The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Band 6J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1787 |
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... nature , truth , or pro- bability . To fupport and adorn thofe reprefentations vaft expences were lavished , and every fource of pleafure in the fine arts explored . Theatres arofe over all Italy , rival ing in magnificence the palaces ...
... nature , truth , or pro- bability . To fupport and adorn thofe reprefentations vaft expences were lavished , and every fource of pleafure in the fine arts explored . Theatres arofe over all Italy , rival ing in magnificence the palaces ...
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... Nature , fhould be filled with refemblances , and not with the things themfelves . " If this be true , it will follow , that Mr Adifon knew nothing of criticifm , for he was him felf guilty of this fuppofed abfurdity in the moft glaring ...
... Nature , fhould be filled with refemblances , and not with the things themfelves . " If this be true , it will follow , that Mr Adifon knew nothing of criticifm , for he was him felf guilty of this fuppofed abfurdity in the moft glaring ...
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... Nature employs in preferving , or in restoring , the equilibrium be- tween the other two elements . But I fhall not pretend to invefti- Obfervations concerning the caufe of the Variation of the Needle . By Ti- berius Cavallo , F. R. S. ...
... Nature employs in preferving , or in restoring , the equilibrium be- tween the other two elements . But I fhall not pretend to invefti- Obfervations concerning the caufe of the Variation of the Needle . By Ti- berius Cavallo , F. R. S. ...
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... nature , especially those that fall un- der the infpection of the aftrono- mer , are to be viewed , not only . with the usual attention to facts as they occur , but with the eye of rea- fon and experience . In this we are , however ...
... nature , especially those that fall un- der the infpection of the aftrono- mer , are to be viewed , not only . with the usual attention to facts as they occur , but with the eye of rea- fon and experience . In this we are , however ...
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... Nature's productions in that genial climate , where the fports with the greateft profufion and variety . Some of the trees are of amazing fize and vaft extent , as they are continually increating , and , contrary to most other things in ...
... Nature's productions in that genial climate , where the fports with the greateft profufion and variety . Some of the trees are of amazing fize and vaft extent , as they are continually increating , and , contrary to most other things in ...
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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.