The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 7J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1796 |
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Pagina 32
... ferve to convey fome idea . In the year 1791 , a fingle pound of cotton was spun to a fine- nefs of ninety - feven poft miles in length ; the muflin , after being fpun , was fent to Glafgow to be wrought , and after that was prefented ...
... ferve to convey fome idea . In the year 1791 , a fingle pound of cotton was spun to a fine- nefs of ninety - feven poft miles in length ; the muflin , after being fpun , was fent to Glafgow to be wrought , and after that was prefented ...
Pagina 39
... ferve them : and falfehood added its commentaries . Under their united efforts , that which was improperly called his influence difappeared . In the fufpicions exhibited around him , he obferved the work of calumny . His Effay on ...
... ferve them : and falfehood added its commentaries . Under their united efforts , that which was improperly called his influence difappeared . In the fufpicions exhibited around him , he obferved the work of calumny . His Effay on ...
Pagina 42
... ferve his country . But the circumftances of the times did not admit of a refufal , which would furely have been mifinterpreted . He therefore flowly proceeded to Paris , where he arrived , and attended the Convention the fame day , Sep ...
... ferve his country . But the circumftances of the times did not admit of a refufal , which would furely have been mifinterpreted . He therefore flowly proceeded to Paris , where he arrived , and attended the Convention the fame day , Sep ...
Pagina 66
... ferve in par- liament for the borough of Helftone , in the room of Sir Gilbert Elliott , bart . ap- pointed viceroy of Corfica . This was ordered . The fame day , Lord Sheffield prefented a petition from the merchants trading to the ...
... ferve in par- liament for the borough of Helftone , in the room of Sir Gilbert Elliott , bart . ap- pointed viceroy of Corfica . This was ordered . The fame day , Lord Sheffield prefented a petition from the merchants trading to the ...
Pagina 102
... ferve to fhew you that malverfation in office , pub- lic delinquency , and all those crimes ́of the great , which with us are cog- nizable by no tribunal but that of the public prefs , are not altogether fo exempt from the lafh and expo ...
... ferve to fhew you that malverfation in office , pub- lic delinquency , and all those crimes ́of the great , which with us are cog- nizable by no tribunal but that of the public prefs , are not altogether fo exempt from the lafh and expo ...
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