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... fame name , which has , for many generations , poffeffed the eftate of Struan , in Perthshire . " He was born in 1721 , at Borth- wick ( in the county of Mid - Lothian ) , where his father was then Minifter ; and received the first ...
... fame name , which has , for many generations , poffeffed the eftate of Struan , in Perthshire . " He was born in 1721 , at Borth- wick ( in the county of Mid - Lothian ) , where his father was then Minifter ; and received the first ...
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... fame , but to his future comfort , it is not furprifing that he fhould have felt , in a more than common degree that anxiety and diffidence to natural to an author in delivering to the world his firft ' performance . The time ' ( he ob ...
... fame , but to his future comfort , it is not furprifing that he fhould have felt , in a more than common degree that anxiety and diffidence to natural to an author in delivering to the world his firft ' performance . The time ' ( he ob ...
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... fame by darting towards the clouds lances headed with pieces of harp - pointed iron . These cuftoms are fo many circumftances which conducted to the difcovery of electricity , a phenomenon known to the Greeks and Romans , by certain ...
... fame by darting towards the clouds lances headed with pieces of harp - pointed iron . These cuftoms are fo many circumftances which conducted to the difcovery of electricity , a phenomenon known to the Greeks and Romans , by certain ...
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... fame phenome non . I have feen , " fays he , " a light under this form upon the pikes of the foldiers who were on duty on the ramparts . " Cæfar , in his Commentaries , relates , that during the war in Africa , after a dreadful form ...
... fame phenome non . I have feen , " fays he , " a light under this form upon the pikes of the foldiers who were on duty on the ramparts . " Cæfar , in his Commentaries , relates , that during the war in Africa , after a dreadful form ...
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... fame effects ; and the force of the electricity foon increasing , the fenfation produced by it became every moment more perceptible , it was even accompanied with a kind of hiffing . Mr. Jallabert , who had a gold band to his hat ...
... fame effects ; and the force of the electricity foon increasing , the fenfation produced by it became every moment more perceptible , it was even accompanied with a kind of hiffing . Mr. Jallabert , who had a gold band to his hat ...
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Page 250 - God will one time or another make a difference between the good and the evil ; but there is little or no difference made in this world. Therefore there must be another world wherein this difference shall be made.
Page 379 - Butler-abo, or other words like, or otherwise contrary to the king's laws, his crown, and dignity, and peace; but to call only on St. George, or the name of his sovereign lord the king of England for the time being.
Page 163 - Toulouse, where they fixed their residence for eighteen months, and where, in addition to the pleasure of an agreeable society, Mr. Smith had an opportunity of correcting and extending his information concerning the internal policy of France, by the intimacy in which he lived with some of the principal persons of the Parliament. From Toulouse they went, by a pretty extensive tour, through the south of France to Geneva.
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Page 154 - I understanding that language, learnt that there was a village about three miles distant, called Belmont. This Indian went to the village, and gave information that the French had landed, and in about two hours the governor of the village, a clergyman, with several armed men, took Conway and Parr prisoners, tying...
Page 256 - Attorney-General, he was by no means what is called a prerogative lawyer. He loved the Constitution, and maintained the just prerogative of the Crown, but without stretching it to the oppression of the people. He was naturally humane, moderate, and decent ; and when, by his former employments he was obliged to prosecute...