The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volumen7J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1796 |
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... honours and refpect , as the reward of his long and noble ex- ertions . But how foon did he expe rience the truth of the adage , which tells us that a prophet is no where lefs valued than in his own country ! The winter of 1738 nipt the ...
... honours and refpect , as the reward of his long and noble ex- ertions . But how foon did he expe rience the truth of the adage , which tells us that a prophet is no where lefs valued than in his own country ! The winter of 1738 nipt the ...
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... honour of being elec- ted prefident . None could have been worthier of that distinction than him- felf ; none of the members had fo well deferved of any one feience , and gained fuch early celebrity as he . The fixed period for the ...
... honour of being elec- ted prefident . None could have been worthier of that distinction than him- felf ; none of the members had fo well deferved of any one feience , and gained fuch early celebrity as he . The fixed period for the ...
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... honours to be bestowed on feveral of his learned friends in Swe- den : Haller , Juffieu , Sauvages , Gef- ner , Gmelin , Clayton , Collinfon , and Van Swieten were received members of the Royal Academy at Stockholm , an honour which had ...
... honours to be bestowed on feveral of his learned friends in Swe- den : Haller , Juffieu , Sauvages , Gef- ner , Gmelin , Clayton , Collinfon , and Van Swieten were received members of the Royal Academy at Stockholm , an honour which had ...
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... honour of the author , Count Teffin himself pre- fixed a preface to the work , dedica- ted it to Linnæus , and caufed a cop- per - plate to be put in front of it , re- prefenting the medal which he had ordered to be ftruck in honour of ...
... honour of the author , Count Teffin himself pre- fixed a preface to the work , dedica- ted it to Linnæus , and caufed a cop- per - plate to be put in front of it , re- prefenting the medal which he had ordered to be ftruck in honour of ...
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... honour in being trufted , in con- cert with Mr R. Whetchill , to form a treaty of commerce , & c . between Edward IV . and the duke of Burgun- dy , whofe wife , the lady Margaret of York , was Caxton's patronefs . He was alfo befriended ...
... honour in being trufted , in con- cert with Mr R. Whetchill , to form a treaty of commerce , & c . between Edward IV . and the duke of Burgun- dy , whofe wife , the lady Margaret of York , was Caxton's patronefs . He was alfo befriended ...
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