The Scots Magazine, Band 50Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, 1788 |
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... means agreeable , on ac- count of the great declivity ; and the fun , fhining fo bright on the tops of the precipices below us , made fo dazzling an appearance , that it required a good head to avoid growing giddy from the pro- fpect ...
... means agreeable , on ac- count of the great declivity ; and the fun , fhining fo bright on the tops of the precipices below us , made fo dazzling an appearance , that it required a good head to avoid growing giddy from the pro- fpect ...
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... means confined to the charms of the poetry or the propriety of the action . The difplay of the person to advantage ... mean , vul , gar , and trifling to the parent who labours under the theatrical mania . She who melts into tears on the ...
... means confined to the charms of the poetry or the propriety of the action . The difplay of the person to advantage ... mean , vul , gar , and trifling to the parent who labours under the theatrical mania . She who melts into tears on the ...
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... means of existence , till the grounds yield better crops . When one bad crop is fucceeded by ano- ther bad crop , as in the years 1782 and 3 , the proprietor must either purchase grain from diftant parts to fupport his tenants , turn ...
... means of existence , till the grounds yield better crops . When one bad crop is fucceeded by ano- ther bad crop , as in the years 1782 and 3 , the proprietor must either purchase grain from diftant parts to fupport his tenants , turn ...
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... means of their vicinity to , and ready intelligence of the fhoals , are loading many veffels with full cargoes . This accounts partly for the bad fuc- cefs of the bufs - fishery in Scotland , and ftrongly points out the neceflity of ...
... means of their vicinity to , and ready intelligence of the fhoals , are loading many veffels with full cargoes . This accounts partly for the bad fuc- cefs of the bufs - fishery in Scotland , and ftrongly points out the neceflity of ...
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... mean to attempt this , sir , by your incans ; and fhall open my scheme to you A wife politician always pays attention to the rifing generation , in order to get hold of young minds before inimical prejudices are formed ; and thus , in ...
... mean to attempt this , sir , by your incans ; and fhall open my scheme to you A wife politician always pays attention to the rifing generation , in order to get hold of young minds before inimical prejudices are formed ; and thus , in ...
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Seite 148 - For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.
Seite 355 - As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
Seite 381 - Be sure to keep some great man thy friend, but trouble him not for trifles. Compliment him often with many, yet small gifts, and of little charge. And if thou hast cause to bestow any great gratuity, let it be something which may be daily in sight.
Seite 381 - Otherwise thou shalt eclipse thy credit, lose thy freedom, and yet pay as dear as to another. But in borrowing of money be precious of thy word : for he that hath care of keeping days of payment is lord of another man's purse.
Seite 281 - By this obfcure Scotfman a project was formed to fettle, on this neglected fpot, a great and powerful colony, not as other colonies have for the moft part been fettled, by chance, and unprotected by the country from whence they went, but by fyftem, upon forefight, and to receive the ample protection of thofe governments to whom he was to offer his project. And certainly no greater idea has been formed iince the time of Columbus.
Seite 381 - ... band of nature, as thou shalt find them so many advocates to plead an apology for thee behind thy back. But shake off those glow-worms...
Seite 400 - Sweden, had chofen to depart from it in the moment when ftie was engaged in a war fo ferious as that in which the Ottoman Porte had involved her. In the mean time, the emprefs, attentive to every thing which...
Seite 210 - I own," added Helve"tius to me, "• although I knew the danger to be greater of harbouring him at Paris than at London ; and although I thought the family of Hanover not only the lawful sovereigns in England, but the only lawful sovereigns in Europe, as having the...
Seite 148 - Romish church is infallible, and the Church of England is never in the wrong. But though many private persons think almost as highly of their own infallibility, as...
Seite 148 - I doubt, too, whether any other convention we can obtain, may be able to make a better constitution ; for, when you assemble a number of men, to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views.