...adversaries, and Evangelical by its adherents. It originated in the revival of religious life, which marked the close of the last and the beginning of the present century, — the reaction against a long period of frozen lifelessness. The thermometer of the Church of England sank...

...endowments, who, had he lived, would certainly have made himself a name in the literature of England, at the close of the last, and the beginning of the present, century." The avowed and ascertained productions of this youth scarcely admit of comparison with the Rowleian poems...

...place at this time, it certainly was not extensive, nor of long continuance, for we find that towards the close of the last and the beginning of the present century, the popular plays were of such a character as to inculcate infidelity and irreligion. Smith, whom we have...

...details of these subjects must have known that, duiing the twenty-live years of war which occupied the close of the last and the beginning of the present century, the fiscal liament to make great addition» from time to time to the duties charged on articles of foreign...

...circle of Kola, in the government of Archangel. Through the beneficent care of the Swedish government, at the close of the last and the beginning of the present century, the Laplanders have been reclaimed from idolatry, and have begun to enjoy the blessings of Christianity...

...To gollor, signifies to growl in a loud and threatening manner. EXCISEMEN AND SMUGGLERS. i HROUGHOUT the close of the last and the beginning of the present century ; the Borders presented an admirable field for the exertion of those who made no scruple to defraud the crown...

...•;.'.'.'"/, signifies to growl in u loud and threatening manner. EXCISEMEN AND SMUGGLERS. , HROUGHOUT the close of the last and the beginning of the present century ; the Borders presented an admirable field for the exertion of those who made no scruple to defraud the crown...

...th 0, he. ^ stream, 171 c had ., cove n ]c tale of Th Each in LL, Lu TRADITIONS, 173 EXCISEMEN AND the close of the last and the beginning. of the present century ; the Borders presented an admirable field for the exertio11 o< those who made no scruple to defraud the...

...His character had been formed under a strong influence from the great religious movement that marked the close of the last and the beginning of the present century. The Wesleyan and Baptist Missionary Societies and the Sunday School Society, were formed in London in his...

...half below Jillifree, of which more will be said hereafter. During the American and continental wars, at the close of the last and the beginning of the present century, the Senegal and Goree alternately belonged to the French and English ; and the commerce of the Gambia was...