The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 11J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1790 - Books and bookselling |
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... almost all the executive part of government is committed . He was once in the service of a Vazir , in whose train he went to see the foun- tains of the Nile or Abey , usually called Alway , about eight days jour- ney from Gwender ; he ...
... almost all the executive part of government is committed . He was once in the service of a Vazir , in whose train he went to see the foun- tains of the Nile or Abey , usually called Alway , about eight days jour- ney from Gwender ; he ...
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... almost incurable , and only to be effaced by continued and artful flat- tery * . Men are most profound ; wo- men are more fublime . ' Men most embrace the whole ; women remark individually , and take more delight in selecting the ...
... almost incurable , and only to be effaced by continued and artful flat- tery * . Men are most profound ; wo- men are more fublime . ' Men most embrace the whole ; women remark individually , and take more delight in selecting the ...
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... almost turned giddy with the height . The rock , down which the Sand- bach drives , is composed of flate . Af ter we had continued some time ad- miring the fublime horror of the scene- ry , we defcended into the valley , and made a ...
... almost turned giddy with the height . The rock , down which the Sand- bach drives , is composed of flate . Af ter we had continued some time ad- miring the fublime horror of the scene- ry , we defcended into the valley , and made a ...
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... almost promif- cuoufly within the fruftum of a given cone , may be affigned of such proper- ly - diversified magnitudes as also to form the fame picture . But who , that is acquainted with the doctrine of chances , can seriously ...
... almost promif- cuoufly within the fruftum of a given cone , may be affigned of such proper- ly - diversified magnitudes as also to form the fame picture . But who , that is acquainted with the doctrine of chances , can seriously ...
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... almost all the nebulæ and clusters of stars I have feen , the number of which is not less than three and twenty hundred , are more con- densed and brighter in the middle ; and fince , from every form , it is now equally apparent that ...
... almost all the nebulæ and clusters of stars I have feen , the number of which is not less than three and twenty hundred , are more con- densed and brighter in the middle ; and fince , from every form , it is now equally apparent that ...
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Page 135 - 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.
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