The Scots Magazine, Or, General Repository of Literature, History, and Politics, Հատոր 65Alex Chapman and, 1803 |
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... respect to his life , and the pro- grefs of his ftudies ; but , unfortunately , before he had fairly entered on the fub- ject , his defign was interrupted by his laft illness . If he had lived to com . plete it , I might have ...
... respect to his life , and the pro- grefs of his ftudies ; but , unfortunately , before he had fairly entered on the fub- ject , his defign was interrupted by his laft illness . If he had lived to com . plete it , I might have ...
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... respect able clergyman who now holds that living ) , increased greatly after his mar- riage , in 1940 , with Elizabeth , daugh- ter of his uncle , Dr George Reid , pby- fician in London . The accommoda- ting manners of this excellent ...
... respect able clergyman who now holds that living ) , increased greatly after his mar- riage , in 1940 , with Elizabeth , daugh- ter of his uncle , Dr George Reid , pby- fician in London . The accommoda- ting manners of this excellent ...
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... respect to the ad- jacent colonifts , is the cause of the prefent war between the government and them . There exists , however , no war between them and Geika ; who correfponds daily with them , and re- ceives their deputies in a ...
... respect to the ad- jacent colonifts , is the cause of the prefent war between the government and them . There exists , however , no war between them and Geika ; who correfponds daily with them , and re- ceives their deputies in a ...
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... respect , and , like the French , eat of every thing that comes before them : and although -the different dishes do not feem to har- monize together , yet fuch is the force of habit , that the guests apparently find no inconvenience ...
... respect , and , like the French , eat of every thing that comes before them : and although -the different dishes do not feem to har- monize together , yet fuch is the force of habit , that the guests apparently find no inconvenience ...
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... respecting the merit of the metal- lic tractors may now perhaps be con- fidered as decided in their favour . WE hear that a life of the late Dr James Hutton , by Profeffor Playfair , will foon be given to the public . Profeffor John ...
... respecting the merit of the metal- lic tractors may now perhaps be con- fidered as decided in their favour . WE hear that a life of the late Dr James Hutton , by Profeffor Playfair , will foon be given to the public . Profeffor John ...
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Էջ 27 - To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.
Էջ 156 - He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the waterfalls of Elysian gardens.
Էջ 39 - New-Machar, the greater part of his time was spent in the most intense study, more particularly in a careful examination of the laws of external Perception, and of the other principles which form the groundwork of human knowledge.
Էջ 40 - What evidence have I for this doctrine, that all the objects of my knowledge are ideas in my own mind ? From that time to the present I have been candidly and impartially, as I think, seeking for the evidence of this principle, but can find none, excepting the authority of philosophers.
Էջ 313 - Many, when they have boiled their rice, put water into the tatche in which the rice was boiled, to •which some grains always adhere ; the water loosens them, and is browned by the rice : that water they drink instead of tea.
Էջ 381 - ... eagerness and avidity with which they run to them when arrived, in hopes of a rich cargo ; the vast numbers of jewellers, brokers, merchants, of all colours and all descriptions, both natives and foreigners who are occupied in some way or other with the pearls, some separating and assorting them, others weighing and ascertaining their number and value, while others are hawking them about, or drilling and boring them for future use ; — all these circumstances tend to impress the mind with the...
Էջ 191 - ... greatest importance. Both of them, however, were the friends of virtue and of mankind ; and both were able to temper the warmth of free discussion, with the forbearance and good humour founded on reciprocal esteem. No two men...
Էջ 235 - ... always go with inclination to the turn of the company he is going into, or not pretend to be of the party. It is certainly a very happy temper to be able to live with all kinds of...
Էջ 188 - As they were occasioned, therefore," he adds, " by the infirmities of age, they will, I hope be heard with the greater indulgence." Among the various occupations with which he thus enlivened his retirement, the mathematical pursuits of his earlier years held a distinguished place. He delighted to converse about them with his friends ; and often exercised his skill in the investigation of particular problems. His knowledge of ancient geometry had not probably been, at any time, very...
Էջ 256 - ... skill and judgment he put in his answers. He advanced nothing unbecoming a good man ; and if his real sentiments agreed with his professions, he was so far from deserving to die, that his principles did not even give just ground for the slightest offence. He denied the whole impeachment, as a fiction...