The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, المجلد 7J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1796 |
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الصفحة 28
... Some remains of the courage of their an- cestors may still linger among them ; but the contempt in which they hold the profeffion of arms is fufficient to extinguish every spark of military en terprise . For feveral years past they have ...
... Some remains of the courage of their an- cestors may still linger among them ; but the contempt in which they hold the profeffion of arms is fufficient to extinguish every spark of military en terprise . For feveral years past they have ...
الصفحة 44
SKETCH OF THE CHARACTER OF THE LATE LORD CHATHAM . FROM ANECDOTES OF SOMe distinguISHED PERSONS , CHIEFLY OF THE PRESENT AND TWO PRECEDING CENTURIES . en to his fon the Duke of Cumber- land . most established commercial houses , an ...
SKETCH OF THE CHARACTER OF THE LATE LORD CHATHAM . FROM ANECDOTES OF SOMe distinguISHED PERSONS , CHIEFLY OF THE PRESENT AND TWO PRECEDING CENTURIES . en to his fon the Duke of Cumber- land . most established commercial houses , an ...
الصفحة 55
... Some of the martyrs of Maig- net's styranny have however found a ' fad hiftorian of the penfive plain ; ' and the fate of Monf . de M's family , which I have heard related much in detail by an old female fervant who was the compa- nion ...
... Some of the martyrs of Maig- net's styranny have however found a ' fad hiftorian of the penfive plain ; ' and the fate of Monf . de M's family , which I have heard related much in detail by an old female fervant who was the compa- nion ...
الصفحة 56
... Some weeks after the departure of her lover , the departments of Vauclufe and the mouth of the Rhone were defo- lated by Maignet . Two preferibed vic- tims of his tyranny , who were friends of M. de M , and knew the place of his retreat ...
... Some weeks after the departure of her lover , the departments of Vauclufe and the mouth of the Rhone were defo- lated by Maignet . Two preferibed vic- tims of his tyranny , who were friends of M. de M , and knew the place of his retreat ...
الصفحة 62
... Some rude engraver's hand had etch'd A baby's Angel's face . John fwallow'd firft a mod'rate fup ; But Joan was not like John ; For , when her lips once touch'd the cup , She fwill'd till all was gone . John often urg'd her to drink ...
... Some rude engraver's hand had etch'd A baby's Angel's face . John fwallow'd firft a mod'rate fup ; But Joan was not like John ; For , when her lips once touch'd the cup , She fwill'd till all was gone . John often urg'd her to drink ...
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 111 - I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it...
الصفحة 364 - All she has to do in this world is contained within the duties of a daughter, a sister, a wife, and a mother.
الصفحة 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
الصفحة 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...