The Scots Magazine, Band 12Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, 1750 |
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... service for deciding the question concerning the moon's dia- meter , in cafe the weather had not proved favourable for my measuring it with the micrometer , and that it had been wholly vifible but for a few moments only , about the ...
... service for deciding the question concerning the moon's dia- meter , in cafe the weather had not proved favourable for my measuring it with the micrometer , and that it had been wholly vifible but for a few moments only , about the ...
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... service on account of an invafion or infurrection , every one who knows any thing of our conftitution , must know , that we have then no occa- fion for a law to compel the obfervance of exact difcipline ; becaufe his Majelly may then ...
... service on account of an invafion or infurrection , every one who knows any thing of our conftitution , must know , that we have then no occa- fion for a law to compel the obfervance of exact difcipline ; becaufe his Majelly may then ...
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... service than that of the military . And now the half - pay offi- cers are to be made ufe of for the fame fort of fervice . What elfe can be the reafon for fubjecting men in time of peace to the punishment of death , for taking , by ...
... service than that of the military . And now the half - pay offi- cers are to be made ufe of for the fame fort of fervice . What elfe can be the reafon for fubjecting men in time of peace to the punishment of death , for taking , by ...
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... service , because I have an a nuity in France , and am obliged to fer thither a certificate of my being alive . Then , Sir , as to those out - penfione of Chelfea college that were fent of with Lord Anfon , they were all volu tiers ...
... service , because I have an a nuity in France , and am obliged to fer thither a certificate of my being alive . Then , Sir , as to those out - penfione of Chelfea college that were fent of with Lord Anfon , they were all volu tiers ...
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... service , and of whofe fidelity he neither then nor ever after did doubt , fecretly to provide a couple of good horfes , and have them ready at a certain place , at an hour of the next enfuing night by his Majesty ap- pointed ; that ...
... service , and of whofe fidelity he neither then nor ever after did doubt , fecretly to provide a couple of good horfes , and have them ready at a certain place , at an hour of the next enfuing night by his Majesty ap- pointed ; that ...
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Seite 164 - In narratives, where historical veracity has no place* I cannot discover, why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate ; but the highest and purest that humanity can reach...
Seite 164 - ... the highest and purest that humanity can reach, which, exercised in such trials as the various revolutions of things shall bring upon it, may, by conquering some calamities and enduring others, teach us what we may hope and what we can perform.
Seite 580 - Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him whom he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
Seite 364 - In the regions inhabited by angelic natures, unmingled felicity for ever blooms, joy flows there with a perpetual and abundant stream, nor needs there any mound to check its course.
Seite 162 - In the romances formerly written, every transaction and sentiment was so remote from all that passes among men, that the reader was in very little danger of making any applications to himself...
Seite 162 - ... together with that learning which is to be gained from books, that experience which can never be attained by solitary diligence, but must arise from general converse, and accurate observation of the living world.
Seite 507 - ... ever unassisted ; that the wanderer may at length return after all his errors ; and that he who implores strength and courage from above, shall find danger and difficulty give way before him. Go now, my son, to thy repose ; commit thyself to the care of Omnipotence ; and when the morning calls again to toil, begin anew thy journey and thy life.
Seite 364 - numerable objects of delight, but that all might " rejoice in the privilege of exiftence, and be filled " with gratitude to the beneficent author of it ? Thus " to enjoy the bleffings he has fent, is virtue and
Seite 198 - Colonies in America, and to prevent the Erection of any Mill or other Engine for slitting or rolling of Iron, or any plating Forge to work with a Tilt Hammer, or any Furnace for making Steel...
Seite 137 - Second was exposed, and from which he was surprisingly and miraculously delivered, neither Lord Clarendon, nor any other author I have met with, takes the least notice of one of a very extraordinary nature, which happened to him...