The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register, Volume 14R. Phillips, 1802 - British periodicals |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 62
Page 8
... live in affluent cir- cumftances ; and this was an additional caufe of the fcarcity of money at the fair . But what , most of all , impeded the ufual courfe of business was , the new fyftem of tolls and duties in the departments lately ...
... live in affluent cir- cumftances ; and this was an additional caufe of the fcarcity of money at the fair . But what , most of all , impeded the ufual courfe of business was , the new fyftem of tolls and duties in the departments lately ...
Page 9
... lives are certainly preferved , and it is true that a fmaller lofs happens in equal numbers who undergo the imali pox now , than there was formerly ; yet it must be admitted that the general prevalence of inoculation tends to ipread and ...
... lives are certainly preferved , and it is true that a fmaller lofs happens in equal numbers who undergo the imali pox now , than there was formerly ; yet it must be admitted that the general prevalence of inoculation tends to ipread and ...
Page 21
... live ; But varying ftill in this , that Britain's fon Much farther hath the Samian fage out - done , Than does th ' extent of fam'd Britannia's ille The narrow confines of the Samian foil . In fome accounts of Newton's life , the ...
... live ; But varying ftill in this , that Britain's fon Much farther hath the Samian fage out - done , Than does th ' extent of fam'd Britannia's ille The narrow confines of the Samian foil . In fome accounts of Newton's life , the ...
Page 23
... live at the distance of only two miles from the fea , which , nevertheless , they cannot reach without defcending precipices , of which the bare afpect is fufficient to infpire terror . Thofe moun- taineers , however , having acquired ...
... live at the distance of only two miles from the fea , which , nevertheless , they cannot reach without defcending precipices , of which the bare afpect is fufficient to infpire terror . Thofe moun- taineers , however , having acquired ...
Page 45
... live . Any attentive obferver , who has adverted to the progrefs of phyfics , during the eighteenth century , may have remark- ed that each of the three generations compofing this period his fome specific fhades of its own , through ...
... live . Any attentive obferver , who has adverted to the progrefs of phyfics , during the eighteenth century , may have remark- ed that each of the three generations compofing this period his fome specific fhades of its own , through ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
aged alfo appear becauſe cafe caufe compofed confequence confiderable confidered confifts courfe daughter defcription defign defire difcovered engraved eſtabliſhed exift expence fafe faid fame fecond feems feen fenfe fent ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhip fhort fhould fide fince firft fituation fmall fociety fome foon fpirit France freet French ftate ftill ftone fubftance fubject fuccefs fuch fufficient fuperior fuppofed fupport furgeon Furnival's inn Hiftory himſelf houfe houſe inftance inoculated intereft John laft late lefs likewife Liverpool London ment merchant Mifs moft MONTHLY MAG Monthly Magazine moſt muft neceffary neral obferved occafion paffage paffed Pallas Paris perfons philofopher poffible prefent Profeffor propofed publiſhed purpoſe reafon refidence refpect reprefented royal navy Ruffia South Shields thefe themfelves theſe thofe thoſe tion town tranflated treet ufual univerfal uſeful veffel vols Weft Whitehaven whofe wife
Popular passages
Page 491 - Again, I ask whether those supposed originals, or external things, of which our ideas are the pictures or representations, be themselves perceivable or no? If they are, then they are ideas, and we have gained our point : but if you say they are not, I appeal to any one whether it be sense to assert a colour is like something which is invisible; hard or soft, like something which is intangible; and so of the rest.
Page 491 - But say you, though the ideas themselves do not exist without the mind, yet there may be things like them whereof they are copies or resemblances, which things exist without the mind, in an unthinking substance. I answer, an idea can be like nothing but an idea; a colour or figure can be like nothing but another colour or figure.
Page 143 - I beheld the other boat returning, without having done any thing. On this, I deemed it best to unite my forces, with a view of effecting, at least, some part of our enterprise.
Page 488 - I write on I say exists, that is I see and feel it, and if I were out of my study I should say it existed, meaning thereby that if I was in my study I might perceive it, or that some other spirit actually does perceive it. There was an odour, that is, it was smelt; there was a sound, that is, it was heard ; a colour or figure, and it was perceived by sight or touch.
Page 102 - Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year /,» Seafons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the fweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or fight of vernal bloom, or fummer's rofe, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine : But cloud inftead, and ever-during dark 4£ " Surrounds me ! from the chearful ways of men Cut off...
Page 139 - At the commencement of the American war (during the year 1775) I was employed to fit out the little squadron which the Congress had placed under Commodore Hopkins, who was appointed to the command of all the armed vessels appertaining to America; and I hoisted with my hands the American flag on board the Alfred, which was then displayed for the first time.
Page 148 - I not taken advantage of their affright to statitm them at the pumps, where they displayed surprising zeal, appearing actually to forget their captivity; for there was nothing to prevent their going on board the Serapis ; or, it was in their power to put an end to the engagement in an instant, by either killing me, or throwing me into the sea.
Page 435 - The two mirrors were placed at thediltance of about twenty- five yards one from the other, in order to determine whether the time of the propagation of the radiant heat, from one focus to the other, could be appreciated. A heated, but not luminous, ball, was fufpended at one of the foci, before which a fcrecn wa
Page 148 - My ship bad no more than 322 men, good, bad and indifferent, on board, at the commencement of the engagement ; and the sixty of these, posted in the gun-room when the gun burst, having...
Page 235 - Every six houses on each side of the way, which will be twelve houses, are to join together to provide firing for three whole nights and three whole days, to be made in one great fire before the door of the middlemost inhabitant ; and one or more persons to be appointed to keep the fire constantly burning, without suffering the same to be extinguished or go out all the time aforesaid...