The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 2J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1793 |
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... four and a half English miles . The breadth in many parts is confi- derable . The streets are broad ; the line of buildings , furrounding the two fides of the efplanade of the fort , is magnificent ; and it adds greatly to the fuperb ...
... four and a half English miles . The breadth in many parts is confi- derable . The streets are broad ; the line of buildings , furrounding the two fides of the efplanade of the fort , is magnificent ; and it adds greatly to the fuperb ...
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... 500 boats employed in catching them , each boat having four men at an average . From the best 2751 1832 919 Town of Inveraray . - The town infor- 30 Statistical Account of Inveraray . weather particularly, cannot fail to ...
... 500 boats employed in catching them , each boat having four men at an average . From the best 2751 1832 919 Town of Inveraray . - The town infor- 30 Statistical Account of Inveraray . weather particularly, cannot fail to ...
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We continued to defcend by lad- ders , which were from four to five fathoms in length , and being foon wet through , weak from want of proper refpiration , and half ftifled with the fumes of fulphur , began to hefitate whether we fhould ...
We continued to defcend by lad- ders , which were from four to five fathoms in length , and being foon wet through , weak from want of proper refpiration , and half ftifled with the fumes of fulphur , began to hefitate whether we fhould ...
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cefs is exactly the fame as that used been upwards of four hours , from in the copper mine , the only differ- ence in either is in the colour of the ore . Having perfectly gratified our cu- riofity , and having wandered , until we were ...
cefs is exactly the fame as that used been upwards of four hours , from in the copper mine , the only differ- ence in either is in the colour of the ore . Having perfectly gratified our cu- riofity , and having wandered , until we were ...
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... four pounders , 36 twelve pounders , 20 mortars , and to howitzers . The fire of the befieged does not incom- mode the pioneers . The floating battery which has been conftructed at Ginfheim - is mounted with cannon and howitzers . It ...
... four pounders , 36 twelve pounders , 20 mortars , and to howitzers . The fire of the befieged does not incom- mode the pioneers . The floating battery which has been conftructed at Ginfheim - is mounted with cannon and howitzers . It ...
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Página 219 - ... the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of oil olive and honey...
Página 46 - I wish popularity : but it is that popularity, which follows, not that which is run after; it is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends, by noble means.
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Página 206 - The cheerful haunts of man ; to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task.
Página 46 - ... against allowing the defendant, upon this and every other question, not only the whole advantage he is entitled to from substantial law and justice, but every benefit from the most critical nicety of form, which any other defendant could claim under the like objection.' The only effect I feel, is an anxiety to be able to explain the grounds upon which we proceed, so as to satisfy all mankind, that a flaw of form given way to, in this case, could not have been got over in any other.
Página 258 - He arose, fresh as the morning, to his task : the silence of the night invited him to pursue it ; and he can truly say, that food and rest were not preferred before it. Every...
Página 258 - Turkish men, on the other hand,' continued he, ' have an aversion to Christianity equal to that which the Christian women have to the religion of Mohammed. Auricular confession is perfectly horrible to their imagination. No Turk, of any delicacy, would ever allow his wife, particularly if he had but one, to hold private conference with a man on any pretext whatever.
Página 45 - We cannot pardon. We are to say, what we take the law to be: if we do not speak our real opinions, We prevaricate with God and our own consciences.
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