The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, 7. kötetJ. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1796 |
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12. oldal
... nature fo near him , he could give them much better attendance , ftudy their peculiarities , and commu- nicate the knowledge of them to his pupils . The execution of the propo- fed plan was begun in 1742 , and com- pleated in the courfe ...
... nature fo near him , he could give them much better attendance , ftudy their peculiarities , and commu- nicate the knowledge of them to his pupils . The execution of the propo- fed plan was begun in 1742 , and com- pleated in the courfe ...
14. oldal
... natural hiftory , the medicinal virtues of plants , the Ma- teria Medica , and on the diætetic and knowledge of difeafes . His de- livery was a pattern for a profeffor point of energy , inftruction and en- tertainment . The new ...
... natural hiftory , the medicinal virtues of plants , the Ma- teria Medica , and on the diætetic and knowledge of difeafes . His de- livery was a pattern for a profeffor point of energy , inftruction and en- tertainment . The new ...
15. oldal
... nature in all parts of the world ; through him the love of her productions animated the great , and penetrated even to the throne of his country . Count Teffin , his ele- vated patron , loved him and his fci- ence , especially the ...
... nature in all parts of the world ; through him the love of her productions animated the great , and penetrated even to the throne of his country . Count Teffin , his ele- vated patron , loved him and his fci- ence , especially the ...
30. oldal
... nature , to conclude that the balance of the fcale would not bear to the ufual quarter . It frequently happens , that the hor rible demon of difcord , that deftroys the peace of almost every neighbour- hood at contested elections ...
... nature , to conclude that the balance of the fcale would not bear to the ufual quarter . It frequently happens , that the hor rible demon of difcord , that deftroys the peace of almost every neighbour- hood at contested elections ...
36. oldal
... nature is fo frail , and the truft is fo awful , that I trem- ble while I poffefs it ; and cannot , indeed , be eafy , till I have disburdened myfelf of the weight it impofes . To this end , my loving friends , minifters and fubjects ...
... nature is fo frail , and the truft is fo awful , that I trem- ble while I poffefs it ; and cannot , indeed , be eafy , till I have disburdened myfelf of the weight it impofes . To this end , my loving friends , minifters and fubjects ...
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111. oldal - 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.
176. oldal - 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.
111. oldal - 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...
111. oldal - 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.
111. oldal - ... 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.
111. oldal - 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.
111. oldal - I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it...
364. oldal - All she has to do in this world is contained within the duties of a daughter, a sister, a wife, and a mother.
353. oldal - 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
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