The English Review, Or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature, Volume 7J. Murray, 1786 - Curiosities and wonders |
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... particular object , and that the interefts of science are beft promoted by a more general and extended application to dif- ferent ftudies , obferves , That , in the prefent ftate of Arts , capital improvements are not to be , in general ...
... particular object , and that the interefts of science are beft promoted by a more general and extended application to dif- ferent ftudies , obferves , That , in the prefent ftate of Arts , capital improvements are not to be , in general ...
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... particular . By Charles de Polier , Efq . Read February 27 , 1782. ' Mr. Polier appears to have poffeffed a very happy talent for meta- phyfical difquifition ; he unites profoundness of fentiment with diftinctnefs of arrangement and ...
... particular . By Charles de Polier , Efq . Read February 27 , 1782. ' Mr. Polier appears to have poffeffed a very happy talent for meta- phyfical difquifition ; he unites profoundness of fentiment with diftinctnefs of arrangement and ...
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... particular account of the diet and regimen of every perfon who dies at eighty years of age , or upwards . - The doctor proceeds to give advice con- cerping the circumstances moft effentially neceflary to life : air and climate , meat ...
... particular account of the diet and regimen of every perfon who dies at eighty years of age , or upwards . - The doctor proceeds to give advice con- cerping the circumstances moft effentially neceflary to life : air and climate , meat ...
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... particular Failings of Old Maids . - Chap . 1. On the Situation and Treatment of Old Maids in general . Chap . 2. On the Curiofity of Old Maids . Chap . 3. On the Credulity of Old Maids . Chap . 4. On the Affectation of Old Maids . Chap ...
... particular Failings of Old Maids . - Chap . 1. On the Situation and Treatment of Old Maids in general . Chap . 2. On the Curiofity of Old Maids . Chap . 3. On the Credulity of Old Maids . Chap . 4. On the Affectation of Old Maids . Chap ...
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... particular examination of the Mifcellanies before us ; and hall endeavour to establish the opinion we have formed , by extracts from the work ; without obferving any other arrange- ment , ment , except the order of the pages in the 24 ...
... particular examination of the Mifcellanies before us ; and hall endeavour to establish the opinion we have formed , by extracts from the work ; without obferving any other arrange- ment , ment , except the order of the pages in the 24 ...
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Page 402 - There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Page 288 - Some glossy-leaved, and shining in the sun, The maple, and the beech of oily nuts Prolific, and the lime at dewy eve Diffusing odours ; nor unnoted pass The sycamore, capricious in attire, Now green, now tawny, and ere autumn yet Have changed the woods, in scarlet honours bright.
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Page 288 - Whom call we gay ? That honour has been long The boast of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay — the lark is gay, That dries his feathers, saturate with dew, Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet the beams Of dayspring overshoot his humble nest.
Page 229 - He is a path, if any be misled ; He is a robe, if any naked be ; If any chance to hunger, he is bread ; If any be a bondman, he is free ; If any be but weak, how strong is he ! To dead men life he is, to sick men health, To blind men sight, and to the needy wealth, A pleasure without loss, a treasure without stealth.
Page 402 - And it came to pass, when men began to multiply upon the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were fair ; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
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Page 450 - He was beloved by his people, who looked up to him as to a father, and obeyed his commands with alacrity. The confidence we placed in him was unremitting; our admiration of his great talents unbounded; our esteem for his good qualities affectionate and sincere.
Page 92 - ... whose smoke might be attracted and retained by our earth; or whether it was the vast quantity of smoke, long continuing to issue during the summer from Hecla, in Iceland, and that other volcano which arose out of the sea near that island, which smoke might be spread by various winds over the northern part of the world, is yet uncertain.
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