The Analytical Review, Or History of Literature, Domestic and Foreign, on an Enlarged Plan, Volume 81790 Containing scientific abstracts of important and interesting works, published in English; a general account of such as are of less consequence, with short characters; notices, or reviews of valuable foreign books; criticisms on new pieces of music and works of art; and the literary intelligence of Europe, &c. |
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... translated from the German of 1583 , by Nich . Staphorst , cor- rected by our author , with a felection from Belon , Alpinus , Wheler , & c . Hence it goes by the name of Ray's Collection of Travels ; and was reprinted , with his own ...
... translated from the German of 1583 , by Nich . Staphorst , cor- rected by our author , with a felection from Belon , Alpinus , Wheler , & c . Hence it goes by the name of Ray's Collection of Travels ; and was reprinted , with his own ...
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... translation of Buffon's works , and Goldfmith's hiftory of the earth , & c . are mere nomenclatures , dry materials , very compendious for the fcientific ftudent , but of little ufe to young people , who have feldom fufficient abilities ...
... translation of Buffon's works , and Goldfmith's hiftory of the earth , & c . are mere nomenclatures , dry materials , very compendious for the fcientific ftudent , but of little ufe to young people , who have feldom fufficient abilities ...
Page 159
... TRANSLATED . There , where yon poplars rear their tow'ring fhade , And the ftill waves in gentle motion flow , Within the tomb , by pious friendship laid , Repofe the hallow'd afhes of Rouffeau : But the bright image of his mind will ...
... TRANSLATED . There , where yon poplars rear their tow'ring fhade , And the ftill waves in gentle motion flow , Within the tomb , by pious friendship laid , Repofe the hallow'd afhes of Rouffeau : But the bright image of his mind will ...
Page 195
... translation of the Pharmacopoeia ; three have however already been published , the first by Dr. Healde , the fecond by Dr. Monro at the end of his pharmaceutical Chemistry , and the third is that now before us . Poffibly the prefent ...
... translation of the Pharmacopoeia ; three have however already been published , the first by Dr. Healde , the fecond by Dr. Monro at the end of his pharmaceutical Chemistry , and the third is that now before us . Poffibly the prefent ...
Page 208
... TRANSLATION of the holy fcriptures is what many important difcoveries , and our great improvements in literature , moit loudly call for . ' Of the fecond , third , fourth , fifth and fixth chapters the sub- jects are the Trinity ; the ...
... TRANSLATION of the holy fcriptures is what many important difcoveries , and our great improvements in literature , moit loudly call for . ' Of the fecond , third , fourth , fifth and fixth chapters the sub- jects are the Trinity ; the ...
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Page 196 - For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward ; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him...
Page 386 - I scarce could turn to fall upon the ground, with my head to the northward, when I felt the heat of its current plainly upon my face. We all lay flat on the ground, as if dead, till Idris told us it was blown over. The meteor, or purple haze, which I saw, was indeed passed, but the light air that still blew was of heat to threaten suffocation.
Page 296 - ... it is with infinite caution that any man ought to venture upon pulling down an edifice which has answered in any tolerable degree for ages the common purposes of society, or on building it up again, without having models and patterns of approved utility before his eyes.
Page 55 - ... he makes in chewing it, the more polite he is thought to be. They have, indeed, a proverb that says, 'Beggars and thieves only eat small pieces, or without making a noise.
Page 386 - I saw from the SE a haze come, in colour like the purple part of the rainbow, but not so compressed or thick. It did not occupy twenty yards in breadth and was about twelve feet high from the ground. It was a kind of...
Page 504 - Second and since his decease pretended to be and took upon himself the stile and title of King of England by the name of James the Third or of Scotland by the name of James the Eighth or the stile and title of King of Great Britain hath any right or title whatsoever to the crown of this realm...
Page 265 - I am thy father's spirit ; Doom'd for a certain term to walk the night ; And for the day confined to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away.
Page 76 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; And many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Page 318 - While the funeral is attended by a numerous unconcerned company, who are discoursing to' one another about the news of the day, or the ordinary affairs of life, let our thoughts rather follow to the house of mourning, and represent to themselves what is passing there. 6. There we should see a disconsolate...
Page 52 - I know not; but, at the river side where they were, they had prepared a cataplasm of clay, with which they covered the wound; they then forced the animal to rise, and drove it on before them, to furnish them with a fuller meal when they should meet their companions in the evening.