The Mirror: A Periodical Paper, Pub. at Edinburgh in the Years 1779 and 1780, Volume 3W. Creech, Edinburgh, and W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, London, 1781 |
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... thors of news - papers to write intelligibly , I muft fay fomething on that fubject , left my fi- lence fhould be conftrued into an acknow- ledgement ledgement of my little credit with thofe gen- tlemen . THE MIRROR . N ° 75 .
... thors of news - papers to write intelligibly , I muft fay fomething on that fubject , left my fi- lence fhould be conftrued into an acknow- ledgement ledgement of my little credit with thofe gen- tlemen . THE MIRROR . N ° 75 .
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... fubject of pneumatics . " Air and Smoke , " fays he , " are " two elaftic fluids , capable of being condenfed " and expanded . Heat , or the fire in the grate , expands the air . Being expanded , " it becomes lighter . And , as it is in ...
... fubject of pneumatics . " Air and Smoke , " fays he , " are " two elaftic fluids , capable of being condenfed " and expanded . Heat , or the fire in the grate , expands the air . Being expanded , " it becomes lighter . And , as it is in ...
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... fubject requires elevation . On the other hand , where fhall we find more truly characteristic fimpli- city than in the following notice from a gen- tleman - tailor ? " Wanted , by a single gentle- " man - tailor , a fervant - maid , to ...
... fubject requires elevation . On the other hand , where fhall we find more truly characteristic fimpli- city than in the following notice from a gen- tleman - tailor ? " Wanted , by a single gentle- " man - tailor , a fervant - maid , to ...
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... fubject of difcourfe among our visitors : and that some- times , when there were little quarrels in the : narfery , Billy's maid would . tell mine , that Mifs muft wait till her betters were ferved . A fuperiority to which I was fo ...
... fubject of difcourfe among our visitors : and that some- times , when there were little quarrels in the : narfery , Billy's maid would . tell mine , that Mifs muft wait till her betters were ferved . A fuperiority to which I was fo ...
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... fubject to little diforders than I ; and at laft , after comple- ting his feventh year , was feized with a fever , which , in a few days , put an end to his life , and transferred to me the inheritance of my ancestors . After the first ...
... fubject to little diforders than I ; and at laft , after comple- ting his feventh year , was feized with a fever , which , in a few days , put an end to his life , and transferred to me the inheritance of my ancestors . After the first ...
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Page 75 - ... and its constitution is involved in that of England. At the time the two nations came to be so intimately connected, its great men were less affluent than those of England, its agriculture was little advanced, and its manufactures were in their infancy. A Scotsman was, therefore, in this situation, obliged to exert every nerve, that he might be able to hold his place. If preferment, or offices in public life, were his...
Page 324 - ... of the valley ; his daughter's lute was much beyond it ; Sir Edward's violin was finer than either. But his conversation with Louisa — it was that of a superior order of beings!
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Page 332 - Edward's whole tenderness and attention were called forth to mitigate her grief; and, after its first transports had subsided, he carried her to London, in hopes that objects new to her, and commonly attractive to all, might contribute to remove it. With a man possessed of feelings like Sir Edward's, the affliction of Louisa gave a certain respect to his attentions.