The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 14J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1791 - Books and bookselling |
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Page 32
... idea of their demands as complete as poffible , I fhall in the first place make fome ob- fervations on the three great articles of general importation from India.- 1. Spices and aromatics . 2. Precious ftones and pearls . 3. Silk . And ...
... idea of their demands as complete as poffible , I fhall in the first place make fome ob- fervations on the three great articles of general importation from India.- 1. Spices and aromatics . 2. Precious ftones and pearls . 3. Silk . And ...
Page 33
... ideas accounted it ) of wearing this effemi- nate garb . Two circumftances con- cerning the traffic of filk among the Romans merit cbfervation . Contrary to what ufually takes place in the o- perations of trade , the more general ufe of ...
... ideas accounted it ) of wearing this effemi- nate garb . Two circumftances con- cerning the traffic of filk among the Romans merit cbfervation . Contrary to what ufually takes place in the o- perations of trade , the more general ufe of ...
Page 34
... idea of the manner in which it was formed . It was in confequence of an event that happened in the fixth century of the Christian æra , of which I fhall hereafter take notice , that the real nature of filk became known in Europe . The ...
... idea of the manner in which it was formed . It was in confequence of an event that happened in the fixth century of the Christian æra , of which I fhall hereafter take notice , that the real nature of filk became known in Europe . The ...
Page 35
... idea either of the one or of the other . Some of thefe maps are mentioned by Herodotus , and other early Greek writers . But no maps prior to those which were form- ed , in order to illuftrate the geogra- phy of Ptolemy , have reached ...
... idea either of the one or of the other . Some of thefe maps are mentioned by Herodotus , and other early Greek writers . But no maps prior to those which were form- ed , in order to illuftrate the geogra- phy of Ptolemy , have reached ...
Page 43
... idea , afford a ready jargon for vulgar prejudice , flat- tering to national vanity , and fanctioned by a diftinguished name . It is necef- fary to enquire with more precifion in what manner France could have affi- milated the remains ...
... idea , afford a ready jargon for vulgar prejudice , flat- tering to national vanity , and fanctioned by a diftinguished name . It is necef- fary to enquire with more precifion in what manner France could have affi- milated the remains ...
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