The Analectic Magazine...: Comprising Original Reviews, Biography, Analytical Abstracts of New Publications, Volume 2Published and sold by Moses Thomas, 1820 |
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... taken place , at the same time , that it uprooted the very foundation of the an- cient monarchy of that nation , and threw the state into con- fusion and wild misrule as well as deluged it with blood , did not confine its effects to the ...
... taken place , at the same time , that it uprooted the very foundation of the an- cient monarchy of that nation , and threw the state into con- fusion and wild misrule as well as deluged it with blood , did not confine its effects to the ...
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... especially as several of them have been transcribed into popular works ; and thus , if some means are not taken to prevent it , they will be extensively 6 disseminated and long perpetuated . Those errors , it 40 Volney's View , & c .
... especially as several of them have been transcribed into popular works ; and thus , if some means are not taken to prevent it , they will be extensively 6 disseminated and long perpetuated . Those errors , it 40 Volney's View , & c .
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... taken the names of those mountains . The name of the first is the Brushy ridge , being a projection or elongation of Muddy - Creek mountain . The name of the second is the Meadow mountain . At the time Volney passed through that country ...
... taken the names of those mountains . The name of the first is the Brushy ridge , being a projection or elongation of Muddy - Creek mountain . The name of the second is the Meadow mountain . At the time Volney passed through that country ...
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... taken until last year , for the completion of a Capitol , although the two wings had for a long while been built for the offices of the secretary of the commonwealth , the treasurer , auditor general , and survey- or general . These ...
... taken until last year , for the completion of a Capitol , although the two wings had for a long while been built for the offices of the secretary of the commonwealth , the treasurer , auditor general , and survey- or general . These ...
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... taken of the affair at her death ; but , at any rate , her long hair was folded so carefully over the wound , and bound with a snood so close to her head , that without a minute investi- gation , the fracture could not have been ...
... taken of the affair at her death ; but , at any rate , her long hair was folded so carefully over the wound , and bound with a snood so close to her head , that without a minute investi- gation , the fracture could not have been ...
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Page 38 - And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, "As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Page 210 - As for your poor unfortunate faithful Morley, she could not bear it ; for if ever you should forsake me, I would have nothing more to do with the world, but make another abdication ; for what is a crown when the support of it is gone. I never will forsake your dear self, Mr.
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.
Page 202 - I have lost," he emphatically added, " my wonted skill in physiognomy, if any subject of your majesty can ever attain such a height of military glory, as that to which this combination of sublime perfections must raise him.
Page 117 - The ripening grape shall hang on every thorn," seems to have hinted at this art, which can turn a plantation of northern hedges into a vineyard. These adepts are known among one another by the name of wine-brewers, and I am afraid do great injury, not only to her Majesty's customs, but to the bodies of many of her good subjects.
Page 117 - There is, in this city, a certain fraternity of chemical operators, who work under ground in holes, caverns, and dark retirements, to conceal their mysteries from the eyes and observation of mankind. These subterraneous philosophers are daily employed in the transmutation of liquors, and, by the power of magical drugs and incantations, raising under the streets of London the choicest products of the hills and valleys of France. They can squeeze Bordeaux out of the sloe, and draw Champagne from an...