A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Band 3

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Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814
 

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Dr Stuart to James Cummyng Esq Secretary
60
The Rev G Costard of Twickenham to
71
Mr Rogers to Dean Milles on two ancient
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85
Sir William Herbert of St Julians in Mon
89
Dr Johnson to Warren Hastings Esq Governor
104
Letters from Dr Johnson and Dr Adams
105
Dr Timothy Neve to the Rev Littleton Brown
119
Letters from Sir Richard Steele to his second Lady
127
Letters from Richard Savage a few weeks before
154
The Rev Dr Free to Archbishop Moore
162
Bishop Newton to a Gentleman at Lichfield
172
Dr Benjamin Franklin to John Alleyn Esq
174
Bishop Sherlock to Dr R Grey
175
From General Wolfe
176
Dr Kennicott to Mr Daddo
178
From Bp Horne a Letter of Consolation
179
From Dean Stanhope containing advice to a Young Clergyman
181
Bp Horne to a Young Clergyman
183
From Bp Horne
185
Col Stedman to his Son
187
Letters from Charles II and Lord Lauder dale to the Earl of Northesk reiative to the Marriage of Lord Northesks Daughter
188
LXXXL From Dr Johnson on the Death of his Wife
190
Dr Benjamin Franklin to the Earl of Buchan
192
Dr Doddridge to Bishop Hildesley
194
Letters from Doctors Hildesley Hales Leland and Mr Samuel Richardson
198
Dean Swift to Mr Windar
209
Dean Tillotson afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury to Mr Nicholas Hunt of that City while labouring under a Cancer of which he died A D 1687
213
Lewis Morris Esq to his Brother William Morris Comptroller of the Customs Holy head on Mineknockers
215
Dr Young to the Rev Thomas Newcombe
218
From John Locke
219
From John Evelyn on the Culture and
221
From the Rev Thomas Seward
225
Letter written at Paris by Dr Benjamin Frank lin Communicated by the Gentleman who received it
229
Letters from the Earl of Orford to Governor Pownal
230
Letters from Bishops Hoadly and Butler and Page
234
INCLUDINO
241
Method of staining Marble
247
Method of preserving Books from the Depredations
255
Account of Jedediah Buxton
261
Remarkable Anecdote from Plots History of Oxfordshire
338
Harveys Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood
342
Remarkable Trial for Murder
345
On the Sheep Walks in Spain
351
Observations on Parish Registers
365
Remedy for the Sting of a Wasp in the Throat
366
The famous American Receipt for the Rheu matism
367
Account of the Conclave at Rome and the proceedings upon the election of a new Pope
368
Case and Opinion on the execution of Doyle and Valline
370
Want of CHARACTER a common defect
382
On the general application of the word GREAT
384
Description of a wonderful Automaton In a Letter from the Rev Mr Dutens
385
Method of taking impressions from Medals
388
Lunar Head Ache with Remedies
390
Enumeration of Vulgar Errors
392
On Avarice in Old Age
397
Distillation of a Spirituous Liquor from Milk
399
Wonderful Effects of a Sympathetic Powder
401
Physical Error exploded
404
Various Anecdotes Extraordinary Predictions
405
Description of a Picture in Windsor Castle re presenting the Interview between King Henry VIII and Francis I of France
408
Effects of Salt in fattening Cattle
416
Particulars relative to large Diamonds
418
Sermon in praise of Derbyshire
420
Dr Beatties Account of Second Sight
423
Useful Hints for learning to swim By Ben jamin Franklin LL D F R S In a letter to a friend
425
Names of those who first constituted the Anti
440
On Apparitions
447
The effect of Music on the Nerves and on
455
On the Ventilation of Prisons
464
Instance of a singular Dream and correspond
470
Influence of particular Studies with respect
476
Origin of Tontines
481
Coal
488
Against shooting Swallows Martens
494
Cold Water recommended for a Scald
500
papers
506
Feasting on Live Flesh
514
Cures for the Asthma
526

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Seite 330 - This figure that thou here seest put It was for gentle Shakespeare cut, Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to out-do the life : O could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he has hit His face ; the print would then surpass All that was ever writ in brass : But since he cannot, reader, look Not on his picture, but his book.
Seite 514 - ... the room he was in, he said, he knew to be but part of the house, yet he could not conceive that the whole house could look bigger.
Seite 114 - And now, sir, believe me, when I assure you, I never did nor ever will, on any pretence whatsoever, take more than the stated and customary fees of my office. I might keep the contrary practice concealed from the world, were I capable of it, but I could not from myself. And I hope I shall always fear the reproaches of my own heart more than those of all mankind.
Seite 175 - Treat your wife always with respect; it will procure respect to you, not only from her, but from all that observe it. Never use a slighting expression to her, even in jest ; for slights in jest, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earnest.
Seite 105 - The greatest benefit which one friend can confer upon another is to guard, and excite, and elevate his virtues. This your mother will still perform if you diligently preserve the memory of her life and of her death : a life, so far as I can learn, useful, wise, and innocent; and a death resigned, peaceful, and holy.
Seite 64 - Our friend, Dr. Hurd, having long ago desired me, in your name to communicate any fragments or sketches of a design, I once had, to give a History of English Poetry, you may well think me rude or negligent, when you see me hesitating for so many months, before I comply with your request, and yet, believe me, few of your friends have been better pleased than I, to find this subject (surely neither unentertaining nor unuseful) had fallen into hands so likely to do it justice.
Seite 192 - These are the great occasions which force the mind to take refuge in religion : when we have no help in ourselves, what can remain but that we look up to a higher and a greater Power ? and to what hope may we not raise our eyes and hearts, when we consider that the greatest POWER is the BEST?' Surely there is no man who, thus afflicted, does not seek succour in the gospel, which has brought life and immortality to light.
Seite 514 - And now being lately couched of his other eye, he says, that objects at first appeared large to this eye, but not so large as they did at first to the other ; and looking upon the same object with both eyes, he thought it looked about twice as large as with the first couched eye only, but not double, that we can any ways discover.
Seite 426 - ... reach the egg, teach you the manner of acting on the water with your feet and hands, which action is afterwards used in swimming to support your head higher above the water, or to go forward through it...
Seite 372 - I am commanded to signify to you His Majesty's pleasure that you should...

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