The Life, Adventures, and Opinions of Col. George Hanger, Том 2J. Debrett, 1801 |
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... England I immediate- ly joined my regiment , the first regiment of guards , in which I was an ensign . I may , with truth , say , that I knew my duty better than nine ensigns in ten , at their debut on the parade at Whitehall ; for I ...
... England I immediate- ly joined my regiment , the first regiment of guards , in which I was an ensign . I may , with truth , say , that I knew my duty better than nine ensigns in ten , at their debut on the parade at Whitehall ; for I ...
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... England then basked in the sunshine , from the vigorous and success- ful measures of the great Mr. Pitt , who wielded the democracy of England in one hand , and smote the House of Bourbon with the other . He guided the affairs of ' this ...
... England then basked in the sunshine , from the vigorous and success- ful measures of the great Mr. Pitt , who wielded the democracy of England in one hand , and smote the House of Bourbon with the other . He guided the affairs of ' this ...
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... England was in Hert- / fordshire . Now , generous reader , I have endeavoured to give as faithful and true an account of my family as I am enabled to do , but I cannot trace them further than to my grandfather ; and whether those who ...
... England was in Hert- / fordshire . Now , generous reader , I have endeavoured to give as faithful and true an account of my family as I am enabled to do , but I cannot trace them further than to my grandfather ; and whether those who ...
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... England for the benefit of his health ; and I have heard him often say , that he was not then worth more than twenty - five thousand pounds . Shortly af- ter his arrival , one of his brothers died and left him his property , which was ...
... England for the benefit of his health ; and I have heard him often say , that he was not then worth more than twenty - five thousand pounds . Shortly af- ter his arrival , one of his brothers died and left him his property , which was ...
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... England , I am persuaded , would not expose herself to the wrath of Heaven every Lord's day as she does . " And I am also persuaded she would not ; and the sooner we see these wise and pious regulations inforced , the more effectually ...
... England , I am persuaded , would not expose herself to the wrath of Heaven every Lord's day as she does . " And I am also persuaded she would not ; and the sooner we see these wise and pious regulations inforced , the more effectually ...
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Страница 160 - The husband also, by the old law, might give his wife moderate correction ; for, as he is to answer for her misbehaviour, the law thought it reasonable to entrust him with this power of restraining her by domestic chastisement, in the same moderation that a man is allowed to correct his apprentices or children...
Страница 214 - ... and they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go in unto the tent of meeting, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die...
Страница 216 - Kingston, who is of that branch of business, to bespeak a pair; and to get him to trust me until my Master sent me money to pay him. I was that day going to London, fully determined to bespeak them, as I rode through the town. However, when I passed the shop I forgot it ; but when I came to London I called on Mr. Croucher, a shoemaker in Shepherd's Market, who told me a parcel was left there for me, but what it was he knew not. I opened it, and behold there was a pair of leather breeches, with a...
Страница 214 - Exod. xxviii. 42, 43. By which, and three others, namely, Ezek. xliv. 18; Lev. vi. 10; and Lev. xvi. 4; I saw that it was no crime to mention the word breeches, nor the way in which God sent them to me; Aaron and his sons being clothed entirely by Providence; and as God himself condescended to give orders what they should be made of, and how they should be cut. And I believe the same God ordered mine, as I trust it will appear in the following history. The scripture tells us to call no man master,...
Страница 214 - And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
Страница 214 - I hope the reader will excuse nty mentioning the word breeches which I should have avoided, had not this passage of scripture obtruded into my mind just as I had resolved in my own thoughts not to mention this kind providence, of God.
Страница 213 - I mounted my horse and rode home : and he turned out as good an animal as ever was rode. I believe this horse was the gift of God, because he tells me in his word that all the beasts of the forest are his, and so are the cattle on a thousand hills. I have often thought that, if my horse could have spoken, he would have had more to say than Balaam's ass; as he might have said, ' I am an answer to my master's prayers, I live by my master's faith, travel with mysteries, and suffer persecution, but I...
Страница 315 - I say unto you, whosoever you are, unto whom any one of the preceding characters belong, " ye are of your father the devil, and the works of your father ye do.
Страница 215 - ... go naked; and so Israel found it, when God took away his wool and his flax, which he gave to cover their nakedness, and which they prepared for Baal : for which iniquity was their skirts discovered, and their heels made bare, Jer. xiii. 22. I often made very free in my prayers with my invaluable Master for this favour; but he still kept me so amazingly poor that I could not get them at any rate. At last I...