The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 3Philological Society of London, 1783 |
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Page 79 - ... against any person or persons for, or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war; and that no person shall, on that account, suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty or property ; and that those who may be in confinement on such charges, at the time of the ratification of the treaty in America, shall be immediately set at liberty, and the prosecutions so commenced be discontinued.
Page 267 - ... of a balance that continued wavering. This motion, however, soon grew more violent ; and being no longer able to keep my legs, I was thrown prostrate upon the ground. In the mean time, the universal ruin round me redoubled my amazement.
Page 78 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 267 - Leaving this seat of desolation, we prosecuted our voyage along the coast ; and the next day came to Rochetta, where we landed, although the earth still continued in violent agitations. But we...
Page 434 - The transition is commonly made with ease from these to the discharge of the higher and more important duties of life. Good hopes may be entertained of those whose minds have this liberal and elegant turn.
Page 78 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Page 197 - Laity, whilst they entertain such a suspicion concerning us, will accuse us of Avarice and Ambition, of making a gain of Godliness, of bartering the dignity of our Office for the chance of a translation, in one word of- Secularity- ; and...
Page 69 - William the King friendly salutes William the Bishop and Godfrey the portreve, and all the burgesses within London, both French and English. And I declare that I grant you to be all law-worthy as you were in the days of King Edward ; and I grant that every child shall be his father's heir, after his father's days ; and I will not suffer any person to do you wrong. God keep you.
Page 79 - States, and from every port, place, and harbour within the fame ; leaving in all fortifications the American artillery that may be therein : and fhall alfo order and caufe all archives, records, deeds, and papers belonging to any of the faid States, or their citizens, which in the courfe of the war may have fallen, into the hands of his officers, to be forthwith reftored and delivered to the proper ftates and perfons to whom they belong.
Page 197 - Sees to which they should be first appointed ; this consideration would induce them to render their places of residence more comfortable and commodious ; and an opportunity of living more comfortably, would beget an inclination to live more constantly in them. Being wedded as it were to a particular Diocese, they would think it expedient to become, and...