The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 7J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1796 |
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... appeared fo general and , complete a zoology of any country . The first edition contained 1350 ar- ticles . By his own difcoveries , and the observations of his pupils , this number was increased , in a second edition , fifteen years ...
... appeared fo general and , complete a zoology of any country . The first edition contained 1350 ar- ticles . By his own difcoveries , and the observations of his pupils , this number was increased , in a second edition , fifteen years ...
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... appeared in 1753 in Latin and Swedish , and to the honour of the author , Count Teffin himself pre- fixed a preface to the work , dedica- ted it to Linnæus , and caufed a cop- per - plate to be put in front of it , re- presenting the ...
... appeared in 1753 in Latin and Swedish , and to the honour of the author , Count Teffin himself pre- fixed a preface to the work , dedica- ted it to Linnæus , and caufed a cop- per - plate to be put in front of it , re- presenting the ...
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... appeared to be practically philofophical . " You may make him , they once wrote to his bishop , a canon , as he is a gen- « tleman , and a man of information . " But we must advise you , that he is " by no means fit for the ecclefiafti ...
... appeared to be practically philofophical . " You may make him , they once wrote to his bishop , a canon , as he is a gen- « tleman , and a man of information . " But we must advise you , that he is " by no means fit for the ecclefiafti ...
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... appearance . The po litical question which interefted and employed the minds of all France , feemed already to have ... appeared im- mediately following each other , at the end of 1788 , and the beginning of 1789 . The Tiers - Etat of ...
... appearance . The po litical question which interefted and employed the minds of all France , feemed already to have ... appeared im- mediately following each other , at the end of 1788 , and the beginning of 1789 . The Tiers - Etat of ...
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... appeared to divide with the beloved Vicege- rent of Heaven the applaufes of the multitude ! Lord Chatham never degraded his mind with that attention to the patronage which his high fituation afforded , nor divided and diftracted his ...
... appeared to divide with the beloved Vicege- rent of Heaven the applaufes of the multitude ! Lord Chatham never degraded his mind with that attention to the patronage which his high fituation afforded , nor divided and diftracted his ...
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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 327 - 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
Page 150 - 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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!