The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volumen8J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1797 |
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... four daughters . The ftature of Linnæus was a little . below the common fize , though nei- ther lufty nor lean , yet the structure . of his frame was ftrong and folid . He rather stooped a little when walking , and had contracted this ...
... four daughters . The ftature of Linnæus was a little . below the common fize , though nei- ther lufty nor lean , yet the structure . of his frame was ftrong and folid . He rather stooped a little when walking , and had contracted this ...
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... four abbots , and monks and nuns innumerable . Their revenues were immenfe - but a Sa- voyard , like a Welsh curate , is al- lowed to starve on 151 , per annum . Lettres de catchet are as common in Turin as they were formerly in ...
... four abbots , and monks and nuns innumerable . Their revenues were immenfe - but a Sa- voyard , like a Welsh curate , is al- lowed to starve on 151 , per annum . Lettres de catchet are as common in Turin as they were formerly in ...
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... four privates . The generals in the army lift amount to about 300 , and there are no lefs than 150 óffi- cers in the legion of cavalry alone . Marine . As the corps at Naples prefent the spectacle of horfes without rid ers , fo the ...
... four privates . The generals in the army lift amount to about 300 , and there are no lefs than 150 óffi- cers in the legion of cavalry alone . Marine . As the corps at Naples prefent the spectacle of horfes without rid ers , fo the ...
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... four years , never went to bed with the hope of finding himfelf alive in the morning ! Having at length effected his ef- cape from Paris , he retired to Bruf- fels , and in 1793 published his cele- brated pamphlet called " Confidera ...
... four years , never went to bed with the hope of finding himfelf alive in the morning ! Having at length effected his ef- cape from Paris , he retired to Bruf- fels , and in 1793 published his cele- brated pamphlet called " Confidera ...
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... four hundred feet in length , with two hundred steps or crefs bands , all constructed out of thirts and ftockings , carefully unravel- led for that purpose , he and his com- panion d'Alegre found means to efcape from one of the towers ...
... four hundred feet in length , with two hundred steps or crefs bands , all constructed out of thirts and ftockings , carefully unravel- led for that purpose , he and his com- panion d'Alegre found means to efcape from one of the towers ...
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Página 184 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins, of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter', that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Página 44 - I may judge, however, from the experience both of past and of the present times, that the public are always curious to know the men who have left behind them any image of their minds.
Página 181 - I hesitate, from the apprehension of ridicule, when I approach the delicate subject of my early love. By this word I do not mean the polite attention, the gallantry, without hope or design, which has originated in the spirit of chivalry, and is interwoven with the texture of French manners.
Página 384 - I should dream away the entrusted hours On rose-leaf beds, pampering the coward heart With feelings all too delicate for use? Sweet is the tear that from some Howard's eye Drops on the cheek of one he lifts from earth...
Página 68 - Day, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to take into...
Página 185 - I took my seat at the beginning of the memorable contest between Great Britain and America, and supported, with many a sincere and silent vote, the rights, though not, perhaps, the interest, of the mother country.
Página 182 - After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son ;* 'my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life. My cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquillity and cheerfulness of the lady herself, and my love subsided in friendship and esteem.
Página 384 - I therefore go, and join head, heart, and hand, Active and firm, to fight the bloodless fight Of Science, Freedom, and the Truth in Christ.
Página 355 - Their Purpose is, in short, to make faithful Records of all the Works of Nature, or Art, which can come within their Reach; that so the present Age, and Posterity, may be able to put a Mark on the Errors, which have been strengthened by long Prescription; to restore the Truths, that have lain neglected; to push on those, which are already known, to more various Uses; and to make the way more...
Página 44 - The family of Confucius is, in my opinion, the most illustrious in the world. After a painful ascent of eight or ten centuries, our barons and princes of Europe are lost in the darkness of the middle ages ; but in the vast equality of the empire of China, the posterity of Confucius have maintained above two thousand two hundred years their peaceful honours and perpetual succession.