The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volumen7J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1796 |
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... thofe affigned to the profeffor of natural philosophy , and to the two fecretaries . Thefe , befides the prizes and prize - medals , were drawn from the fund arifing from prefents or le- gacies . The members had already published their ...
... thofe affigned to the profeffor of natural philosophy , and to the two fecretaries . Thefe , befides the prizes and prize - medals , were drawn from the fund arifing from prefents or le- gacies . The members had already published their ...
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... thofe who had contributed to its restoration and embellishment . The garden was not laid cut on a very ex- tenfive fcale , but arranged in a tafty manner . We fhall here communicate a concife defcription of it , given by a learned ...
... thofe who had contributed to its restoration and embellishment . The garden was not laid cut on a very ex- tenfive fcale , but arranged in a tafty manner . We fhall here communicate a concife defcription of it , given by a learned ...
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... thofe treafures of nature , which will ever shine as an ornament in those edifices , in the fame order as Linnæus had def- cribed them according to his own fyftem . Linnæus chofe the academical re- cefs as the time for arranging the roy ...
... thofe treafures of nature , which will ever shine as an ornament in those edifices , in the fame order as Linnæus had def- cribed them according to his own fyftem . Linnæus chofe the academical re- cefs as the time for arranging the roy ...
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... are de- fcended all thofe fheep who produce the fine wool of Spain . - Truffell , & c . The tale is probably exaggerated , yet yet the English fheep might be of fer- vice in 20 Singular Incidents Biographical Sketches , & c .
... are de- fcended all thofe fheep who produce the fine wool of Spain . - Truffell , & c . The tale is probably exaggerated , yet yet the English fheep might be of fer- vice in 20 Singular Incidents Biographical Sketches , & c .
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... thofe years which have no pleasure in them . This ve- nerable old man and his amiable daughter were the objects of general refpect and esteem . But virtue , which was a tacit reproach to the monsters who then devastated this unfortunate ...
... thofe years which have no pleasure in them . This ve- nerable old man and his amiable daughter were the objects of general refpect and esteem . But virtue , which was a tacit reproach to the monsters who then devastated this unfortunate ...
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