The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 7J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1796 |
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Pagina 1
... ( continued , ) Affecting Hiftory of M. de M. and Adelaide , 53 9 Singular Incidents , Biographical Sketches , and Characteristic Traits , from the Year 1403 , to the Year 1503 . The Bagpiper : a Fragment , Coffee - houfe Scene at Aleppo ...
... ( continued , ) Affecting Hiftory of M. de M. and Adelaide , 53 9 Singular Incidents , Biographical Sketches , and Characteristic Traits , from the Year 1403 , to the Year 1503 . The Bagpiper : a Fragment , Coffee - houfe Scene at Aleppo ...
Pagina 5
... [ CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST NUMBER , P. 419. ] 5 address on his Majefty's fpeech car- ried in the House of Lords , 107 to 12 ; —in the Commons 246 to 73 . Jan. 4. 1795. Earl Fitzwilliam , being appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , arrives ...
... [ CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST NUMBER , P. 419. ] 5 address on his Majefty's fpeech car- ried in the House of Lords , 107 to 12 ; —in the Commons 246 to 73 . Jan. 4. 1795. Earl Fitzwilliam , being appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , arrives ...
Pagina 7
... continued till Nov. 15 . A gold mine ( or rather detached pieces of that metal ) discovered in the county of Wicklow mountains in Ireland . 08.7 . The homeward - bound Me- diterranean fleet unfortunately fell in . with a French fquadron ...
... continued till Nov. 15 . A gold mine ( or rather detached pieces of that metal ) discovered in the county of Wicklow mountains in Ireland . 08.7 . The homeward - bound Me- diterranean fleet unfortunately fell in . with a French fquadron ...
Pagina 9
[ CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST NUMBER , P. 419. ] HE great number of friends mifs this opportunity of seeing Paris , Academy of Sciences at Stockholm on the 31st of March. J 1 / us had found in Holland , afforded him fine profpects and ...
[ CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST NUMBER , P. 419. ] HE great number of friends mifs this opportunity of seeing Paris , Academy of Sciences at Stockholm on the 31st of March. J 1 / us had found in Holland , afforded him fine profpects and ...
Pagina 11
... continued down to the present time . Thefe tranfac- tions contain the richest ftore of ufe- ful knowledge and difcoveries . This advancement of the fciences in that country is originally due to Linnĉ- us . Having enjoyed the utmost popu ...
... continued down to the present time . Thefe tranfac- tions contain the richest ftore of ufe- ful knowledge and difcoveries . This advancement of the fciences in that country is originally due to Linnĉ- us . Having enjoyed the utmost popu ...
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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!