The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volumen 11J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1790 |
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... seem to have the causes of which are well known , bright nucleus in the center . A is without hesitation allowed to be a fpherical cluster of an equal compref- phænomenon decifively eftablishing a fion within , -- for that fuch there ...
... seem to have the causes of which are well known , bright nucleus in the center . A is without hesitation allowed to be a fpherical cluster of an equal compref- phænomenon decifively eftablishing a fion within , -- for that fuch there ...
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... seems to us more har monious than Horace in his epiftless because the choice and connection of the words have more foftnefs , me- lody , and fullness in the former , than in the latter ; but the difference va- nishes almost entirely ...
... seems to us more har monious than Horace in his epiftless because the choice and connection of the words have more foftnefs , me- lody , and fullness in the former , than in the latter ; but the difference va- nishes almost entirely ...
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... seems Above thee hung , now ready to chastise Thy rafhness , who appear'st so out of time , No more let Autumn , with fallacious looks , Draw thee fo foon abroad ; for all he asks , Is but the power with one deceitful smile To lure thee ...
... seems Above thee hung , now ready to chastise Thy rafhness , who appear'st so out of time , No more let Autumn , with fallacious looks , Draw thee fo foon abroad ; for all he asks , Is but the power with one deceitful smile To lure thee ...
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... seems to have had many good qualities , and to have kept her fon within the bounds of decency and decorum , at least externally , was fhortened by a can- cer ; a malady which was doubly dreadful to her , who , befide the pain , was in ...
... seems to have had many good qualities , and to have kept her fon within the bounds of decency and decorum , at least externally , was fhortened by a can- cer ; a malady which was doubly dreadful to her , who , befide the pain , was in ...
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... seems to contribute to their health may alfo contribute to the improvement of their wock . The late Lord Elibank , a noble- man diftinguished by his ingenuity and judgment , mentioned it as a certain fign that the fheep were ...
... seems to contribute to their health may alfo contribute to the improvement of their wock . The late Lord Elibank , a noble- man diftinguished by his ingenuity and judgment , mentioned it as a certain fign that the fheep were ...
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Página 195 - And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD ; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Página 365 - The officers and men being in the boat, they only waited for me, of which the master-at-arms informed Christian, who then said, 'Come, Captain Bligh, your officers and men are now in the boat, and you must go with them; if you attempt to make the least resistance you will instantly be put to death...
Página 250 - The whole import of the word they did not perfectly understand, but they had heard something about standing in a church, and a penance, and their ideas immediately ran upon a white sheet. They concluded, if they once got into that, it was all over with them ; and as the excommunication was to take place the next day, away they hurried to Mr. Elwes, to know how they could make submission, and how the sentence might be prevented.
Página 227 - AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL LAZARETTOS IN EUROPE; with various papers relative to the Plague: together with further Observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals; and additional Remarks on the present State of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
Página 228 - ... Should it please God to cut off my life in the prosecution of this design, let not my conduct be uncandidly imputed to rashness or enthusiasm, but to a serious, deliberate conviction that I am pursuing the path of duty, and to a sincere desire of being made an instrument of more extensive usefulness to my fellowcreatures than could be expected in the narrower circle of a retired life.
Página 262 - There is a peculiarity belonging to ravens that must draw the attention even of the most incurious— they spend all their leisure time in striking and cuffing each other on the wing in a kind of playful skirmish; and when they move from one place to another, frequently turn on their backs with a loud croak, and seem to be falling to the ground. When this odd gesture betides them, they are scratching themselves with one foot, and thus lose the centre of gravity.
Página 313 - In the villages near Banares, it is the practice for the person, who is to be tried by this kind of ordeal, to stand in water up to his navel, and then, holding the foot of a Brahman, to dive under it as long as a man can walk fifty paces very gently ; if, before the man has walked thus far, the accused rise above the water, he is condemned ; if not, acquitted.
Página 279 - From minds thus subdued by the terrors of punishment there could issue no works of genius to expand the empire of human reason, nor any masterly compositions on the general nature of government, by the help of which the great commonwealths of mankind have founded their establishments; much less any...
Página 195 - And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Página 309 - He, one day, during this period, dined upon the remaining part of a moor-hen, which had been brought out of the river by a rat! and at another, eat an...