The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 6J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1787 |
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... matter could be discharged from the one element into the other , without exhibiting any appearance of fire , I fhall not pretend to examine . The fact , however , appears certain ; and when I was mentioning it as a fingular one , a ...
... matter could be discharged from the one element into the other , without exhibiting any appearance of fire , I fhall not pretend to examine . The fact , however , appears certain ; and when I was mentioning it as a fingular one , a ...
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... matter , which was every where endeavouring to fly off into the atmosphere . Perhaps it might be accounted for from the exceffive drynefa 13 gate the caufes : all I wanted was to 12 Account of a Thunder Storm in Scotland in 1786 .
... matter , which was every where endeavouring to fly off into the atmosphere . Perhaps it might be accounted for from the exceffive drynefa 13 gate the caufes : all I wanted was to 12 Account of a Thunder Storm in Scotland in 1786 .
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... matter . I measured the distance of the crater from the northern limb of the moon , and found it 3 57 " , 3. Its light is much brighter than the nucleus of the comet which 15 M. Méchain difcovered at Paris the 10th of this month . April ...
... matter . I measured the distance of the crater from the northern limb of the moon , and found it 3 57 " , 3. Its light is much brighter than the nucleus of the comet which 15 M. Méchain difcovered at Paris the 10th of this month . April ...
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... matter , very different from the sparkling brightnefs of ftar - light . WILLIAM HERSCHELL . Slough near Windsor April 21.1787 . P.S. M. Méchain having favour- ed me with an account of the dif covery of his comet , I looked for it among ...
... matter , very different from the sparkling brightnefs of ftar - light . WILLIAM HERSCHELL . Slough near Windsor April 21.1787 . P.S. M. Méchain having favour- ed me with an account of the dif covery of his comet , I looked for it among ...
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... matter , we ought to confider Nature herself , and to examine the origin and mo- tives of action in man . In this way we would perceive , that all activity , whether of body or mind , originates from neceffity , and is increafed or ...
... matter , we ought to confider Nature herself , and to examine the origin and mo- tives of action in man . In this way we would perceive , that all activity , whether of body or mind , originates from neceffity , and is increafed or ...
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Página 158 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Página 126 - If a white man in travelling through our country, enters one of our cabins, we all treat him as I treat you; we dry him if he is wet, we warm him if he is cold, and give him meat and drink, that he may allay his...
Página 158 - Logan, not even sparing my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have...
Página 286 - To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began.
Página 125 - Facts on which our Religion is founded, such as the Fall of our first Parents by Eating an Apple, the Coming of Christ to repair the Mischief, his Miracles and Suffering, &c. When he had finished, an Indian Orator stood up to thank him. What you have told us, says he, is all very good.
Página 158 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat : if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Página 125 - Having frequent occasions to hold public councils, they have acquired great order and decency in conducting them. The old men sit in the foremost ranks, the warriors in the next, and the women and children in the hindmost.
Página 158 - In the autumn of the same year a decisive battle was fought at the mouth of the Great Kanhaway, between the collected forces of the Shawanese, Mingoes, and Delawares, and a detachment of the Virginia militia. The Indians were defeated, and sued for peace.
Página 56 - Napier was doubtful he would not come. It happened one day as John Marr and the lord Napier were speaking of Mr. Briggs ; ' Ah, John,' said Marchiston, ' Mr. Briggs will not now come.
Página 255 - As those we love decay, we die in part, String after string is sever'd from the heart ; Till loosen'd life at last — but breathing clay, Without one pang, is glad to fall away. Unhappy he who latest feels the blow, Whose eyes have wept o'er every friend laid low, Dragg'd lingering on from partial death to death, Till dying, all he can resign is breath.