The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Band 6J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1787 |
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... fent a short story . There is no- thing in this but what happened long before , in the affair of Thef- pis and his hymns to Bacchus . Such was the rife of this Drama . In the course of near 200 years it has undergone feveral alterations ...
... fent a short story . There is no- thing in this but what happened long before , in the affair of Thef- pis and his hymns to Bacchus . Such was the rife of this Drama . In the course of near 200 years it has undergone feveral alterations ...
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... fent for , to announce the fatal event to the young man's parents , and had examined the bo- dy ; that he found the fkin of the right thigh much burnt and fhrivel led , and many marks of the fame kind over the whole body ; but none on ...
... fent for , to announce the fatal event to the young man's parents , and had examined the bo- dy ; that he found the fkin of the right thigh much burnt and fhrivel led , and many marks of the fame kind over the whole body ; but none on ...
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... fent fituation , fufficiently bright , with a ten - feet reflector , to flew the moon's fpots , even the darkest of them : nor did I perceive any fi- milar phænomena laft lunation , tho I then viewed the fame places with the fame ...
... fent fituation , fufficiently bright , with a ten - feet reflector , to flew the moon's fpots , even the darkest of them : nor did I perceive any fi- milar phænomena laft lunation , tho I then viewed the fame places with the fame ...
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... fent him with his pipe , his flippers , or his coffee ; in vain do they stand round his couch to drive away the flies that would moleft his repose : all these cares and careffes are bur interested attempts to procure an addition to ...
... fent him with his pipe , his flippers , or his coffee ; in vain do they stand round his couch to drive away the flies that would moleft his repose : all these cares and careffes are bur interested attempts to procure an addition to ...
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... fent back to their olives and their " cheese , they are in hafte to pro- " vide against the chance . The " Turks , on the contrary , are accuf- " tomed to rule ; they are habi- " tuated to their fituation , and proceed as if it were ...
... fent back to their olives and their " cheese , they are in hafte to pro- " vide against the chance . The " Turks , on the contrary , are accuf- " tomed to rule ; they are habi- " tuated to their fituation , and proceed as if it were ...
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Seite 158 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Seite 126 - If a white man in travelling through our country, enters one of our cabins, we all treat him as I treat you; we dry him if he is wet, we warm him if he is cold, and give him meat and drink, that he may allay his...
Seite 158 - Logan, not even sparing my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have...
Seite 286 - To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began.
Seite 125 - Facts on which our Religion is founded, such as the Fall of our first Parents by Eating an Apple, the Coming of Christ to repair the Mischief, his Miracles and Suffering, &c. When he had finished, an Indian Orator stood up to thank him. What you have told us, says he, is all very good.
Seite 158 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat : if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Seite 125 - Having frequent occasions to hold public councils, they have acquired great order and decency in conducting them. The old men sit in the foremost ranks, the warriors in the next, and the women and children in the hindmost.
Seite 158 - In the autumn of the same year a decisive battle was fought at the mouth of the Great Kanhaway, between the collected forces of the Shawanese, Mingoes, and Delawares, and a detachment of the Virginia militia. The Indians were defeated, and sued for peace.
Seite 56 - Napier was doubtful he would not come. It happened one day as John Marr and the lord Napier were speaking of Mr. Briggs ; ' Ah, John,' said Marchiston, ' Mr. Briggs will not now come.
Seite 255 - As those we love decay, we die in part, String after string is sever'd from the heart ; Till loosen'd life at last — but breathing clay, Without one pang, is glad to fall away. Unhappy he who latest feels the blow, Whose eyes have wept o'er every friend laid low, Dragg'd lingering on from partial death to death, Till dying, all he can resign is breath.