Edinburgh Magazine: Or Literary Miscellany, 13. kötet1799 |
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28. oldal
... First then , it cannot be thought unfair to trace back the exceffive fondness for amusement , to that mode of education we have elsewhere re probated . Few of the accomplish- ments , falfely fo called , affift the de- velopement of the ...
... First then , it cannot be thought unfair to trace back the exceffive fondness for amusement , to that mode of education we have elsewhere re probated . Few of the accomplish- ments , falfely fo called , affift the de- velopement of the ...
34. oldal
... first object was to learn the Mandingo tongue , being the language in almoft general ufe throughout this part of Africa ; and without which I was fully con- vinced that I never could acquire an extenfive knowledge of the country or its ...
... first object was to learn the Mandingo tongue , being the language in almoft general ufe throughout this part of Africa ; and without which I was fully con- vinced that I never could acquire an extenfive knowledge of the country or its ...
35. oldal
... first days journey . On the 3d of De- cember he took his leave of them and rode flowly into the woods . His fen . fations at this moment are thus de- fcribed : " I had now before me à boundlefs foreft , and a country , the inhabitants ...
... first days journey . On the 3d of De- cember he took his leave of them and rode flowly into the woods . His fen . fations at this moment are thus de- fcribed : " I had now before me à boundlefs foreft , and a country , the inhabitants ...
37. oldal
... first publication was " a Differtation on the Origin and Progrefs of Lan- guage , " in 2 vols . 8vo . 1773 ; which were followed by four more vols . the laft published not long before his death . In this work , intended chiefly to ...
... first publication was " a Differtation on the Origin and Progrefs of Lan- guage , " in 2 vols . 8vo . 1773 ; which were followed by four more vols . the laft published not long before his death . In this work , intended chiefly to ...
43. oldal
... first meeting we had with him , laid out the great advan- tages your intereft could obtain , if this fucceeded ( viz . the Jacobites joining with the Williamites , in order to break the army . ) The ftrength of his own party , and all ...
... first meeting we had with him , laid out the great advan- tages your intereft could obtain , if this fucceeded ( viz . the Jacobites joining with the Williamites , in order to break the army . ) The ftrength of his own party , and all ...
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174. oldal - The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn.
245. oldal - ... dible artifice and dexterity. They watched all " our motions, and accompanied us in whatever " we were about to do. If the fea threw up an " animal of any kind they devoured it, ere a man " of us could come up; to our great difadvan...
173. oldal - About sunset, however, as I was preparing to pass the night in this manner, and had turned my horse loose that he might graze at liberty, a woman, returning from the labours of the field, stopped to observe me, and perceiving that I was weary and dejected, inquired into my situation, which I briefly explained to her; whereupon, with looks of great compassion, she took up my saddle and bridle and told me to follow her. Having conducted me into her hut, she lighted up a lamp...
288. oldal - I mention this, to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection in this obscure part of the world a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures...
384. oldal - No word to any man he utters, Abed or up, to young or old ; But ever to himself he mutters, " Poor Harry Gill is very cold." Abed or up, by night or day, His teeth they chatter, chatter still. Now think, ye farmers all, I pray, Of Goody Blake and Harry Gill.
452. oldal - For from cock-crow he had been travelling, And there was not a cloud in the sky. He drank of the water so cool and clear, For thirsty and hot was he, And he sat down upon the bank, Under the willow-tree.
246. oldal - ... them by every means we could devise. When we awoke in the morning, there always lay two or three that had been knocked on the head in the...
312. oldal - Wright, who commanded the seamen-pioneers, notwithstanding he received two shot in his right arm as he advanced, entered the mine with the pike-men, and proceeded to the bottom of it, where he verified its direction, and destroyed all that could be destroyed, in its then state, by pulling down the supporters.
207. oldal - Upon this the lady gave it him, and told him its many virtues, viz. that it cured all diseases in cattle, and the bite of a mad dog both in man and beast. It is used by dipping the stone in water, which is given to the diseased cattle to drink ; and the person who has been bit, and the wound or part infected, is washed with the water.
287. oldal - I confess that my spirits began to fail me. I considered my fate as certain, and that I had no alternative, but to lie down and perish.