Portable Furnaces 123: 123
• Description of Gordale 130: 130
• Military Establishment of the AngloSaxons 141: 141
• Monaftic Inftitutions in Ireland 149: 149
• Style of the Ancient Irish Music 159: 159
• Particulars relating to the first Settlement of the Scots in Ireland 166: 166
• The State of Agriculture amongst the Flemings 175: 175
• Reflections on Novelty 186: 186
• Human Learning an Apologue 192: 192
• Interesting Particulars respecting the Death of Captain Cook 198: 198
• Persian Song 205: 205
• An Irregular Fragment found in a dark Paſſage in the Tower 211: 211
• Invocation to Retirement 218: 218
• Au Italian Song 224: 224

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Page 206 - tis all a dream; To love and joy thy thoughts confine, Nor hope to pierce the sacred gloom. Beauty has such...

Page 205 - Require the borrow'd gloss of art ? Speak not of fate : ah ! change the theme, And talk of odours, talk of wine, Talk of the flowers that round us bloom : 'Tis all a cloud, 'tis all a dream ; To love and joy thy thoughts confine, Nor hope to pierce the sacred gloom.

Page 64 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.

Page 63 - ... that our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry; that therefore the proscribing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by laying upon him an incapacity of being called to offices of trust and emolument unless he profess or renounce this or that religious opinion is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages to which, in common with his fellow citizens, he has a natural right...

Page 208 - E'er left himself behind ? The restless thought and wayward will, And discontent attend him still, Nor quit him while he lives ; At sea, care follows in the wind ; At land, it mounts the pad behind, Or with the post-boy drives.

Page 63 - ... that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical ; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher, of his own religious persuasion, is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor whose morals he would make his pattern...

Page 208 - By heaven's eternal doom. To ripen'd age, Clive liv'd renown'd, With lacks enrich'd, with honours crown'd, His valour's well-earn'd meed ; Too long, alas ! he liv'd, to hate His envied lot, and died too late From life's oppression freed.

Page 202 - ... him. The Indians got him under again, but in deeper water ; he was, however, able to get his head up once more, and being almost spent in...

Page 65 - vesting certain sums in Commissioners, at the end of every quarter of a year, to be by them applied to the reduction of the National Debt.

Page 206 - While mufick charms the ravim'd ear, While fparkling cups delight our eyes, Be gay ; and fcorn the frowns of age. What cruel anfwer have I heard ! And yet, by heav'n, I love thee ftill : Can...

Informations bibliographiques

• Titre: The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and literature
• Publié: 1787
• Original provenant de: Université d'Oxford
• Numérisé: 24 oct. 2006