The Scots Magazine, Band 36

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Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, 1774

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Seite 206 - I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool : his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
Seite 256 - And coxcombs alike in their failings alone, Adopting his portraits, are pleas'd with their own Say, where has our poet this malady caught? Or, wherefore his characters thus without fault? Say, was it, that vainly directing his view, To find out men's virtues, and finding them few, Quite sick of pursuing each troublesome elf, He grew lazy at last, and drew from himself?
Seite 551 - But authoritative instructions; mandates issued, which the member is bound blindly and implicitly to obey, to vote, and to argue for, though contrary to the clearest conviction of his judgment and conscience, — these are things utterly unknown to the laws of this land, and which arise from a fundamental mistake of the whole order and tenor of our constitution.
Seite 4 - In order to amuse myself in this low state, I made a wooden clock, the frame of which was also of wood; and it kept time pretty well. The bell, on which the hammer struck the hours, was the neck of a broken bottle.
Seite 255 - As an actor, confest without rival to shine ; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line : Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings, a dupe to his art.
Seite 2 - My master at first laughed at me ; but, when I explained my meaning to him, he encouraged me to go on : and that I might make fair copies in the day-time of what I had done in the night, he often worked for me himself. I shall always have a respect for the memory of that man.
Seite 285 - When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice : but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Seite 42 - A wig, with hanging quite grown grey ; A curtain, worn to half a stripe ; A pair of bellows, without pipe ; A dis"h, which might good meat afford once ; An Ovid, and an old Concordance ; A bottle-bottom, wooden platter, — One is for meal, and one for water.
Seite 552 - I shall ever use a respectful frankness of communication with you. Your faithful friend, your devoted servant, I shall be to the end of my life : a flatterer you do not wish for. On this point of instructions, however, I think it scarcely possible we ever can have any sort of difference. Perhaps I may give you too much, rather than too little trouble.
Seite 181 - If he has any opportunities of seeing you, he will soon discover it himself; and if you have any advantages of person or manner, and keep your own secret, he will probably give you credit for a great deal more than you possess.

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