The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 7J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1796 |
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Pagina 10
... fame year which favoured him with the fmiles of fortune , prov- ed equally propitious to his name , and to the ftate of the fciences in Sweden . A general fcientific , zeal birth to the idea of raifing a gave learned corporation . The ...
... fame year which favoured him with the fmiles of fortune , prov- ed equally propitious to his name , and to the ftate of the fciences in Sweden . A general fcientific , zeal birth to the idea of raifing a gave learned corporation . The ...
Pagina 14
... fame period he enriched its tranfactions with twelve thefes , In the fpring of 1746 he made a tour to West Gothland . He travelled more than 300 German leagues , and in the following year published the refult of his obfervations . In ...
... fame period he enriched its tranfactions with twelve thefes , In the fpring of 1746 he made a tour to West Gothland . He travelled more than 300 German leagues , and in the following year published the refult of his obfervations . In ...
Pagina 15
... fame spread all over Europe , and his name rendered immortal . The father of Linnæus died at Stenbrohult , May 12 , 1748 , aged 74. Long ago would his memory have perifhed but for his great fon , who was at firft the torment , but ...
... fame spread all over Europe , and his name rendered immortal . The father of Linnæus died at Stenbrohult , May 12 , 1748 , aged 74. Long ago would his memory have perifhed but for his great fon , who was at firft the torment , but ...
Pagina 16
... fame year , he found out the art of making pearls . " I am at laft acquainted , " fays he in the fame letter to Haller , " with the manner " in which pearls are generated in " their fhells . I can now bring it " about , that each pearl ...
... fame year , he found out the art of making pearls . " I am at laft acquainted , " fays he in the fame letter to Haller , " with the manner " in which pearls are generated in " their fhells . I can now bring it " about , that each pearl ...
Pagina 17
... fame year , we find , to the credit of English fculptors , that Tho- mas Colyn , Thomas Hole well , and Thomas Poppe , carried over to Bre- tagne an alabaster monument ( which they had executed for duke John IV . ) and erected it in the ...
... fame year , we find , to the credit of English fculptors , that Tho- mas Colyn , Thomas Hole well , and Thomas Poppe , carried over to Bre- tagne an alabaster monument ( which they had executed for duke John IV . ) and erected it in the ...
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Pagina 111 - 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 176 - 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 111 - I might boast myself le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre; that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending, but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it. When I had once addressed...
Pagina 111 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till 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 111 - ... it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary. and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Pagina 111 - 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.
Pagina 111 - I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it...
Pagina 364 - All she has to do in this world is contained within the duties of a daughter, a sister, a wife, and a mother.
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