The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 6J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1787 |
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... manner , have certainly been mistaken ; for after the alle- gory is with much labour conftruc- ted , there is no instruction to be reaped from it , till you can expound the mystical meaning ; and this is furely not the nearest road to ...
... manner , have certainly been mistaken ; for after the alle- gory is with much labour conftruc- ted , there is no instruction to be reaped from it , till you can expound the mystical meaning ; and this is furely not the nearest road to ...
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... manner of defcrip- tion , and a peculiar tenderness of fentiment , remarkable throughout his works . Yours , & c . CAMBUSCAN " I A Letter from the late King of Pruffia to the Countefs de Samas . Newftadt , Nov. 11. 1760 . Am punctual in ...
... manner of defcrip- tion , and a peculiar tenderness of fentiment , remarkable throughout his works . Yours , & c . CAMBUSCAN " I A Letter from the late King of Pruffia to the Countefs de Samas . Newftadt , Nov. 11. 1760 . Am punctual in ...
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... manner in which the ancients fenced the har- nefs of their horfes to make them proof against the cut of a fabre , must have been the fame with that now employed at Aleppo and Da- mafcus for bridles . The filver fcales with which the ...
... manner in which the ancients fenced the har- nefs of their horfes to make them proof against the cut of a fabre , must have been the fame with that now employed at Aleppo and Da- mafcus for bridles . The filver fcales with which the ...
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... manner fhort intervals for meals , till eleven in which I appeared to affent to his o'clock at night . It affects fome story . people in the night as well as the day , and on Sundays as well as week- days . Its operation is not confined ...
... manner fhort intervals for meals , till eleven in which I appeared to affent to his o'clock at night . It affects fome story . people in the night as well as the day , and on Sundays as well as week- days . Its operation is not confined ...
Página 92
... manners of every country are the standards of propri ety with the people who have a dopted them , and every nation af- fumes the right of confidering all deviations from their fashions and cuftoms as barbarisms and abfurdi- ties . The ...
... manners of every country are the standards of propri ety with the people who have a dopted them , and every nation af- fumes the right of confidering all deviations from their fashions and cuftoms as barbarisms and abfurdi- ties . The ...
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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.