The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register, Volume 26R. Phillips, 1808 - British periodicals |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 1
... Hill , and from him adopted by Linné , who described the Green and Bohea - teas as two distinct species . Kæmpfer , § how- ever , who embraced this opinion , has certainly depicted and very accurately described this genuine exotic . 264 ...
... Hill , and from him adopted by Linné , who described the Green and Bohea - teas as two distinct species . Kæmpfer , § how- ever , who embraced this opinion , has certainly depicted and very accurately described this genuine exotic . 264 ...
Page 6
... Hill Mr. Haldane , Broomlands . Rev R. Lundie , Minister of Kelso A. Thomson , Minister of Sprous- ton , ( now one of the Minis- ters of Perth ) R. Robertson , Minister of Ednam John Waldie , esq . younger , of Hendersyde } 10 10 10 0 ...
... Hill Mr. Haldane , Broomlands . Rev R. Lundie , Minister of Kelso A. Thomson , Minister of Sprous- ton , ( now one of the Minis- ters of Perth ) R. Robertson , Minister of Ednam John Waldie , esq . younger , of Hendersyde } 10 10 10 0 ...
Page 10
... Hill , moss , & c . 64,000 Wastes , in English acres 71,87 General information Ditto 5 6ths waste 1,694,933 Wastes 25,000 Galloway Report , p . 1 2-3ds waste , in English acres 366,734 General information Wastes 55,000 Lothian County ...
... Hill , moss , & c . 64,000 Wastes , in English acres 71,87 General information Ditto 5 6ths waste 1,694,933 Wastes 25,000 Galloway Report , p . 1 2-3ds waste , in English acres 366,734 General information Wastes 55,000 Lothian County ...
Page 22
... hill ou which the town stood , to scoop out a seinicircalar theatre , whose diameter in the open space or orchestra is 237 Eng Jish feet , and its radius 118 feet . The semicircle for the spectators is divided by five concentric and ...
... hill ou which the town stood , to scoop out a seinicircalar theatre , whose diameter in the open space or orchestra is 237 Eng Jish feet , and its radius 118 feet . The semicircle for the spectators is divided by five concentric and ...
Page 23
... hill , over the river Quelles , which running worth erly , falls into the Ebro . The country consists chiefly of a succession of small Eminentees , covered with heath and other shrubs , but affording pasture for numme and the population ...
... hill , over the river Quelles , which running worth erly , falls into the Ebro . The country consists chiefly of a succession of small Eminentees , covered with heath and other shrubs , but affording pasture for numme and the population ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
appear army British Captain character Charles church colour common considerable Cornwall court daugh death Died ditto draper Duke Earl Ebro Editor Edward eldest daughter eminent enemy England English expence favour fire France freet French friends George Gray's inn Henry hill honour improvement James John Joseph July king labour Lady land lane late Leicestershire Lerida letter Lincoln's inn Liverpool London Lord Married Mary means ment merchant miles Miss MONTHLY MAG Monthly Magazine myriametres nation nature neral observed parish Paulus Manutius persons Portugal present principal racter received rector relict respect Richard river road Robert Royal royal navy says Scotland Sept society Southampton Spain species street tain ther Thomas tion Totnes town treet troops Waste lands whole wife William Your's
Popular passages
Page 100 - With massive arches broad and round, That rose alternate, row and row, On ponderous columns, short and low, Built ere the art was known, By pointed aisle, and shafted stalk, The arcades of an alley'd walk To emulate in stone. On the deep walls, the heathen Dane Had pour'd his impious rage in vain ; And needful was such strength to these, Exposed to the tempestuous seas, Scourged by the winds...
Page 115 - The names and some of the properties which the other author has given to his hags excite smiles. The Weird Sisters are serious things. Their presence cannot coexist with mirth. But, in a lesser degree, the witches of Middleton are fine creations. Their power, too, is, in some measure, over the mind. They raise jars, jealousies, strifes, " like a thick scurf
Page 76 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 115 - Shakspeare have neither child of their own, nor seem to be descended from any parent. They are foul Anomalies, of whom we know not whence they are sprung, nor whether they have beginning or ending. As they are without human passions, so they seem to be without human relations.
Page 114 - But, hapless Edward, thou art fondly* led; They pass* not for thy frowns as late they did, But seek to make a new-elected king; Which fills my mind with strange despairing thoughts, Which thoughts are martyred with endless torments, And in this torment comfort find I none, But that I feel the crown upon my head ; And therefore let me wear it yet awhile.
Page 115 - Those originate deeds of blood, and begin bad impulses to men. From the moment that their eyes first meet with Macbeth's, he is spell-bound. That meeting sways his destiny. He can never break the fascination.
Page 115 - His witches are distinguished from the witches of Middleton by essential differences. These are creatures to whom man or woman, plotting some dire mischief, might resort for occasional consultation.
Page 355 - Realm, shall by Writing, Printing, Teaching, or advised Speaking deny any one of the Persons in the Holy Trinity to be God, or shall assert or maintain there are more Gods than one, or shall deny the Christian Religion to be true, or the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be of Divine Authority...
Page 115 - I'd use them so That heaven's vault should crack. — She's gone for ever ! — I know when one is dead, and when one lives ; She's dead as earth. — Lend me a looking-glass ; If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives.
Page 547 - Lee at about £550 per annum ; in which some allowance is made for this apparatus being made upon a scale adequate to the supply of a still greater quantity of light, than he has occasion to make use of. He is of opinion, that the cost of attendance upon candles would be as much, if not more, than upon the gas apparatus ; so that in forming the comparison, nothing need be stated upon that score, on either side. The economical statement for one year then stands thus : Cost of...