The Analectic Magazine ...: Comprising Original Reviews, Biography, Analytical Abstracts of New Publications, Translations from French Journals, and Selections from the Most Esteemed British Reviews : V. 1-14, 1813-19 : New Ser., V. 1-2, 1820, Volume 11M. Thomas, 1818 |
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Page 19
... action . " A combination of labour in numbers for the benefit of one in- dividual is not confined to the new comer only , it occurs fre- quently among the old settlers , with whom it is a continued bond of amity and social intercourse ...
... action . " A combination of labour in numbers for the benefit of one in- dividual is not confined to the new comer only , it occurs fre- quently among the old settlers , with whom it is a continued bond of amity and social intercourse ...
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... action and the virtue of the animal magnetism are capable of being communicated from one body to another , animated or inanimate ; they exert themselves to considerable distances , and without the least assistance from any intermediate ...
... action and the virtue of the animal magnetism are capable of being communicated from one body to another , animated or inanimate ; they exert themselves to considerable distances , and without the least assistance from any intermediate ...
Page 44
... action of the light and air perish every year after they have seeded ; but the root survives in the ground , new stems are thrown up in the following spring , and blossom and seed is again produced . In the generality of woody plants ...
... action of the light and air perish every year after they have seeded ; but the root survives in the ground , new stems are thrown up in the following spring , and blossom and seed is again produced . In the generality of woody plants ...
Page 47
... , no longer as formerly by the absorbing power of its organs , but by the hygrometrical property it derives from its porous conformation , 1 and the chymical action of the elements which compose Of the Death of Plants . 47.
... , no longer as formerly by the absorbing power of its organs , but by the hygrometrical property it derives from its porous conformation , 1 and the chymical action of the elements which compose Of the Death of Plants . 47.
Page 48
... action of the elements which compose it ; the oxygen of the atmosphere consumes a part of its substance ; some water is generated , carbonic acid gas is disengaged ; and the rest is resolved into vegetable mould ( humus ) , a fat brown ...
... action of the elements which compose it ; the oxygen of the atmosphere consumes a part of its substance ; some water is generated , carbonic acid gas is disengaged ; and the rest is resolved into vegetable mould ( humus ) , a fat brown ...
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Page 67 - And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord : peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
Page 446 - I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver; and he finished so admirably that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all.
Page 459 - I seldom attended any public worship, I had still an opinion of its propriety, and of its utility when rightly conducted, and I regularly paid my annual subscription for the support of the only Presbyterian minister or meeting we had in Philadelphia.
Page 445 - For instance, my breakfast was a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a twopenny earthen porringer with a pewter spoon.
Page 445 - But mark how luxury will enter families, and make a progress, in spite of principle : being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a China bowl, with a spoon of silver!
Page 349 - Hamlet is a name: his speeches and sayings but the idle coinage of the poet's brain. What then, are they not real? They are as real as our own thoughts. Their reality is in the reader's mind. It is we who are Hamlet.
Page 445 - I am still of opinion that it was a practicable scheme, and might have been very useful, by forming a great number of good citizens; and I was not discouraged by the seeming magnitude of the undertaking, as I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind, if he first forms a good plan, and, cutting off all amusements or other employments that would divert his attention, makes the execution of that same plan his sole study...
Page 421 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 447 - His delivery of the latter was so improved by frequent repetition, that every accent, every emphasis, every modulation of voice, was so perfectly well turned and well placed, that, without being interested in the subject, one could not help being pleased with the discourse; a pleasure of much the same kind with that received from an excellent piece of music.