The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volumen12J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1790 |
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... remains of the old court , and among the old people who were no longer ambitious , or who did not wish to conform their rigid morals to the tranfient circumstances of the time ; he was , befides , much beloved by the officers who had ...
... remains of the old court , and among the old people who were no longer ambitious , or who did not wish to conform their rigid morals to the tranfient circumstances of the time ; he was , befides , much beloved by the officers who had ...
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... remains of the grandeur of the people , for whose language and genius he entertained fo high an admiration , and of furveying with his own eyes many of the pic- turefque fcenes which had fo often delighted him in the defcriptions of ...
... remains of the grandeur of the people , for whose language and genius he entertained fo high an admiration , and of furveying with his own eyes many of the pic- turefque fcenes which had fo often delighted him in the defcriptions of ...
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... remain filent fome time before they give an anfwer to a quef- tion , which they have heard atten- tively ; unlike fome of the politeft fo- cieties in Europe , where a fentence can fcarcely be finished without in- terruption . The ftone ...
... remain filent fome time before they give an anfwer to a quef- tion , which they have heard atten- tively ; unlike fome of the politeft fo- cieties in Europe , where a fentence can fcarcely be finished without in- terruption . The ftone ...
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... remains were nued to throw up while he had fuffi- interred on the 21ft ; and the con- cient ftrength to do it , but as that courfe of people affembled on the oc- failed , the organs of refpiration be- cafion was immenfe . The body was ...
... remains were nued to throw up while he had fuffi- interred on the 21ft ; and the con- cient ftrength to do it , but as that courfe of people affembled on the oc- failed , the organs of refpiration be- cafion was immenfe . The body was ...
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... remain in the grave in peace , and my body , which my poor mother had fo often careffed and dandled on her knee , and which had been fo pampered by my friends in my better days , being flashed and mangled by the doctors , was too much ...
... remain in the grave in peace , and my body , which my poor mother had fo often careffed and dandled on her knee , and which had been fo pampered by my friends in my better days , being flashed and mangled by the doctors , was too much ...
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Página 18 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Página 384 - All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. All the superadded ideas, furnished from the wardrobe of a moral imagination, which the heart owns and the understanding ratifies, as necessary to cover the defects of our naked shivering nature, and to raise it to dignity in our own estimation, are to be exploded as a ridiculous, absurd, and antiquated fashion.
Página 33 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat :
Página 16 - ... none of the intentions for which they were given, it is equally kind and benevolent that a way is provided by which we may get rid of them. Death is that way. We ourselves, in some cases, prudently choose a partial death.
Página 291 - The institutions of policy, the goods of fortune, the gifts of Providence, are handed down to us, and from us in the same course and order. Our political system is placed in a just correspondence and symmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory, parts...
Página 291 - Our political system is placed in a just correspondence and symmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory parts; wherein, by the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race, the whole, at one time, is never old, or middleaged, or young, but in a condition of unchangeable constancy, moves on through the varied tenor of perpetual decay, fall, renovation, and progression.
Página 291 - You will observe, that from magna charta to the declaration of right, it has been the uniform policy of our constitution to claim and assert our liberties, as an entailed inheritance derived to us from our forefathers, and to be transmitted to our posterity ; as an estate specially belonging to the people of this kingdom, without any reference whatever to any other more general or prior right.
Página 291 - ... belonging to the people of this kingdom without any reference whatever to any other more general or prior right. By this means, our Constitution preserves an unity in so great a diversity of its parts. We have an inheritable Crown, an inheritable peerage, and a House of Commons, and a people inheriting privileges, franchises, and liberties from a long line of ancestors.
Página 16 - When they become unfit for these purposes, and afford us pain instead of pleasure, instead of an aid become an incumbrance, and answer none of the intentions for which they were given, it is equally kind and benevolent that a way is provided by which we may get rid of them. Death is that way.
Página 45 - We then hauled off to the grapnel, every one being more or less hurt. At this time, I saw five of the natives about the poor man they had killed, and two of them were beating him about the head with stones in their hands. We had no time to reflect...