The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 11J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1790 - Books and bookselling |
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Page 56
... refpect to gallantry , almoft in the fame manner as we . Their's , however , could not properly be called gallan- try ; it was rather a real fpecies of de- bauchery , authorifed by example and cuftom . Irregularities of this kind ...
... refpect to gallantry , almoft in the fame manner as we . Their's , however , could not properly be called gallan- try ; it was rather a real fpecies of de- bauchery , authorifed by example and cuftom . Irregularities of this kind ...
Page 58
... refpect than ours . And who are those who take fuch liberties with the most agreeable part of fo- ciety ? Old bachelors , or young liber- tines . The first , like the butterfly , have stained fo many rofes , that they are fully ...
... refpect than ours . And who are those who take fuch liberties with the most agreeable part of fo- ciety ? Old bachelors , or young liber- tines . The first , like the butterfly , have stained fo many rofes , that they are fully ...
Page 59
... refpect to their amours than the Roman , and perhaps they are less fo , fince the generality of them have not that aufterity of manners , and firmnefs " of character , which distin- guifhed the latter , and which feem little calculated ...
... refpect to their amours than the Roman , and perhaps they are less fo , fince the generality of them have not that aufterity of manners , and firmnefs " of character , which distin- guifhed the latter , and which feem little calculated ...
Page 61
... refpect , and exhibit true master - pieces in fculpture . In fpite of all the pomp which is difplay- ed in the ... refpects . It diftinguishes it- felf particularly from the reft by its plan , and the arrangement of facts . It is ...
... refpect , and exhibit true master - pieces in fculpture . In fpite of all the pomp which is difplay- ed in the ... refpects . It diftinguishes it- felf particularly from the reft by its plan , and the arrangement of facts . It is ...
Page 62
... refpect . As to its an- tiquity , the author endeavours to prove , by very learned argumenta- tion , that it is a monument of the fe- cond century after the birth of Chrift . As there occur no Christian names in it , it may at least ...
... refpect . As to its an- tiquity , the author endeavours to prove , by very learned argumenta- tion , that it is a monument of the fe- cond century after the birth of Chrift . As there occur no Christian names in it , it may at least ...
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Page 195 - 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.
Page 365 - The officers and men being in the boat, they only waited for me, of which the master-at-arms informed Christian, who then said, 'Come, Captain Bligh, your officers and men are now in the boat, and you must go with them; if you attempt to make the least resistance you will instantly be put to death...
Page 250 - The whole import of the word they did not perfectly understand, but they had heard something about standing in a church, and a penance, and their ideas immediately ran upon a white sheet. They concluded, if they once got into that, it was all over with them ; and as the excommunication was to take place the next day, away they hurried to Mr. Elwes, to know how they could make submission, and how the sentence might be prevented.
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Page 313 - In the villages near Banares, it is the practice for the person, who is to be tried by this kind of ordeal, to stand in water up to his navel, and then, holding the foot of a Brahman, to dive under it as long as a man can walk fifty paces very gently ; if, before the man has walked thus far, the accused rise above the water, he is condemned ; if not, acquitted.
Page 279 - From minds thus subdued by the terrors of punishment there could issue no works of genius to expand the empire of human reason, nor any masterly compositions on the general nature of government, by the help of which the great commonwealths of mankind have founded their establishments; much less any...
Page 195 - 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.
Page 309 - He, one day, during this period, dined upon the remaining part of a moor-hen, which had been brought out of the river by a rat! and at another, eat an...