The English Review, Or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature, Volume 14J. Murray, 1789 |
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Pagina 45
... experience of the neceffity of a fupply , in long voyages , of all kinds of antifcorbutics , and fince this voyage claimed fo very particular an attention . On the paffage , not- withstanding , only one marine , of two hundred and ...
... experience of the neceffity of a fupply , in long voyages , of all kinds of antifcorbutics , and fince this voyage claimed fo very particular an attention . On the paffage , not- withstanding , only one marine , of two hundred and ...
Pagina 58
... experience an agreeable difappointment in the liberal va- riety of ufeful and connected information by which his prin- cipal fubject is relieved and illuftrated . The facts which the author relates refpecting the contra- dictory ...
... experience an agreeable difappointment in the liberal va- riety of ufeful and connected information by which his prin- cipal fubject is relieved and illuftrated . The facts which the author relates refpecting the contra- dictory ...
Pagina 59
... experience obftinately confpire to draw fucceeding governors , with a fort of infenfible attraction , towards the ... experienced the greateft diftress , the conduct of Lord North gained him the esteem of all men . His ad- miniftration ...
... experience obftinately confpire to draw fucceeding governors , with a fort of infenfible attraction , towards the ... experienced the greateft diftress , the conduct of Lord North gained him the esteem of all men . His ad- miniftration ...
Pagina 72
... experience , he must not be surprised if the pen of criticism is aimed at his work . • Confcious rectitude , and the purfuit of truth , where they are the uniform intention of any individual ( in the small sphere of my ob- fervation ) ...
... experience , he must not be surprised if the pen of criticism is aimed at his work . • Confcious rectitude , and the purfuit of truth , where they are the uniform intention of any individual ( in the small sphere of my ob- fervation ) ...
Pagina 94
... experience , in a new inftance , the ad- vantages that can be derived from the pursuits of a individual , who , from the nobleft motives , dedicates himself to the interests of humanity , and we , as well as every other member of the ...
... experience , in a new inftance , the ad- vantages that can be derived from the pursuits of a individual , who , from the nobleft motives , dedicates himself to the interests of humanity , and we , as well as every other member of the ...
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Pagina 263 - An Account of the principal Lazarettos in Europe ; with various Papers relative to the Plague ! together with further observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals, and additional Remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
Pagina 441 - Tambufhie, who has obtained the latter denomination from his mother, a woman of the tribe of Hottentots, called Tambukies. This man was the fon of a chief, called Pharoa, who died about three years before, and left two fons, Cha Cha Bea, and another named Mrika, who claimed the fupreme authority on account of his mother being of the CafFre nation.
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