The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volumen 84Archibald Constable and Company, 1819 |
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... respect- able , though by no means a lucrative practice . In 1812 he began to make some experiments , which he had long meditated , on dew . As these ex- periments , had to be conducted in the night , the prosecution of them affected ...
... respect- able , though by no means a lucrative practice . In 1812 he began to make some experiments , which he had long meditated , on dew . As these ex- periments , had to be conducted in the night , the prosecution of them affected ...
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... respect to their apparent number in not the only phenomenon to be observed this experiment . For as the red string is also seen by the left eye , and the green by the right , two other strings become visible , beside that in the common ...
... respect to their apparent number in not the only phenomenon to be observed this experiment . For as the red string is also seen by the left eye , and the green by the right , two other strings become visible , beside that in the common ...
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... respect , in- deed , she is very unlike a negro ; it is , consequently , very singular that the whole of her left shoulder , arm , fore- arm , and hand , should be of the ge- nuine negro colour , except a small stripe of white skin ...
... respect , in- deed , she is very unlike a negro ; it is , consequently , very singular that the whole of her left shoulder , arm , fore- arm , and hand , should be of the ge- nuine negro colour , except a small stripe of white skin ...
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... respect think I have an advantage over both these critics . It always struck me as a sin- gular proof of good taste , good sense , and liberal thinking , in an old friend who had Paine's Rights of Man and Burke's Reflections on the ...
... respect think I have an advantage over both these critics . It always struck me as a sin- gular proof of good taste , good sense , and liberal thinking , in an old friend who had Paine's Rights of Man and Burke's Reflections on the ...
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... to the residence . At that time , your ambassador , in approaching the throne with venera- tion and respect , performed the accus- state it came , by your ambassa- dor We have 26 [ July Translations from the Chinese .
... to the residence . At that time , your ambassador , in approaching the throne with venera- tion and respect , performed the accus- state it came , by your ambassa- dor We have 26 [ July Translations from the Chinese .
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Página 134 - Biron they call him; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest...
Página 326 - He now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn. But it, too, was gone. A large, rickety wooden building stood in its place, with great gaping windows, some of them broken and mended with old hats and petticoats, and over the door was painted, "The Union Hotel, by Jonathan Doolittle.
Página 325 - On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes — it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling aloft, and breasting the pure mountain breeze. "Surely," thought Rip, "I have not slept here all night.
Página 252 - And, ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum, with furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.
Página 326 - ... at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun; he dreaded to meet his wife; but it would not do to starve among the mountains.
Página 328 - Half-moon ; being permitted in this way to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and keep a guardian eye upon the river and the great city called by his name.
Página 317 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Página 326 - The rocks presented a high impenetrable wall, over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest. Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog ; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows...
Página 326 - ... gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had thought himself acquainted with every one in the country round.
Página 326 - He found the house gone to decay, the roof fallen in, the windows shattered, and the doors off the hinges. A half-starved dog that looked like Wolf was skulking about it. Rip called him by name ; but the cur snarled, showed his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed.