The Scots Magazine, Or, General Repository of Literature, History, and Politics, Volumen58Alex Chapman and, 1796 |
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... never was fo bare of money in his life ; but , when he is really out of cafh , talks of nothing but the fullness of his coffers . After having liftened very attentively to all the circumstances of an affair , he begs your pardon for not ...
... never was fo bare of money in his life ; but , when he is really out of cafh , talks of nothing but the fullness of his coffers . After having liftened very attentively to all the circumstances of an affair , he begs your pardon for not ...
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... never been analyfed , and many of the mines found in Scotland , have never been wrought , nor the metals affayed . Befides , fuch defcriptions could only be of fervice to a few who are advanced in that science ; a more general account ...
... never been analyfed , and many of the mines found in Scotland , have never been wrought , nor the metals affayed . Befides , fuch defcriptions could only be of fervice to a few who are advanced in that science ; a more general account ...
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... never proceeded from a wish all the various relations of life . The to engrofs the difcourfe , or to gratify ferenity and gravity he enjoyed , under his vanity . His own inclination difpo- the preffure of his growing infirmities , fed ...
... never proceeded from a wish all the various relations of life . The to engrofs the difcourfe , or to gratify ferenity and gravity he enjoyed , under his vanity . His own inclination difpo- the preffure of his growing infirmities , fed ...
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... never ought to rife very high . Opinion and belief , fays Lord Kaimes , are influenced by affections as well by propensity . The noted ftory of a as fine lady and a curate viewing the moon through a telescope , is a pleasant illuf ...
... never ought to rife very high . Opinion and belief , fays Lord Kaimes , are influenced by affections as well by propensity . The noted ftory of a as fine lady and a curate viewing the moon through a telescope , is a pleasant illuf ...
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... never for her , as the faw too plainly , that the affections of his child were caft away upon Effex Plantagenet , -he , whom neither his ftation in life , or character , could entitle to fuch a preference . " His Lordship , alarmed ...
... never for her , as the faw too plainly , that the affections of his child were caft away upon Effex Plantagenet , -he , whom neither his ftation in life , or character , could entitle to fuch a preference . " His Lordship , alarmed ...
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Página 514 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Página 532 - The shrieks and groans of the poor expiring wretches were truly dreadful; and my horror was much increased at seeing a young girl, seemingly about eighteen years of age, killed so near me, that when the first spear was stuck into her side she fell...
Página 66 - The opinions he formed of men, upon a slight acquaintance, were frequently erroneous ; but the tendency of his nature inclined him much more to blind partiality, than to ill-founded prejudice. The enlarged views of human affairs, on which his mind habitually dwelt, left him neither time nor inclination to...
Página 513 - ... sixteenth chapters have been reduced, by three successive revisals, from a large volume to their present size ; and they might still be compressed without any loss of facts or sentiments. An opposite fault may be imputed to the concise and superficial narrative of the first reigns from Commodus to Alexander ; a fault of which I have never heard, except from Mr. Hume in his last journey to London. Such an oracle might have been consulted and obeyed with rational devotion ; but I was soon disgusted...
Página 533 - ... and gone home. About this time my brother, Squire Boon, with another adventurer, who came to explore the country shortly after us, was wandering through the forest, determined to find me, if possible, and accidentally found our camp.
Página 453 - I found her learned without pedantry, lively in conversation, pure in sentiment, and elegant in manners; and the first sudden emotion was fortified by the habits and knowledge of a more familiar acquaintance.
Página 452 - I need not blush at recollecting the object of my choice ; and though my love was disappointed of success, I am rather proud that I was once capable of feeling such a pure and exalted sentiment.
Página 512 - 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 436 - How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labors, and whose talk is of bullocks?