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... half of souls ; but the popula- tion of the whole province does not exceed four mil- lions and a half . In the back parts of the province , beyond the British dominion , the natives are a fierce and intrepid people . They are armed with ...
... half of souls ; but the popula- tion of the whole province does not exceed four mil- lions and a half . In the back parts of the province , beyond the British dominion , the natives are a fierce and intrepid people . They are armed with ...
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... half an English pint , and a piece of polished marble cut into a perfect circle , two inches and a half in diameter . In another , probably a still more ancient grave , was a short sword with a blade of fish bone ; and stone hatchets ...
... half an English pint , and a piece of polished marble cut into a perfect circle , two inches and a half in diameter . In another , probably a still more ancient grave , was a short sword with a blade of fish bone ; and stone hatchets ...
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... half a century , has employed ten or twelve welled smacks , at an expence of about £ 60 or £ 70 per month , to carry live cod and lobsters to the markets of the metropolis . These fish are caught within a few miles of the coast , yet it ...
... half a century , has employed ten or twelve welled smacks , at an expence of about £ 60 or £ 70 per month , to carry live cod and lobsters to the markets of the metropolis . These fish are caught within a few miles of the coast , yet it ...
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... half of meat in its stomach . Embarrassed with this quanti- ty of food , and detained by its wound and its gluttony , it allowed the traveller and his attendants time to come up with it , and to assail it with the butt end of their ...
... half of meat in its stomach . Embarrassed with this quanti- ty of food , and detained by its wound and its gluttony , it allowed the traveller and his attendants time to come up with it , and to assail it with the butt end of their ...
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... half , is twelve inches in length , and about twenty - five inches in extent of wing . The fe- male weighs about nine ounces , and is twelve inches and a half long . Both are subject to vary in their co- louring . The wings are not so ...
... half , is twelve inches in length , and about twenty - five inches in extent of wing . The fe- male weighs about nine ounces , and is twelve inches and a half long . Both are subject to vary in their co- louring . The wings are not so ...
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Popular passages
Page 259 - ... on which side soever we look, the earth is strewed with vast stones, half buried, with broken entablatures, mutilated friezes, disfigured reliefs, effaced sculptures, violated tombs, and altars defiled by dust.
Page 248 - When we have had continually before us the great works of Art to impregnate our minds with kindred ideas, we are then, and not till then, fit to produce something of the same species. We behold all about us with the eyes of those penetrating observers whose works we contemplate ; and our minds, accustomed to think the thoughts of the noblest and brightest intellects, are prepared for the discovery and selection of all that is great and noble in nature. The greatest natural genius...
Page 314 - ... sole working or making of any manner of new manufactures within this realm to the true and first inventor and inventors of such manufactures, which others at the time of making such letters...
Page 248 - The greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock; he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own will soon be reduced, from mere barrenness, to the poorest of all imitations; he will be obliged to imitate himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated. When we know the subject designed by such men, it will never be difficult to guess what kind of work is to be produced.
Page 184 - ... height as by words: a picture is confined to a single instant of time, and cannot take in a succession of incidents: its impression indeed is the deepest that can be made instantaneously; but seldom is a passion raised to any height in an instant, or by a single impression...
Page 300 - My dear friend Mr Anderson, and likewise Mr Scott, are both dead; but though all the Europeans who are with me should die, and though I were myself half dead, I would still persevere; and if I could not succeed in the object of my journey, I would at last die on the Niger.
Page 298 - I hastened to the brink, and having drunk of the water, lifted up my fervent thanks in prayer to the Great Ruler of all things for having thus far crowned my endeavours...
Page 166 - Mr. Macpherson during some part of his journey in search of the poems of Ossian, through the Highlands. I assisted him in collecting them ; and took down from oral tradition, and transcribed from old manuscripts, by far the greatest part of those pieces he has published. Since the publication, I have carefully compared the translation with the copies of the originals in my hands, and find it amazingly literal, even in such a degree as to preserve, in some measure, the cadence of the Gaelic versification.
Page 255 - I lead : you could do every thing, and cannot afford it. I have had no sleep during the whole night, on account of these reflections ; and am now come solemnly to inform you, that if you persist in your indolence, I must renounce your society...
Page 87 - ... and buffet and strike their enemy till they have driven him from the village, darting down from above on his back, and rising in a perpendicular line in perfect security. This bird...