The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volumen 7J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1796 |
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... appeared in 1753 in Latin and Swedish , and to the honour of the author , Count Teffin himself pre- fixed a preface to the work , dedica- ted it to Linnæus , and caufed a cop- per - plate to be put in front of it , re- prefenting the ...
... appeared in 1753 in Latin and Swedish , and to the honour of the author , Count Teffin himself pre- fixed a preface to the work , dedica- ted it to Linnæus , and caufed a cop- per - plate to be put in front of it , re- prefenting the ...
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... appeared to be practically philofophical . " You may make him , they once wrote to his bishop , a canon , as he is a gen- « tleman , and a man of information . " But we muft advife you , that he is by no means fit for the ecclefiafti ...
... appeared to be practically philofophical . " You may make him , they once wrote to his bishop , a canon , as he is a gen- « tleman , and a man of information . " But we muft advife you , that he is by no means fit for the ecclefiafti ...
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... appearance . The po- litical question which interefted and employed the minds of all France , feemed already to have ... appeared im- mediately following each other , at the end of 1788 , and the beginning of 1789 . The Tiers - Etat of ...
... appearance . The po- litical question which interefted and employed the minds of all France , feemed already to have ... appeared im- mediately following each other , at the end of 1788 , and the beginning of 1789 . The Tiers - Etat of ...
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... appeared to divide with the beloved Vicege- rent of Heaven the applaufes of the multitude ! Lord Chatham never degraded his mind with that attention to the patronage which his high fituation afforded , nor divided and distracted his ...
... appeared to divide with the beloved Vicege- rent of Heaven the applaufes of the multitude ! Lord Chatham never degraded his mind with that attention to the patronage which his high fituation afforded , nor divided and distracted his ...
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... appearance of her coufin , the fon of M. de M , who , after having repeatedly exposed his life during a long , and perilous cam ... appeared to him fo interefting as in this moment . Two young perfons , placed together in fuch peculiar ...
... appearance of her coufin , the fon of M. de M , who , after having repeatedly exposed his life during a long , and perilous cam ... appeared to him fo interefting as in this moment . Two young perfons , placed together in fuch peculiar ...
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Página 111 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed until I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Página 176 - Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure.
Página 111 - I might boast myself le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre; that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending, but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it. When I had once addressed...
Página 111 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it.
Página 111 - ... it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary. and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Página 111 - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Página 111 - I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it...
Página 364 - All she has to do in this world is contained within the duties of a daughter, a sister, a wife, and a mother.
Página 353 - Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i
Página 124 - Their colour is invariably white, muzzle black ; the whole of the inside of the ear, and about one-third of the outside from the tip, downwards, red; horns white, with black tips, very fine, and bent upwards ; some of the bulls have a thin upright mane, about an inch and a half, or two inches long...