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    Article SPECIMEN OF AN. INTENDED HISTORY OF ENGLAND. ← Page 3 of 5 →
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Specimen Of An. Intended History Of England.

adroitness , ofv / hich the detection would have tragically terminated in the prison and the halter . But the wide and .. fill widening limits of the Brifish Peerage Were not commensurate to the reach of his predatory ambition ; and Prince Oriow , of whom the Empress had testiiied her estimation by the ift of a snuff-box vf inestimable pricecould not long retain this

g , splendid pledge of imperial predilection within tiie domain of this triumphant arch plunderer ; and the Queen of the Russias had nearly paid a tribute to the Prince of pick-pockets , through the reluctant medium of the Hyperborean Feer . But Fortune , who doe . not always crown with success the enterprises of the warrior , or the benevolences of the saint , may well be "

imagined to countermine the snares of the felon ; and the favourite of Catherine , by a seasonable detection of the transfer , recovered the power of dazzling English eiyes with the munificence of his Queen . On his day of trial , the subtlety ofhis defence , and the lenity of Oriow , procured his escape from the penal consequences of his boldness . But the notorietyboth of the attempt and its discoveryso

. , closely rivetted on him the scrutiny of the public , that for one year and nine days be sequestered himself from the unhallowed haunts of plunder ; and , subsisting on the fruits of former spoils , beguiled the interregnum of- dishonesty by resuming that attention to literary amusements which he had successfully cultivated , ere the lust of larceny had swallowed up the calmer pleasures of the pen and the page .

But the influence of the belles leiires was shed in vain on his licentious nature ; and the opportunity of appropriating the contents of his landlord ' s till was found too powerful for the sense either of safety or compunction . The dykes of a stream once removed , its course is not easily recalled within its pristine bounds ; and he now returned , with appetite to the

proportioned length of his fast , to the practices of manual conveyance . But he had wearied the liberality of Fortune ; and the clandestine capture of a silver time-piece sent the Son of Waldron to one of those scenes of compulsory ' labour , where , in the disposal of his time , neither the choice nor the genius of the labourer is consulted . Now walked forth to the hulks of Woolwich the adventurer of Ireland and the

; spade and the mattock were the rugged implements ! that now filled that hand which had hiherto revelled in the soft and easy labour of soliciting the watch , and diving into the rich recesses bf the pocket . The humanity of the superintendant of the convicts , in concurrence with the sedulous activity of the degraded minister of secret ineabrid the term

rap , ged ofhis confinement , which , from three years , was reduced to one-third of the original number ; at the expiration whereof he was once again let loose upon society , notorious in his person , enfeebled in his frame , and discarded from his creditable connexions : yet was lie . not the more reduced in spirits , or less determined to prosecute anew his career of depredation . But frequent detection will engender caution , though it conquer not our resolu-Sss

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LONDON : Article 1
TO OUR READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 2
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 2
Untitled Article 3
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 4
THE STAGE. Article 6
SKETCH OF THE CHARACTER OF THE LATE JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ. Article 8
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. Article 10
ANECDOTE OF THE LATE SIR RICHARD ARKWRIGHT. Article 19
ANTICIPATION. Article 20
EXTRACT FROM THE WILL OF THE LATE MR. BOWYER, PRINTER, OF LONDON. Article 22
CURIOUS PARTICULARS RESPECTING THE LAST KING OF CORSICA. Article 23
SPECIMEN OF AN. INTENDED HISTORY OF ENGLAND. Article 26
THE FREEMASON. Article 30
STORY OF URBAIN GRANDIER. Article 33
BASEM; OR, THE BLACKSMITH. AN ORIENTAL APOLOGUE. Article 39
ACCOUNT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAPEL OF ROSLIN, &c. Article 46
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 50
POETRY. Article 59
PRESENTED TO A YOUNG LADY, Article 61
EPITAPH. Article 61
Untitled Article 62
AN ELEGY, Article 62
MUTUAL OBLIGATION. Article 63
TO THE STORKS AT AMSTERDAM. Article 63
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 64
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 68
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 69
BANKRUPTS. Article 73
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Specimen Of An. Intended History Of England.

adroitness , ofv / hich the detection would have tragically terminated in the prison and the halter . But the wide and .. fill widening limits of the Brifish Peerage Were not commensurate to the reach of his predatory ambition ; and Prince Oriow , of whom the Empress had testiiied her estimation by the ift of a snuff-box vf inestimable pricecould not long retain this

g , splendid pledge of imperial predilection within tiie domain of this triumphant arch plunderer ; and the Queen of the Russias had nearly paid a tribute to the Prince of pick-pockets , through the reluctant medium of the Hyperborean Feer . But Fortune , who doe . not always crown with success the enterprises of the warrior , or the benevolences of the saint , may well be "

imagined to countermine the snares of the felon ; and the favourite of Catherine , by a seasonable detection of the transfer , recovered the power of dazzling English eiyes with the munificence of his Queen . On his day of trial , the subtlety ofhis defence , and the lenity of Oriow , procured his escape from the penal consequences of his boldness . But the notorietyboth of the attempt and its discoveryso

. , closely rivetted on him the scrutiny of the public , that for one year and nine days be sequestered himself from the unhallowed haunts of plunder ; and , subsisting on the fruits of former spoils , beguiled the interregnum of- dishonesty by resuming that attention to literary amusements which he had successfully cultivated , ere the lust of larceny had swallowed up the calmer pleasures of the pen and the page .

But the influence of the belles leiires was shed in vain on his licentious nature ; and the opportunity of appropriating the contents of his landlord ' s till was found too powerful for the sense either of safety or compunction . The dykes of a stream once removed , its course is not easily recalled within its pristine bounds ; and he now returned , with appetite to the

proportioned length of his fast , to the practices of manual conveyance . But he had wearied the liberality of Fortune ; and the clandestine capture of a silver time-piece sent the Son of Waldron to one of those scenes of compulsory ' labour , where , in the disposal of his time , neither the choice nor the genius of the labourer is consulted . Now walked forth to the hulks of Woolwich the adventurer of Ireland and the

; spade and the mattock were the rugged implements ! that now filled that hand which had hiherto revelled in the soft and easy labour of soliciting the watch , and diving into the rich recesses bf the pocket . The humanity of the superintendant of the convicts , in concurrence with the sedulous activity of the degraded minister of secret ineabrid the term

rap , ged ofhis confinement , which , from three years , was reduced to one-third of the original number ; at the expiration whereof he was once again let loose upon society , notorious in his person , enfeebled in his frame , and discarded from his creditable connexions : yet was lie . not the more reduced in spirits , or less determined to prosecute anew his career of depredation . But frequent detection will engender caution , though it conquer not our resolu-Sss

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