The Scots Magazine, Or, General Repository of Literature, History, and Politics, Volumen58Alex Chapman and, 1796 |
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... ground , and 14,218,224 uncultivated . It a- bounds with rivers and lakes . Thefe are , for the most part , kirted with wood , which gives a very picturesque appearance to the feenery . We cannot give any fatisfactory ac- count of the ...
... ground , and 14,218,224 uncultivated . It a- bounds with rivers and lakes . Thefe are , for the most part , kirted with wood , which gives a very picturesque appearance to the feenery . We cannot give any fatisfactory ac- count of the ...
Página 49
... ground , a prey to the tygers , wolves , ard tagles . The bofs on the fhoulders of the buffalo is , as well as the tongue , extremely rich and delicious , -fuperior to the beft English beef . It is ufual to cure the tongues , and ...
... ground , a prey to the tygers , wolves , ard tagles . The bofs on the fhoulders of the buffalo is , as well as the tongue , extremely rich and delicious , -fuperior to the beft English beef . It is ufual to cure the tongues , and ...
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... ground of inftruction . The fimple verb flatuere , in a figurative fenfe , denotes the determination to act , while the compound denotes the commencement of the action that had been resolved upon . It is only , however , as applied to ...
... ground of inftruction . The fimple verb flatuere , in a figurative fenfe , denotes the determination to act , while the compound denotes the commencement of the action that had been resolved upon . It is only , however , as applied to ...
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... ground having a gentle declivity on both fides , and makes a very elegant and noble appearance . To the fouth , the buildings are more irregular , and , in general , much inferior in elegance . The Caftle , fituated on a vaft rock ...
... ground having a gentle declivity on both fides , and makes a very elegant and noble appearance . To the fouth , the buildings are more irregular , and , in general , much inferior in elegance . The Caftle , fituated on a vaft rock ...
Página 163
... ground , which fully commands the Carance of the harbour . City ; RESTALRIG . About a mile to the eat of Edin- burgh , in a hollow akin , ftands the ruinous church of Keftalig . It was founded by James III . but , at the Re- formation ...
... ground , which fully commands the Carance of the harbour . City ; RESTALRIG . About a mile to the eat of Edin- burgh , in a hollow akin , ftands the ruinous church of Keftalig . It was founded by James III . but , at the Re- formation ...
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