The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, 11. kötetJ. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1790 |
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18. oldal
... hundred miles . They are taken in thefe dif tant parts in September and October , and about the fize of feventeen or twenty pounds weight . " We crofled the Linth feveral times , which rufhes with all the vio- lence of a torrent ; and ...
... hundred miles . They are taken in thefe dif tant parts in September and October , and about the fize of feventeen or twenty pounds weight . " We crofled the Linth feveral times , which rufhes with all the vio- lence of a torrent ; and ...
24. oldal
... hundred , are more con- denfed and brighter in the middle ; and fince , from every form , it is now equally apparent that the central ac- cumulation or brightnefs must be the refult of central powers , we may ven- ture to affirm that ...
... hundred , are more con- denfed and brighter in the middle ; and fince , from every form , it is now equally apparent that the central ac- cumulation or brightnefs must be the refult of central powers , we may ven- ture to affirm that ...
44. oldal
... hundred , and thefecond , on repeating the experiment , above two thousand ripe fruit , from which fome young trees were raised . In the fame vol . page 196 , are fome remarks on a cafe of two wo- men in Brabant , who had been nearly ...
... hundred , and thefecond , on repeating the experiment , above two thousand ripe fruit , from which fome young trees were raised . In the fame vol . page 196 , are fome remarks on a cafe of two wo- men in Brabant , who had been nearly ...
46. oldal
... hundred fpecies , all in a flourishing ftate . In 1759 , Mr Miller paid Mr Wat- fon the tribute of calling a new ge- mus in the Triandrous clafs of plants by his name , two fpecies of which he has figured in the cuts adapted to the ...
... hundred fpecies , all in a flourishing ftate . In 1759 , Mr Miller paid Mr Wat- fon the tribute of calling a new ge- mus in the Triandrous clafs of plants by his name , two fpecies of which he has figured in the cuts adapted to the ...
51. oldal
... hundred fheep , a measure of wheat , another of rye , a third of millet , and a certain quantity of martens kins . From the eighth century of our æra till the thirteenth , the Arabs alone were in poffeffion of books . China was filled ...
... hundred fheep , a measure of wheat , another of rye , a third of millet , and a certain quantity of martens kins . From the eighth century of our æra till the thirteenth , the Arabs alone were in poffeffion of books . China was filled ...
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195. oldal - And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD ; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
365. oldal - The officers and men being in the boat, they only waited for me, of which the master-at-arms informed Christian, who then said, 'Come, Captain Bligh, your officers and men are now in the boat, and you must go with them; if you attempt to make the least resistance you will instantly be put to death...
250. oldal - The whole import of the word they did not perfectly understand, but they had heard something about standing in a church, and a penance, and their ideas immediately ran upon a white sheet. They concluded, if they once got into that, it was all over with them ; and as the excommunication was to take place the next day, away they hurried to Mr. Elwes, to know how they could make submission, and how the sentence might be prevented.
227. oldal - AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL LAZARETTOS IN EUROPE; with various papers relative to the Plague: together with further Observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals; and additional Remarks on the present State of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
228. oldal - ... Should it please God to cut off my life in the prosecution of this design, let not my conduct be uncandidly imputed to rashness or enthusiasm, but to a serious, deliberate conviction that I am pursuing the path of duty, and to a sincere desire of being made an instrument of more extensive usefulness to my fellowcreatures than could be expected in the narrower circle of a retired life.
262. oldal - There is a peculiarity belonging to ravens that must draw the attention even of the most incurious— they spend all their leisure time in striking and cuffing each other on the wing in a kind of playful skirmish; and when they move from one place to another, frequently turn on their backs with a loud croak, and seem to be falling to the ground. When this odd gesture betides them, they are scratching themselves with one foot, and thus lose the centre of gravity.
313. oldal - In the villages near Banares, it is the practice for the person, who is to be tried by this kind of ordeal, to stand in water up to his navel, and then, holding the foot of a Brahman, to dive under it as long as a man can walk fifty paces very gently ; if, before the man has walked thus far, the accused rise above the water, he is condemned ; if not, acquitted.
279. oldal - From minds thus subdued by the terrors of punishment there could issue no works of genius to expand the empire of human reason, nor any masterly compositions on the general nature of government, by the help of which the great commonwealths of mankind have founded their establishments; much less any...
195. oldal - And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
309. oldal - He, one day, during this period, dined upon the remaining part of a moor-hen, which had been brought out of the river by a rat! and at another, eat an...