The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 14J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1791 - Books and bookselling |
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Page 39
... seem to have furmounted entirely the ave.fion of their ancestors to maritime exertion , and made early and vigorous efforts in order to acquire a fhare in the lucrative commerce with India . All its confiderable ports were fre- quented ...
... seem to have furmounted entirely the ave.fion of their ancestors to maritime exertion , and made early and vigorous efforts in order to acquire a fhare in the lucrative commerce with India . All its confiderable ports were fre- quented ...
Page 55
... seems ftudious to pro- voke . At length the retires from the company full of complaints of its infi- pidity , forgetting , that to one who mixes not in the difcourfe , fenfe will often feem dull , and wit pointlefs ; and that they who ...
... seems ftudious to pro- voke . At length the retires from the company full of complaints of its infi- pidity , forgetting , that to one who mixes not in the difcourfe , fenfe will often feem dull , and wit pointlefs ; and that they who ...
Page 99
... seem in ends of devotion and fpiritual edifica- ' fome degree capable of reflecting on tion . The people are not illiterate . the advantages of government ; and In common with the rest of Scotland , they obey it peaceably , and on prin ...
... seem in ends of devotion and fpiritual edifica- ' fome degree capable of reflecting on tion . The people are not illiterate . the advantages of government ; and In common with the rest of Scotland , they obey it peaceably , and on prin ...
Page 103
... seems to have arifen , not fo much from any diversity in the nature of the commodities which the Indians prepared for fale , as from a variety in the wants , of the nations which de- manded them . PROOFS OF THE EARLY CIVILIZATION OF ...
... seems to have arifen , not fo much from any diversity in the nature of the commodities which the Indians prepared for fale , as from a variety in the wants , of the nations which de- manded them . PROOFS OF THE EARLY CIVILIZATION OF ...
Page 109
... seems obvioully to re- fult is , that the Indian aftronomy is founded upon obfervations which were made at a very early period ; and when we confider the exact agree- ment of the places which they affign to the fun and moon , and other ...
... seems obvioully to re- fult is , that the Indian aftronomy is founded upon obfervations which were made at a very early period ; and when we confider the exact agree- ment of the places which they affign to the fun and moon , and other ...
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