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From similar circumstances with those already mentioned , in respect to the date
of Mr Smellies birth , it has not been possible to discover the name of his mother ,
who died when he was extremely young , as we learn from a letter in his ...
From similar circumstances with those already mentioned , in respect to the date
of Mr Smellies birth , it has not been possible to discover the name of his mother ,
who died when he was extremely young , as we learn from a letter in his ...
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Mr Sands was a respectable bookseller in Edinburgh , who was succeeded in
business by the late Mr Charles Elliot , who was remarkably liberal in his
payments to authors , and who , as will be more particularly mentioned hereafter ,
gave to ...
Mr Sands was a respectable bookseller in Edinburgh , who was succeeded in
business by the late Mr Charles Elliot , who was remarkably liberal in his
payments to authors , and who , as will be more particularly mentioned hereafter ,
gave to ...
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One circumstance on this subject has been frequently mentioned by Mr Smellie
to his friends , — that the original manuscript of the work was prodigiously
redundant ; insomuch that one of the chapters alone , as originally written , and ...
One circumstance on this subject has been frequently mentioned by Mr Smellie
to his friends , — that the original manuscript of the work was prodigiously
redundant ; insomuch that one of the chapters alone , as originally written , and ...
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So fully was he possessed with this notion , that he mentioned it without much
reserve to some of his pupils , some of whom reported it to my father . I have
heard that he mentioned his belief on that point to several other persons : I know
he did ...
So fully was he possessed with this notion , that he mentioned it without much
reserve to some of his pupils , some of whom reported it to my father . I have
heard that he mentioned his belief on that point to several other persons : I know
he did ...
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MR Charles Elliot , mentioned in the foregoing letter as concerned in the
Edinburgh Magazine and Review , was some time ago a very spirited and
successful bookseller in Edinburgh , who acquired a share of the adventure on
the death of Mr ...
MR Charles Elliot , mentioned in the foregoing letter as concerned in the
Edinburgh Magazine and Review , was some time ago a very spirited and
successful bookseller in Edinburgh , who acquired a share of the adventure on
the death of Mr ...
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Página 391 - ... its being actually reversed. If his testimony be confirmed by a few others of the same character, we cannot withhold our assent to the truth of it. Now, though the operations of nature are governed by uniform laws, and though we have not the testimony of our senses in favour of any violation of them ; still, if in particular instances we have the testimony of thousands of our...
Página 385 - I think, the reason is easy to be assigned : for there is a peculiar string in the harmony of human understanding, which, in several individuals, is exactly of the same tuning. This, if you can dexterously screw up to its right key, and then strike gently upon it, whenever you have the good fortune to light among those of the same pitch, they will, by a secret necessary sympathy, strike exactly at the same time.
Página 385 - Now, I would gladly be informed, how it is possible to account for such imaginations as these in particular men, without recourse to my phenomenon of vapours, ascending from the lower faculties to overshadow the brain, and there distilling into conceptions, for which the narrowness of our mother-tongue has not yet assigned any other name besides that of madness or phrenzy.
Página 310 - ... offices of digging for a foundation, of removing rubbish, and carrying materials ; leaving these servile employments to the drudges in science, it plans a design and raises a fabric. Invention supplies materials where they are wanting, and fancy adds colouring and every befitting ornament The work pleases the eye, and wants nothing but solidity and a good foundation. It seems even to vie with the works of nature, till some succeeding architect blows it into ruins, and builds as goodly a fabric...
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Página 384 - Cartes, and others j who, if they were now in the world, tied fast, and separate from their followers, would, in this our undistinguishing age, incur manifest danger of phlebotomy, and whips, and chains, and dark chambers, and straw.
Página 29 - was purposely published for the prize offered by the University of Edinburgh, and obtained it. It is an immaculate edition, unknown to the Bipont editors.
Página 339 - Parliament, was a feeling of some decline in his health, which had rather suffered from the long sittings and late hours with which the political warfare in the last had been attended. Though without any fixed disease, his strength was visibly declining; and though his spirits survived his strength, yet the vigour and activity of his mind were also considerably impaired. Both continued gradually to decline, till his death, which happened on Saturday the 9th July 1785, in the 71st year of his age.
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| Título | Memoirs of the life, writings and correspondence of W. Smellie, Volume 1 Memoirs of the life, writings and correspondence of W. Smellie, Robert Kerr |
| Autor | Robert Kerr |
| Publicado | 1811 |
| Original de | Oxford University |
| Digitalizado | 16 jun. 2006 |
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