The Analectic Magazine...: Comprising Original Reviews, Biography, Analytical Abstracts of New Publications, Volume 2Published and sold by Moses Thomas, 1820 |
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... obtained . The treatise of Dr. Paley on this subject , although perhaps as a work of genius superior to any other , and characterised by all those excellences usually discoverable in the productions of that amiable moralist and elegant ...
... obtained . The treatise of Dr. Paley on this subject , although perhaps as a work of genius superior to any other , and characterised by all those excellences usually discoverable in the productions of that amiable moralist and elegant ...
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... obtained of the hills of Dumfrieshire in Scotland ; -objects the sight of which must have administered little comfort to the captive , ill fated Queen . The ancient keep of the castle remains , and a well of great depth is also shown ...
... obtained of the hills of Dumfrieshire in Scotland ; -objects the sight of which must have administered little comfort to the captive , ill fated Queen . The ancient keep of the castle remains , and a well of great depth is also shown ...
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... obtained , arises from the personal observation of those individuals who have mingled with that singular race of men . In the pamphlet under review , Dr. Jarvis has attempted , by collecting and weighing the testimonies of different ...
... obtained , arises from the personal observation of those individuals who have mingled with that singular race of men . In the pamphlet under review , Dr. Jarvis has attempted , by collecting and weighing the testimonies of different ...
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... obtain accurate and distinct information . In the 46th page we are told that in the coun- try round Pittsburgh , on the Ohio , in the district of Green- brier , on the Kenhawa and throughout Kentucky , an ex- amination always leads to ...
... obtain accurate and distinct information . In the 46th page we are told that in the coun- try round Pittsburgh , on the Ohio , in the district of Green- brier , on the Kenhawa and throughout Kentucky , an ex- amination always leads to ...
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... obtain almost all the lime they use . There are some other statements of Mr. Volney , which might be noticed ; such as his assertion that Col. Lewis of Point pleasant , was a re- lation of Gen. Washington ; and his assertion , in page ...
... obtain almost all the lime they use . There are some other statements of Mr. Volney , which might be noticed ; such as his assertion that Col. Lewis of Point pleasant , was a re- lation of Gen. Washington ; and his assertion , in page ...
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Page 154 - tis true, this god did shake : His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried ' Give me some drink, Titinius,
Page 324 - But why should the Americans write books, when a six weeks' passage brings them, in their own tongue, our sense, science and genius, in bales and hogsheads? Prairies, steam-boats, grist-mills, are their natural objects for centuries to come.
Page 154 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Page 412 - While the language free and bold Which the bard of Avon sung, In which our MILTON told How the vault of heaven rung, When Satan, blasted, fell with...
Page 207 - The success of this campaign," he said, " is solely due to this incomparable chief, since I confess that I, serving as second in command, opposed in all circumstances his opinion and proposals." No panegyric can equal this candid avowal. It is alike honourable to the general by whom it was made, and to him whom no obstructions could divert from the accomplishment of his beneficial designs.
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