The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 7J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1796 |
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Pagina 11
... objects ; but he was not able to accomplish the chief end of his voyage . He could find no porcelain earth , as the foil of both iflands confifts of a calcareous earth and crystal rocks . His tour was how- ever of great utility ; the ...
... objects ; but he was not able to accomplish the chief end of his voyage . He could find no porcelain earth , as the foil of both iflands confifts of a calcareous earth and crystal rocks . His tour was how- ever of great utility ; the ...
Pagina 34
... objects of general refpect and esteem . But virtue , which was a tacit reproach to the monsters who then devastated this unfortunate country , was as offen- five to them as the light of day to the fullen bird of darkness . It hap- pened ...
... objects of general refpect and esteem . But virtue , which was a tacit reproach to the monsters who then devastated this unfortunate country , was as offen- five to them as the light of day to the fullen bird of darkness . It hap- pened ...
Pagina 37
... object . Sieyes faw the greater number of his companions leave the college , to enter into the schools of artillery or military engineering . He longed to follow the fame course , and wrote to his parents with all the ardour of youthful ...
... object . Sieyes faw the greater number of his companions leave the college , to enter into the schools of artillery or military engineering . He longed to follow the fame course , and wrote to his parents with all the ardour of youthful ...
Pagina 39
... objects as come under the province of hiftory . We may diftinguish the political career of Sieyes into three intervals ; from the opening of the States Ge- neral to that of the Convention . The first dates from the day wherein he ...
... objects as come under the province of hiftory . We may diftinguish the political career of Sieyes into three intervals ; from the opening of the States Ge- neral to that of the Convention . The first dates from the day wherein he ...
Pagina 40
... object . A part of his projects and memoirs has remained behind , if it be not loft , a- mong the papers of the cnmmittees , and by himself they are scarcely ever remembered . This compofed the fecond period of his political life , lefs ...
... object . A part of his projects and memoirs has remained behind , if it be not loft , a- mong the papers of the cnmmittees , and by himself they are scarcely ever remembered . This compofed the fecond period of his political life , lefs ...
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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...
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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!