The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer, Volume 18James Anderson Mundell and Son, 1722 - Scotland |
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... need of , and obtained the warmest pa- tronage of Aikman ; who perhaps considered it as one of the most fortunate occurrences in his life that he had it in his power to introduce this young 1793 . 3 Scottish artists - W . Aikman .
... need of , and obtained the warmest pa- tronage of Aikman ; who perhaps considered it as one of the most fortunate occurrences in his life that he had it in his power to introduce this young 1793 . 3 Scottish artists - W . Aikman .
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... considered all , he was * The penetrating mind of Peter let nothing escape his notice ; and the slightest incidents suggested to him a train of the most impor- tant ideas . Perfectly unacquainted as he was in his infancy with maritime ...
... considered all , he was * The penetrating mind of Peter let nothing escape his notice ; and the slightest incidents suggested to him a train of the most impor- tant ideas . Perfectly unacquainted as he was in his infancy with maritime ...
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James Anderson. on their top , now under them , now around them , considered the sufficiency of every part , the strength of the machines , the exactnefs of all the preventa- tives ; and when he corrected detected insufficiencies by his ...
James Anderson. on their top , now under them , now around them , considered the sufficiency of every part , the strength of the machines , the exactnefs of all the preventa- tives ; and when he corrected detected insufficiencies by his ...
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... the Christian dispensation , was considered as a moral duty rather than a civil obliga tion , and acts of charity and benificence were recommended 1793 . 19 en poor laws . On the mode of providing the poor in Scotland and England,
... the Christian dispensation , was considered as a moral duty rather than a civil obliga tion , and acts of charity and benificence were recommended 1793 . 19 en poor laws . On the mode of providing the poor in Scotland and England,
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... considered as a merito- rious thing in Scotland , while it fell into total dis- repute in England , there did not exist the same im- perious call for a compulsory poor law in the first as in the last . And though the clamours from dis ...
... considered as a merito- rious thing in Scotland , while it fell into total dis- repute in England , there did not exist the same im- perious call for a compulsory poor law in the first as in the last . And though the clamours from dis ...
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Page 330 - ... the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained ; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Page 185 - Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme: How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed; How He Who bore in Heaven the second name Had not on earth whereon to lay His head; How...
Page 186 - Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! And oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle. O Thou! who pour'd the patriotic tide That stream'd thro...
Page 184 - The priest-like father reads the sacred page, How Abram was the friend of God on high; Or, Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious progeny; Or how the royal bard did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of heaven's avenging ire; Or, Job's pathetic plaint, and wailing cry; Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre.
Page 184 - Is there, in human form, that bears a heart — A wretch ! a villain ! lost to love and truth ! That can, with studied, sly, ensnaring art, Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth...
Page 185 - And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide; But, chiefly, in their hearts with Grace Divine preside.
Page 112 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Page 184 - Scotia's food : The soupe their only hawkie does afford, That 'yont the hallan snugly chows her cood ; The dame brings forth in complimental mood, To grace the lad, her weel-hain'd kebbuck, fell ; An' aft he's prest, an' aft he ca's it guid ; The frugal wifie, garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i
Page 112 - She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Page 183 - Jenny sees the visit's no ill ta'en ; The father cracks of horses, pleughs, and kye. The youngster's artless heart o'erflows wi...