The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Bind 11J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1790 |
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... called Earee Tutti , and then was abfent on a vifit to the eastward , but expected to re- turn in four or five days : At the fame time , he faid , meffengers had been fent to acquaint him of the fhip's arrival . He alfo informed Mr ...
... called Earee Tutti , and then was abfent on a vifit to the eastward , but expected to re- turn in four or five days : At the fame time , he faid , meffengers had been fent to acquaint him of the fhip's arrival . He alfo informed Mr ...
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... called patience and to expofe ourselves un- neceffarily to evil , is worse than folly , and very blameable prefumption ; it is commonly called fool - hardinefs , that is , fuch a degree of hardiness or boldness as none but fools are ...
... called patience and to expofe ourselves un- neceffarily to evil , is worse than folly , and very blameable prefumption ; it is commonly called fool - hardinefs , that is , fuch a degree of hardiness or boldness as none but fools are ...
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... called Alway , about eight days jour- ney from Gwender ; he saw three fprings , one of which rises from the ground with a great noise , that may be heard at the distance of five or fix miles . I fhewed him the defcription of the Nile by ...
... called Alway , about eight days jour- ney from Gwender ; he saw three fprings , one of which rises from the ground with a great noise , that may be heard at the distance of five or fix miles . I fhewed him the defcription of the Nile by ...
Side 14
... called Sucut , lying on the highest part of Dengala near Gojjam , to the weft of Bajem- dir , and the lake of Dara or Wed ; into which it runs with fo ftrong and rapid a current , that it mixes not with the other waters , but rides or ...
... called Sucut , lying on the highest part of Dengala near Gojjam , to the weft of Bajem- dir , and the lake of Dara or Wed ; into which it runs with fo ftrong and rapid a current , that it mixes not with the other waters , but rides or ...
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... called the Sand - bach : it roars from the glacier down the steep moun- tain in one unbroken fall , and , a little way before its arrival under the bridge , works itfelf a fubterraneous paffage through the rock , where it is loft only ...
... called the Sand - bach : it roars from the glacier down the steep moun- tain in one unbroken fall , and , a little way before its arrival under the bridge , works itfelf a fubterraneous paffage through the rock , where it is loft only ...
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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...