The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Nide 7J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1796 |
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Sivu 12
... fhall here communicate a concife defcription of it , given by a learned traveller , who vifited Upfal in the year 1771 . The SINGULAR INCIDENTS , BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES , AND CHARACTERISTIC TRAITS , 12 Memoirs of Sir Charles Linnaeus .
... fhall here communicate a concife defcription of it , given by a learned traveller , who vifited Upfal in the year 1771 . The SINGULAR INCIDENTS , BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES , AND CHARACTERISTIC TRAITS , 12 Memoirs of Sir Charles Linnaeus .
Sivu 20
... fhall be hereafter but fix for Suffolk , fix for Norfolk , and two for the city of Norwich , ' - Pub . Ats . The elections of the Lancaftrian parliament in 1459 , had fcarcely the femblance of decency . The members were pointed out by ...
... fhall be hereafter but fix for Suffolk , fix for Norfolk , and two for the city of Norwich , ' - Pub . Ats . The elections of the Lancaftrian parliament in 1459 , had fcarcely the femblance of decency . The members were pointed out by ...
Sivu 27
... fhall imagine they poffefs not only all the good qualities in existence , but are exempted from all the bad ones , This is like a painter vainly attempt- ing to produce a fine picture without fhadows . From the best information I can ...
... fhall imagine they poffefs not only all the good qualities in existence , but are exempted from all the bad ones , This is like a painter vainly attempt- ing to produce a fine picture without fhadows . From the best information I can ...
Sivu 47
... fhall have twelve thoufand faid the Minifter , " and then if you do not fucceed , it is your fault . " The original of the character of Praxiteles , in Mr Greville's very entertaining book of Maxims is faid to have been Lord Chatham ...
... fhall have twelve thoufand faid the Minifter , " and then if you do not fucceed , it is your fault . " The original of the character of Praxiteles , in Mr Greville's very entertaining book of Maxims is faid to have been Lord Chatham ...
Sivu 53
... hall the unhappy lover feek for confolation in fhedding de- licious tears on the brink of that foun- tain where thou haft wept for Laura ! → no more fhall he haunt with penfive en- thufiafm that folitary valley , thofe crag- gy rocks ...
... hall the unhappy lover feek for confolation in fhedding de- licious tears on the brink of that foun- tain where thou haft wept for Laura ! → no more fhall he haunt with penfive en- thufiafm that folitary valley , thofe crag- gy rocks ...
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Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 111 - I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it...
Sivu 364 - All she has to do in this world is contained within the duties of a daughter, a sister, a wife, and a mother.
Sivu 353 - 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
Sivu 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...