The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Bind 11J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1790 |
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Side 19
... houses , like thofe of Appenzel , are built of wood ; large , folid , and compact , with great pent - h -house roofs , that hang very low , and extend beyond the area of the foundation . This peculiar ftructure is of ufe to keep off the ...
... houses , like thofe of Appenzel , are built of wood ; large , folid , and compact , with great pent - h -house roofs , that hang very low , and extend beyond the area of the foundation . This peculiar ftructure is of ufe to keep off the ...
Side 50
... house had been broken open , and that his plate ( which was of confi- derable value ) was stolen . • Is that < all , faid he coolly , ' I was afraid you had brought me fome alarming meffage from Mr , concerning whofe dangerous fituation ...
... house had been broken open , and that his plate ( which was of confi- derable value ) was stolen . • Is that < all , faid he coolly , ' I was afraid you had brought me fome alarming meffage from Mr , concerning whofe dangerous fituation ...
Side 70
... house , Dire foe alike of bird and mouse , No cat had leave to dwell ; And Bully's cage fupported ftood On props of fmootheft fhaven wood , Large built , and lattic'd well . Well lattic'd , but the grate , alas ! Not rough with wire of ...
... house , Dire foe alike of bird and mouse , No cat had leave to dwell ; And Bully's cage fupported ftood On props of fmootheft fhaven wood , Large built , and lattic'd well . Well lattic'd , but the grate , alas ! Not rough with wire of ...
Side 132
... house - are of opinion , that the Attorney General of the commons ought to impeach the Marquis , his wife , and their accomplices of the above crimes , & c . ( Signed ) BAILLI , & c . ” Jan. 16. One of the witnesses againft M. de ...
... house - are of opinion , that the Attorney General of the commons ought to impeach the Marquis , his wife , and their accomplices of the above crimes , & c . ( Signed ) BAILLI , & c . ” Jan. 16. One of the witnesses againft M. de ...
Side 133
... United Committee of the Low Count- tries , and the first sentence stated “ Mat at length the country was happily de- livered from the yoke of the Empe- 2 ror ror , and the tyranny of the house of Auftria Affairs of the Netherlands .
... United Committee of the Low Count- tries , and the first sentence stated “ Mat at length the country was happily de- livered from the yoke of the Empe- 2 ror ror , and the tyranny of the house of Auftria Affairs of the Netherlands .
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Side 195 - And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD ; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Side 365 - The officers and men being in the boat, they only waited for me, of which the master-at-arms informed Christian, who then said, 'Come, Captain Bligh, your officers and men are now in the boat, and you must go with them; if you attempt to make the least resistance you will instantly be put to death...
Side 250 - The whole import of the word they did not perfectly understand, but they had heard something about standing in a church, and a penance, and their ideas immediately ran upon a white sheet. They concluded, if they once got into that, it was all over with them ; and as the excommunication was to take place the next day, away they hurried to Mr. Elwes, to know how they could make submission, and how the sentence might be prevented.
Side 227 - AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL LAZARETTOS IN EUROPE; with various papers relative to the Plague: together with further Observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals; and additional Remarks on the present State of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
Side 228 - ... Should it please God to cut off my life in the prosecution of this design, let not my conduct be uncandidly imputed to rashness or enthusiasm, but to a serious, deliberate conviction that I am pursuing the path of duty, and to a sincere desire of being made an instrument of more extensive usefulness to my fellowcreatures than could be expected in the narrower circle of a retired life.
Side 262 - There is a peculiarity belonging to ravens that must draw the attention even of the most incurious— they spend all their leisure time in striking and cuffing each other on the wing in a kind of playful skirmish; and when they move from one place to another, frequently turn on their backs with a loud croak, and seem to be falling to the ground. When this odd gesture betides them, they are scratching themselves with one foot, and thus lose the centre of gravity.
Side 313 - In the villages near Banares, it is the practice for the person, who is to be tried by this kind of ordeal, to stand in water up to his navel, and then, holding the foot of a Brahman, to dive under it as long as a man can walk fifty paces very gently ; if, before the man has walked thus far, the accused rise above the water, he is condemned ; if not, acquitted.
Side 279 - From minds thus subdued by the terrors of punishment there could issue no works of genius to expand the empire of human reason, nor any masterly compositions on the general nature of government, by the help of which the great commonwealths of mankind have founded their establishments; much less any...
Side 195 - And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Side 309 - He, one day, during this period, dined upon the remaining part of a moor-hen, which had been brought out of the river by a rat! and at another, eat an...