The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 7J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1796 |
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Pagina 5
... received that the French had croffed the Waal , and were rapidly advancing into Holland . As they proceed , the different towns are furrendered to them without op- pofition . The British army , unable to cope with a force fo infinitely ...
... received that the French had croffed the Waal , and were rapidly advancing into Holland . As they proceed , the different towns are furrendered to them without op- pofition . The British army , unable to cope with a force fo infinitely ...
Pagina 7
... received no hurt . When his Majefty had delivered his fpeech , the Lords deferred the con- fideration of it till next day , and pro- ceeded to examine feveral perfons who had been apprehended as accef- fory to the above attempt . Their ...
... received no hurt . When his Majefty had delivered his fpeech , the Lords deferred the con- fideration of it till next day , and pro- ceeded to examine feveral perfons who had been apprehended as accef- fory to the above attempt . Their ...
Pagina 8
... received the royal affent on the 18th December . 15. The powerful armament def- tined for the Weft Indies , which for a confiderable time before had been in preparation , under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby , and ef- corted by a ...
... received the royal affent on the 18th December . 15. The powerful armament def- tined for the Weft Indies , which for a confiderable time before had been in preparation , under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby , and ef- corted by a ...
Pagina 10
... received from Siegefbeck . I began to fet up for a practitioner , " but my fuccefs was very flow . " They would not even employ me in a fervant's cure . But in a short time , adverfity ceafed to perfecute , " and after many clouded days ...
... received from Siegefbeck . I began to fet up for a practitioner , " but my fuccefs was very flow . " They would not even employ me in a fervant's cure . But in a short time , adverfity ceafed to perfecute , " and after many clouded days ...
Pagina 14
... received members of the Royal Academy at Stockholm , an honour which had , for the first time been conferred upon foreigners . Linnæus received a teftimony of ref- pect in his own country , which had never yet been bestowed on any of ...
... received members of the Royal Academy at Stockholm , an honour which had , for the first time been conferred upon foreigners . Linnæus received a teftimony of ref- pect in his own country , which had never yet been bestowed on any of ...
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Populaire passages
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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Pagina 124 - Their colour is invariably white, muzzle black ; the whole of the inside of the ear, and about one-third of the outside from the tip, 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...