The Edinburgh Observer: Or, Town and Country Magazine, 第 1〜11 号J. Moir, printer, 1817 |
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... stone abutments ; these logs are placed burgh , it is beautiful and interesting . It consists of a platform of wood , supported by chains suspended from pil- lars on each side of the river , at the height of eighteen feet above low ...
... stone abutments ; these logs are placed burgh , it is beautiful and interesting . It consists of a platform of wood , supported by chains suspended from pil- lars on each side of the river , at the height of eighteen feet above low ...
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... stone is recorded , that the person under- neath had left a bursary to the College of Edinburgh , burdened with a feu - duty of one penny for his grave , and the expence of keeping the stone in repair ! Such is the vanity and ...
... stone is recorded , that the person under- neath had left a bursary to the College of Edinburgh , burdened with a feu - duty of one penny for his grave , and the expence of keeping the stone in repair ! Such is the vanity and ...
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... , when he formed the resolution of attempting to swim , with the aid of a splintered fragment which remained of their boat , to an island , in which effort he must inevitably have pe- 13th Sept. 1817. ] Hail Stones . This year has.
... , when he formed the resolution of attempting to swim , with the aid of a splintered fragment which remained of their boat , to an island , in which effort he must inevitably have pe- 13th Sept. 1817. ] Hail Stones . This year has.
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... Stones - At the sitting of the Society of Na- tural History at Halle , July 6 , 1816 , M. Chladni submit- ted to the inspection of the members a collection of stones which had fallen from the atmosphere . Dr Kastner was of opinion that ...
... Stones - At the sitting of the Society of Na- tural History at Halle , July 6 , 1816 , M. Chladni submit- ted to the inspection of the members a collection of stones which had fallen from the atmosphere . Dr Kastner was of opinion that ...
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... Stones . This year has been remarkable , not on- ly for the frequency of hail , but for its excessive size . In some ... stone was observed to have been raised in like manner , and on removing it , to the surprise of many witnesses of ...
... Stones . This year has been remarkable , not on- ly for the frequency of hail , but for its excessive size . In some ... stone was observed to have been raised in like manner , and on removing it , to the surprise of many witnesses of ...
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190 ページ - We were all at the first night of it, in great uncertainty of the event; till we were very much encouraged by overhearing the Duke of Argyle, who sat in the next box to us, say, 'it will do — it must do! — I see it in the eyes of them!
166 ページ - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
121 ページ - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
166 ページ - Come, my Corinna, come; and, coming, mark How each field turns a street, each street a park Made green and trimmed with trees; see how Devotion gives each house a bough Or branch: each porch, each door, ere this, An ark, a tabernacle is, Made up of white-thorn, neatly interwove; As if here were those cooler shades of love.
190 ページ - The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers; her life written, books of letters and verses to her published, and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests. Futhermore, it drove out of England (for that season) the Italian Opera, which had carried all before it for ten years.
121 ページ - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
196 ページ - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
57 ページ - There is an old tale goes, that Herne the hunter, Sometime a keeper here in Windsor forest, Doth all the winter-time, at still midnight, Walk round about an oak, with great ragg'd horns ; And there he blasts the tree, and takes the cattle ; And makes milch-kine yield blood, and shakes a chain In a most hideous and dreadful manner...
144 ページ - ... attended at his lodgings, and followed him with huzzas, as he went to court, or returned from it. As he was a man of humour, he would always thank them for their civilities, when he left them at the door, to go in to the king ; and would let them know exactly at what hour he intended to come out again, and return to his lodgings.
263 ページ - Mr. Osbaldistone, save me ! — save me ! " I was so much moved by this horrid spectacle, that, although in momentary expectation of sharing his fate, I did attempt to speak in his behalf, but, as might have been expected, my interference was sternly disregarded. The victim was held fast by some, while others, binding a large heavy stone in a plaid, tied it round his neck, and otherg again eagerly stripped him of some part of his dress.