The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 7J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1796 |
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Pagina 5
... brought to town in fourteen wag- gons . 5 22. The fnow which had been fal- ling for feveral days preceding , fo deep as to interrupt travelling , and in many places to ftop all communi- cation . 25. An embargo laid on all Dutch fhipping ...
... brought to town in fourteen wag- gons . 5 22. The fnow which had been fal- ling for feveral days preceding , fo deep as to interrupt travelling , and in many places to ftop all communi- cation . 25. An embargo laid on all Dutch fhipping ...
Pagina 6
... brought against him by the Com- mons . This trial commenced Feb. 12. 1788 , and from that period to its clofe fat 149 days . 18. Two French frigates of 45 guns each ( La Gentille and La Gloire ) taken by Admiral Colpoy's fquadron . 23 ...
... brought against him by the Com- mons . This trial commenced Feb. 12. 1788 , and from that period to its clofe fat 149 days . 18. Two French frigates of 45 guns each ( La Gentille and La Gloire ) taken by Admiral Colpoy's fquadron . 23 ...
Pagina 8
... brought into Parliament , one for the prefer- vation of his Majefty's perfon , the other for fuppreffing feditious meet- ings . During the pendency of thefe bills , the public mind was greatly ági- tated ; petitions for and against them ...
... brought into Parliament , one for the prefer- vation of his Majefty's perfon , the other for fuppreffing feditious meet- ings . During the pendency of thefe bills , the public mind was greatly ági- tated ; petitions for and against them ...
Pagina 16
... brought him ; -and the next day her Majefty faw him full of spirits and perfectly recovered in her museum of natural curiofities . Three years afterwards Linnæus had again feveral fits of the gout , but they were much weaker than ...
... brought him ; -and the next day her Majefty faw him full of spirits and perfectly recovered in her museum of natural curiofities . Three years afterwards Linnæus had again feveral fits of the gout , but they were much weaker than ...
Pagina 18
... brought on riots and murders . Twenty pounds would in modern days be barely an equivalent for our ancestors 40s . The freeholders were at the fame time di- rected to chufe two of the fittest and most discreet knights refident in their ...
... brought on riots and murders . Twenty pounds would in modern days be barely an equivalent for our ancestors 40s . The freeholders were at the fame time di- rected to chufe two of the fittest and most discreet knights refident in their ...
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Pagina 85 - 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.
Pagina 85 - 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. When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself...
Pagina 85 - 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...
Pagina 327 - 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
Pagina 150 - 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.
Pagina 98 - ... the Bull from the rest of the herd, until he stood at bay ; when a marksman dismounted and shot. At some of these huntings twenty or thirty...
Pagina 98 - Their colour is invariably of a creamy white, muzzle black ; the whole of the inside of the ear, and about one-third of the outside, from the tips 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.
Pagina 85 - The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a Native of the Rocks. 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.
Pagina 85 - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' 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. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your...
Pagina 262 - slower — very well — what a plague is this foot about, and this little head ? No wonder you are out, Mr Bijou, when you forget your time. That's a jewel — bravo ! bravo! my little man!