Memoirs of the Life, Writings, & Correspondence of William Smellie, Late Printer in Edinburgh, Secretary and Superintendent of Natural History to the Society of Scotish Antiquaries, Volume 1 |
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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 ...
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 ...
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... to a very extensive private practice . It has been already mentioned that there
were formerly two botanical gardens occupied by the professor of botany , one
belonging to the Crown , and attached to the office of G4 WILLIAM SMELLIE .
... to a very extensive private practice . It has been already mentioned that there
were formerly two botanical gardens occupied by the professor of botany , one
belonging to the Crown , and attached to the office of G4 WILLIAM SMELLIE .
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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 produced for
...
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 produced for
...
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As already mentioned , Mr John BALFOUR , whose name was at the head of the
firm , was an eminent bookseller ; and being fully occupied with the care of his
own peculiar business , entrusted the entire management of the printing concern
to ...
As already mentioned , Mr John BALFOUR , whose name was at the head of the
firm , was an eminent bookseller ; and being fully occupied with the care of his
own peculiar business , entrusted the entire management of the printing concern
to ...
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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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Página 359 - There is a tide in the affairs of man, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune : Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Página 460 - But ye are departed out of the way ; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
Página 381 - 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 306 - A creative imagination disdains the mean 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...
Página 381 - 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 354 - such are the wonderful discoveries in science, that I should not be surprised if at some future time we might be able to carry the manure of an acre of land to the field in our coat pocket...
Página 380 - 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.