The Scots Magazine, Or, General Repository of Literature, History, and Politics, Том 58Alex Chapman and, 1796 |
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... Nature and Caules of the Wealth of Nations , was the fon of Adam Smith , comptroller of the customs at Kirkaldy , and of Mar- garet Douglas , daughter of Mr Dou- glas of Strathenry . He was born at Kirkaldy on the 5th of June 1723 . An ...
... Nature and Caules of the Wealth of Nations , was the fon of Adam Smith , comptroller of the customs at Kirkaldy , and of Mar- garet Douglas , daughter of Mr Dou- glas of Strathenry . He was born at Kirkaldy on the 5th of June 1723 . An ...
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... nature feems to have deftined him , and in which alone he could have hoped to accomplish thofe literary pro- jects which had flattered the ambition of his youthful genius . The alteration , however , which from this period took place in ...
... nature feems to have deftined him , and in which alone he could have hoped to accomplish thofe literary pro- jects which had flattered the ambition of his youthful genius . The alteration , however , which from this period took place in ...
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... nature had fo lavifhly endowed her , " he made no fcruple of fecuring as many hearts as the could allure ; although her attrac , tions were upon the wane , and her hand the property of a deferving huf band . Miranda , her daughter in ...
... nature had fo lavifhly endowed her , " he made no fcruple of fecuring as many hearts as the could allure ; although her attrac , tions were upon the wane , and her hand the property of a deferving huf band . Miranda , her daughter in ...
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... nature of the two languages would per- mit , without confidering what opinions , or fyftems , it might favour . We appre- hend , that few perfons , who fhall per- ufe this work with competent judgment , and with a due refpect for the ...
... nature of the two languages would per- mit , without confidering what opinions , or fyftems , it might favour . We appre- hend , that few perfons , who fhall per- ufe this work with competent judgment , and with a due refpect for the ...
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... nature inclined him much more to blind partiality , than to ill - founded prejudice . The enlarged views of human affairs , on which his mind habitually dwelt , left him neither time nor inclination to ftudy , in detail , the ...
... nature inclined him much more to blind partiality , than to ill - founded prejudice . The enlarged views of human affairs , on which his mind habitually dwelt , left him neither time nor inclination to ftudy , in detail , the ...
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Сторінка 514 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Сторінка 532 - The shrieks and groans of the poor expiring wretches were truly dreadful; and my horror was much increased at seeing a young girl, seemingly about eighteen years of age, killed so near me, that when the first spear was stuck into her side she fell...
Сторінка 66 - The opinions he formed of men, upon a slight acquaintance, were frequently erroneous ; but the tendency of his nature inclined him much more to blind partiality, than to ill-founded prejudice. The enlarged views of human affairs, on which his mind habitually dwelt, left him neither time nor inclination to...
Сторінка 513 - ... sixteenth chapters have been reduced, by three successive revisals, from a large volume to their present size ; and they might still be compressed without any loss of facts or sentiments. An opposite fault may be imputed to the concise and superficial narrative of the first reigns from Commodus to Alexander ; a fault of which I have never heard, except from Mr. Hume in his last journey to London. Such an oracle might have been consulted and obeyed with rational devotion ; but I was soon disgusted...
Сторінка 533 - ... and gone home. About this time my brother, Squire Boon, with another adventurer, who came to explore the country shortly after us, was wandering through the forest, determined to find me, if possible, and accidentally found our camp.
Сторінка 453 - I found her learned without pedantry, lively in conversation, pure in sentiment, and elegant in manners; and the first sudden emotion was fortified by the habits and knowledge of a more familiar acquaintance.
Сторінка 452 - I need not blush at recollecting the object of my choice ; and though my love was disappointed of success, I am rather proud that I was once capable of feeling such a pure and exalted sentiment.
Сторінка 512 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins, of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter', that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Сторінка 436 - How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labors, and whose talk is of bullocks?