The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 2J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1793 |
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... taken notice of phecy , I have made her relate Mr Frafer's bounty to your univerfity . Learning and Charity . The mean- And this method , as it is the mofting , and beauty of those short al- poetical , fo , perhaps , it is the moft art ...
... taken notice of phecy , I have made her relate Mr Frafer's bounty to your univerfity . Learning and Charity . The mean- And this method , as it is the mofting , and beauty of those short al- poetical , fo , perhaps , it is the moft art ...
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... taken to cul- tivate his understanding , to adorn his outfide , and to fit him for the common arts of life ; but the im- provement of his heart , and the re- gulation of his paffions and princi- ples , are , comparatively fpeaking , but ...
... taken to cul- tivate his understanding , to adorn his outfide , and to fit him for the common arts of life ; but the im- provement of his heart , and the re- gulation of his paffions and princi- ples , are , comparatively fpeaking , but ...
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... taken to- gether . But new cotton - works have been fince erected in different parts of North Britain ; and large quan- tities of cotton - yarn are ftill imported from England . The view in the plate was taken from a station in the wood ...
... taken to- gether . But new cotton - works have been fince erected in different parts of North Britain ; and large quan- tities of cotton - yarn are ftill imported from England . The view in the plate was taken from a station in the wood ...
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... taken place in the year 1591. 4. Mr Thomas Halli- burton , minifler of Ceres , and after- wards Profeffor of divinity at St Andrews , was efteemed both as a divine and as a fcholar . Several trea- tifes , written by him , give proof of ...
... taken place in the year 1591. 4. Mr Thomas Halli- burton , minifler of Ceres , and after- wards Profeffor of divinity at St Andrews , was efteemed both as a divine and as a fcholar . Several trea- tifes , written by him , give proof of ...
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... taken up in fo moift a climate , in preferving their peats . That is al- moft the only fuel at present in the country . In preparing them , females are chiefly employed , and they are often the principal work to be at- tended to for ...
... taken up in fo moift a climate , in preferving their peats . That is al- moft the only fuel at present in the country . In preparing them , females are chiefly employed , and they are often the principal work to be at- tended to for ...
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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...
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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...
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