The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 2; Volume 18J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1793 - Books and bookselling |
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... firft falutation he receives from thefe ftrangers is by bending their bodies very low , touching the deck with the back of the hand , and the forehead three times . The natives firft feen in India by an European voyager , are Hindoos ...
... firft falutation he receives from thefe ftrangers is by bending their bodies very low , touching the deck with the back of the hand , and the forehead three times . The natives firft feen in India by an European voyager , are Hindoos ...
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... firft applied to the fudy of the Hebrew and Greek ; and , by a wonderful effort of genius and application , made himself fo far master of thefe languages , without any kind of affiftance , as to be able to interpret the Hebrew Bible and ...
... firft applied to the fudy of the Hebrew and Greek ; and , by a wonderful effort of genius and application , made himself fo far master of thefe languages , without any kind of affiftance , as to be able to interpret the Hebrew Bible and ...
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... firft difcovered . I fhould fuppofe , that , if this had happened during the reign of Roman Catholic Superftition , thefe wells would have been appropriated , as engines of power , by the monks or priefs ; the virtues of the water ...
... firft difcovered . I fhould fuppofe , that , if this had happened during the reign of Roman Catholic Superftition , thefe wells would have been appropriated , as engines of power , by the monks or priefs ; the virtues of the water ...
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... proves them not to be of the moft remote antiquity . It is indeed true , that the level fituation , being fingularly favourable to 40 , Defcription of the Town of Perth . firft Effects of the Union on the Scotch Corporations . 39.
... proves them not to be of the moft remote antiquity . It is indeed true , that the level fituation , being fingularly favourable to 40 , Defcription of the Town of Perth . firft Effects of the Union on the Scotch Corporations . 39.
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40 , Defcription of the Town of Perth . firft , give this an advantage over many of our old burghs . Several parallel Atreets run in a direction parallel with the river , as far as a right can bear this relation to a curve line , nearly ...
40 , Defcription of the Town of Perth . firft , give this an advantage over many of our old burghs . Several parallel Atreets run in a direction parallel with the river , as far as a right can bear this relation to a curve line , nearly ...
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Page 46 - ... I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong, upon this occasion; to gain the huzzas of thousands, or the daily praise of all the papers which come from the press: I will not avoid doing what I think is right; though it should draw on me the whole artillery of libels; all that falsehood and malice can invent, or the credulity of a deluded populace can swallow. I can say, with a great magistrate, upon an occasion and under circumstances not unlike, "Ego hoc animo semper fui, ut invidiam...
Page 205 - ... 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...
Page 332 - Its entrance is very fpacious, and there is fomewhat of a defcent towards the other extremity ; infomuch that I fuppofe the furface of the river is rather higher than the bottom of the cave.. The upper part is like an arched roof, of folid lime-ftone rock, perhaps twenty feet thick. On entering, are found many apartments, fome of them very high, like the choir of a church, There is, as it were, a continual rain within the cave, for the water drops...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 115 - He entered with the cheerful playfulness of a young man into all the sprightly narrative, the sportful fancy, the humorous jest, that rose around him. It was a sight highly gratifying to philanthropy to see how much a mind endowed with knowledge, kindled by genius, and above all, lighted up with innocence and piety, like Blacklock's, could overcome the weight of its own calamity, and enjoy the content, the happiness, the gaiety of others.
Page 46 - The last end that can happen to any man never comes too soon, if he falls in support of the law and liberty of his country (for liberty is synonymous to law and government). Such a shock, too, might be productive of public good ; it might awake the better part of the kingdom out of that lethargy which seems to have benumbed them ; and bring the mad part back to their senses, as men intoxicated are sometimes stunned into sobriety.
Page 46 - No libels, no threats, nothing that has happened, nothing that can happen, will weigh a feather 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.
Page 45 - It is fit to take some notice of the various terrors being held out; the numerous crowds which have attended and now attend in and about the hall, out of all reach of hearing what passes in • court ;' and the tumults which, in other places, have shamefully insulted all order and government. Audacious addresses in print dictate to us, from those they call the people, the judgment to be given now, and afterwards upon the conviction. Reasons of policy are urged, from danger to...
Page 173 - French ambassador says pleasantly, that they take the smallpox here by way of diversion, as they take the waters in other countries. There is no example of any one that has died in it; and you may believe I am well satisfied of the safety of this experiment, since I intend to try it on my dear little son. I am patriot enough to take pains to bring this useful invention into fashion in England...