The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of The Scots magazine, Volumes 15-181825 |
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Page 28
... body , in the course of ages , must acquire a surface every where at right - angles to the direction of gravity , and consequently more or less approximating to a spheroid of equilibrium . The natural history of the earth gives ...
... body , in the course of ages , must acquire a surface every where at right - angles to the direction of gravity , and consequently more or less approximating to a spheroid of equilibrium . The natural history of the earth gives ...
Page 48
... body's last gasp ! Oh , think that each pulse which thy bosom beats free , Time , Death , and the Spirits , brings nearer to thee ! The Stranger evanish'd , and left me alone , Beneath the great load of life's sorrows to groan ; When ...
... body's last gasp ! Oh , think that each pulse which thy bosom beats free , Time , Death , and the Spirits , brings nearer to thee ! The Stranger evanish'd , and left me alone , Beneath the great load of life's sorrows to groan ; When ...
Page 62
... body ; and bombastic lan- guage is so much akin to an affected manner , that both may be accounted for in the same way , and reproached in the same terms . It is needless to remark , that both , or either of these faults , especially ...
... body ; and bombastic lan- guage is so much akin to an affected manner , that both may be accounted for in the same way , and reproached in the same terms . It is needless to remark , that both , or either of these faults , especially ...
Page 72
... body who knew her liked her , every body , I mean , who was not of her own sex , for , to their shame be it spoken , there was not a woman between the years of fifteen and fifty who did not look upon her with jealousy and envy . I had ...
... body who knew her liked her , every body , I mean , who was not of her own sex , for , to their shame be it spoken , there was not a woman between the years of fifteen and fifty who did not look upon her with jealousy and envy . I had ...
Page 73
... body was expected to favour them , either with some piece of literary information , or some little scrap , in prose or verse , of his own . " But this is a condi- tion , " added my friend , " with which you will find no difficulty in ...
... body was expected to favour them , either with some piece of literary information , or some little scrap , in prose or verse , of his own . " But this is a condi- tion , " added my friend , " with which you will find no difficulty in ...
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