Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 17Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... Scotland ; but to a higher place it has surely no claim . I. HOME , thou return'st from Thames , whose Naiads long Have seen thee ling'ring with a fond delay , Mid those soft friends , whose heart some future day , Shali melt , perhaps ...
... Scotland ; but to a higher place it has surely no claim . I. HOME , thou return'st from Thames , whose Naiads long Have seen thee ling'ring with a fond delay , Mid those soft friends , whose heart some future day , Shali melt , perhaps ...
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... Scotland . Your lowly glens * , o'erhung with spreading broom ; * valleys . Or o'er your stretching heaths , by fancy led , Or o'er your mountains creep , in awful gloom ! ( ò ) Then will I dress once more the faded bow'r , $ !! † the ...
... Scotland . Your lowly glens * , o'erhung with spreading broom ; * valleys . Or o'er your stretching heaths , by fancy led , Or o'er your mountains creep , in awful gloom ! ( ò ) Then will I dress once more the faded bow'r , $ !! † the ...
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... Scotland , and Ireland , and all their dependencies , there was then about 60,000 ton of shipping , worth about 4,500,000l . in money . The sea line round England , Scotland , and Ireland , and the adjacent isles , is about 3800 ...
... Scotland , and Ireland , and all their dependencies , there was then about 60,000 ton of shipping , worth about 4,500,000l . in money . The sea line round England , Scotland , and Ireland , and the adjacent isles , is about 3800 ...
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... Scotland , containing 1,500,000 people , and 17,728,000 acres of land , of which there are 11,000,000 good acres , allowing five for each person , he supposes there may be provision for 2,200,000 people , or for 700,000 more than there ...
... Scotland , containing 1,500,000 people , and 17,728,000 acres of land , of which there are 11,000,000 good acres , allowing five for each person , he supposes there may be provision for 2,200,000 people , or for 700,000 more than there ...
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... Scotland had the honour of produ- eing a system , which has obtained the general approba- tior of thinking men , and has gradually superseded all others . Adam Smith , being professor in the first com- mercial city of Scotland , had his ...
... Scotland had the honour of produ- eing a system , which has obtained the general approba- tior of thinking men , and has gradually superseded all others . Adam Smith , being professor in the first com- mercial city of Scotland , had his ...
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Page 281 - GOD from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass : yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.
Page 13 - Changed his hand and check'd his pride. He chose a mournful Muse, soft pity to infuse: He sung Darius great and good, by too severe a fate Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen...
Page 306 - And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
Page 32 - Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight ! Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign, And smiling plenty leads thy wanton train ; Eas*d of her load subjection grows more light. And poverty looks cheerful in thy sight ; Thou mak'st the gloomy face of nature gay, Giv'st beauty to the sun, and pleasure to the day.
Page 19 - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She called on Echo still, through all the song : And, where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every close, And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair.
Page 14 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before.
Page 19 - Pour'd through the mellow horn her pensive soul : And dashing soft from rocks around Bubbling runnels join'd the sound ; Through glades and glooms the mingled measure stole, Or, o'er some haunted stream, with fond delay, Round an holy calm diffusing, Love of peace, and lonely musing, In hollow murmurs died away.
Page 285 - Isaac; (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth): it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Page 282 - As God hath appointed the elect unto glory, so hath he, by the eternal and most free purpose of his will, foreordained all the means thereunto. Wherefore they who are elected, being fallen in Adam, are redeemed by Christ ; are effectually called unto faith in Christ, by his Spirit working in due season ; are justified, adopted, sanctified, and kept by his power through faith unto salvation. Neither are any other redeemed by Christ, effectually called, justified, adopted, sanctified, and saved, but...
Page 20 - Slow melting strains their Queen's approach declare : Where'er she turns, the Graces homage pay. With arms sublime, that float upon the air, In gliding state she wins her easy way: O'er her warm cheek and rising bosom move The bloom of young Desire and purple light of Love.