The Edinburgh Monthly Magazine and Review, Հատոր 1D. Schaw and Son., 1810 |
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... produced very fatal effects , and , if not mo- derated and restrained , at least within some tolerable bounds , is likely to produce consequences still more deplorable . I say , re- duced within some tolerable bounds ; because , from ...
... produced very fatal effects , and , if not mo- derated and restrained , at least within some tolerable bounds , is likely to produce consequences still more deplorable . I say , re- duced within some tolerable bounds ; because , from ...
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... produce an ad- ditional fact , qualify an unguarded expression , or ascertain more precisely the application of general principles to a particular branch of the subject ? When a considerable body of new but in- digested materials has ...
... produce an ad- ditional fact , qualify an unguarded expression , or ascertain more precisely the application of general principles to a particular branch of the subject ? When a considerable body of new but in- digested materials has ...
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... produces in common life . These we shall now endeavour to trace ; exhibiting , in the first place , a short view of the education of females , who are , in a more peculiar manner than the other sex , placed under the guidance of fashion ...
... produces in common life . These we shall now endeavour to trace ; exhibiting , in the first place , a short view of the education of females , who are , in a more peculiar manner than the other sex , placed under the guidance of fashion ...
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... produced such a number of poets and fine writers , the state of polite literature , by the confession of their own literary men , is at the lowest ebb . Those who cultivate it , say the second and third classes of the Institute in their ...
... produced such a number of poets and fine writers , the state of polite literature , by the confession of their own literary men , is at the lowest ebb . Those who cultivate it , say the second and third classes of the Institute in their ...
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... , for the most part , adapted to the present times and manners . " This work was printed at London in 1779 ; and produced a profit of Vol . I. nearly nearly 100. Before the close of that year , he 1810 . 25 Life of Dr Geddes .
... , for the most part , adapted to the present times and manners . " This work was printed at London in 1779 ; and produced a profit of Vol . I. nearly nearly 100. Before the close of that year , he 1810 . 25 Life of Dr Geddes .
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Էջ 13 - The illustrious soul that has left amongst us the name of Burns, has often been lowered down to a comparison with me ; but the comparison exists more in circumstances than in essentials. That man stood up with the stamp of superior intellect on his brow ; a visible greatness : and great and patriotic subjects would only have called into action the powers of his mind, which lay inactive while he played calmly and exquisitely the pastoral pipe. " The letters to which I have alluded in my preface to...
Էջ 13 - Burns," has been the watch-word of my friends. I do remember Burns ; but I am not Burns ! neither have I his fire to fan or to quench; nor his passions to control! Where then is my merit if I make a peaceful voyage on a smooth sea and with no mutiny on board?
Էջ 2 - French decrees should have actually taken effect and the commerce of neutral nations have been restored to the condition in which it stood previously to the promulgation of those decrees.
Էջ 2 - An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes...
Էջ 14 - Holland, and of ll£ per cent, in the exchange with Paris, to be explained in some other manner. If the same mode of calculation be applied to the more recent statements of the exchange with the continent, it will perhaps appear, that though the computed exchange is at present against this country, the real exchange is in its favour. From the foregoing reasonings relative to the...
Էջ 83 - And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. 22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth; for it is not fit that he should live.
Էջ 3 - As long as the philologer confines himself to discussions of grammar and of etymology, his labours, while they are peculiarly calculated to gratify the natural and liberal curiosity of men of erudition, may often furnish important data for illustrating the progress of laws, of arts, and of manners ; — for clearing up obscure passages in ancient writers ; — or for tracing the migrations of mankind, in ages of which we have no historical records.
Էջ 8 - An increase in the quantity of the local currency of a particular country, will raise prices in that country exactly in the same manner as an increase in the general supply of precious metals raises prices all over the world.