The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 9J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1797 - Books and bookselling |
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... house is attended with great difficulty , as they ftand higher than the street , and confequently are made with ... houses and the pavement , and in many places are badly covered , and in others not at all : fo that a man must keep a ...
... house is attended with great difficulty , as they ftand higher than the street , and confequently are made with ... houses and the pavement , and in many places are badly covered , and in others not at all : fo that a man must keep a ...
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... house , is likewife one of the finest buildings in Berlin , of a becoming amplitude , and without the abovementioned defects ; but is perhaps too naked of ornament . The front of the roman catholic church is also beautiful , and well ...
... house , is likewife one of the finest buildings in Berlin , of a becoming amplitude , and without the abovementioned defects ; but is perhaps too naked of ornament . The front of the roman catholic church is also beautiful , and well ...
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... Houses of Parliament , have turned out pro- ductive to the parties interested , be- yond all calculation of advantage , even of those who brought forward the bill all animofities having fub- fided , the former contending parties fit ...
... Houses of Parliament , have turned out pro- ductive to the parties interested , be- yond all calculation of advantage , even of those who brought forward the bill all animofities having fub- fided , the former contending parties fit ...
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... house , number 93 , in ftreet in his own capital of Vienna , where his Majefty will , by fending to the fpot , be fure to find him . " It was literally fo as the French minifter of police had stated . The Emperor , Empereor , to his ...
... house , number 93 , in ftreet in his own capital of Vienna , where his Majefty will , by fending to the fpot , be fure to find him . " It was literally fo as the French minifter of police had stated . The Emperor , Empereor , to his ...
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... house and a- partment defcribed ; but he was greatly mortified in this proof of the accuracy of the French police ... houses , are held by the principal dealers ; where hawkers , pedlars , fraudulent horfe- dealers , unlicenfed lottery ...
... house and a- partment defcribed ; but he was greatly mortified in this proof of the accuracy of the French police ... houses , are held by the principal dealers ; where hawkers , pedlars , fraudulent horfe- dealers , unlicenfed lottery ...
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Page 143 - O happy age ! when Hope's unclouded ray Lights their green path, and prompts their simple mirth; Ere yet they feel the thorns that lurking lay To wound the wretched pilgrims of the earth, Making them rue the hour that gave them birth And threw them on a world so full of pain, Where prosperous folly treads on patient worth, And to deaf pride misfortune pleads in vain ! Ah! for their future fate how many fears Oppress my heart and fill mine eyes with tears ! CHARLOTTE SMITH : Happiness of Childhood.
Page 145 - Behind a wide column, half breathless with fear, She crept to conceal herself there : That instant the moon o'er a dark cloud shone clear, And she saw in the moonlight two ruffians appear, And between them a corpse did they bear.
Page 248 - Old and young, high and low, grave and gay, learned or ignorant, all were alike delighted, agitated, transported. I was at that time...
Page 124 - For my own part, I used to think myself in company as much above me, when I was with Mr. Addison and Mr. Pope, as if I had been with all the Princes in Europe.
Page 454 - I walk in spirit, and disport in its beloved gloom. This country I am in, is not very entertaining ; no variety but that of woods, and them we have in abundance ; but where is the living stream ? the airy mountain ? and the hanging rock ? with twenty other things that elegantly please the lover of nature.
Page 145 - O'er the path so well known still proceeded the maid, Where the abbey rose dim on the sight ; Through the gateway she entered, she...
Page 298 - Unbroken by the plough, undelv'd by hand Of patient rustic ; where for lowing herds, And for the music of the bleating flocks, Alone is heard the kangaroo's sad note Deepening in distance. Welcome ye rude climes, The realm of Nature ! for as yet unknown The crimes and comforts of luxurious life, Nature benignly gives to all enough, Denies to all a superfluity. What tho' the garb of infamy I wear, Tho...
Page 397 - Sir, — I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that...
Page 283 - I at first took this to be a regulation of the police ; but, on further inquiry, find it is a religious rite preparatory to the Sabbath ; and is, I believe, the only religious rite, in which the numerous sectaries of this city perfectly agree. The ceremony begins about sunset, and continues till about ten or eleven at night. It is very difficult for a stranger to walk the streets...
Page 145 - I'll warrant she'd fancy a ghost by her side, And faint if she saw a white cow.