The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer, Volume 11James Anderson Mundell and Son, Parliament Stairs, 1792 - Books, Reviews |
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... plants have been discovered that never were suspected to be there , particularly the bread - fruit tree , which was supposed to be found no where else on the globe but in the South Sea islands . The general spirit with which these en ...
... plants have been discovered that never were suspected to be there , particularly the bread - fruit tree , which was supposed to be found no where else on the globe but in the South Sea islands . The general spirit with which these en ...
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... plants from China , I am unable to re- commend him to take care of them , till your farther plea- sure is known . As the gentlemen at the factory have so handsomely acquitted themselves , I must recommend that in your first letter to ...
... plants from China , I am unable to re- commend him to take care of them , till your farther plea- sure is known . As the gentlemen at the factory have so handsomely acquitted themselves , I must recommend that in your first letter to ...
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... plants cannot be attended with any increase of charges , the honourable the governor in council approves of your recommending them to his care . You will be furnished with a list of the mulberry plan- tations , and an account of their ...
... plants cannot be attended with any increase of charges , the honourable the governor in council approves of your recommending them to his care . You will be furnished with a list of the mulberry plan- tations , and an account of their ...
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... plant them . I have likewise the pleasure to send you nine copies of the publications I have made on the subject ... plants captain Simpson delivers be properly taken care of , as there can be no doubt that , sooner or later , the ...
... plant them . I have likewise the pleasure to send you nine copies of the publications I have made on the subject ... plants captain Simpson delivers be properly taken care of , as there can be no doubt that , sooner or later , the ...
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... plants every where in readiness for their reception . 1 On the 18th November 1789 , I had a promise from your board of obtaining from Sumatra trees of that country , but to this hour have heard nothing more of the matter what this ...
... plants every where in readiness for their reception . 1 On the 18th November 1789 , I had a promise from your board of obtaining from Sumatra trees of that country , but to this hour have heard nothing more of the matter what this ...
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Page 326 - I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises ; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory ; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 145 - Jupiter, who had decreed that a lasting union should be solemnized between them, so soon as they were arrived at maturer years. But in the mean time the sons of men deviated from their native innocence ; Vice and Ruin overran the earth with giant strides ; and Astrea, with her train of celestial visitants, forsook their polluted abodes.
Page 300 - ... it was requited, he began at length to make excuses, and beg a thousand pardons, when the Indian interrupted him, and said, "When you see poor Indians fainting for a cup of cold water, don't say again, 'Get you gone, you Indian dog!
Page 299 - No, you shall have none here, replied the planter. But I am very faint, said the savage. Will you give me only a draught of cold water? Get you gone, you Indian dog; you shall have nothing here, said the planter.
Page 145 - Hope, who was his nurse, and conveyed by her to the forests of Arcadia, where he was brought up among the shepherds. But Jupiter assigned him a different partner, and commanded him to espouse Sorrow, the daughter of Ate. He complied with reluctance ; for her features were...
Page 146 - One day, as she sat musing by the waters of Helicon, her tears by chance fell into the fountain; and ever since the Muse's spring has retained a strong taste of the infusion.
Page 145 - From this union sprung a virgin, in whom might be traced a strong resemblance to both her parents ; but the sullen and unamiable features of her mother were so mixed and blended with the sweetness of her father, that her countenance, though mournful, was highly pleasing. The maids and shepherds of the neighbouring plains gathered round, and called her Pity. A...
Page 300 - He then offered him some venison, and such other refreshment as his store afforded, and having laid some bearskins for his bed, he desired that he would repose himself for the night, and he would awake him early in the morning, and conduct him on his way. Accordingly in the morning they set off, and the Indian led him out of the forest, and put him into the...
Page 298 - The bodies were buried in a cross-road, and a stone erected over the grave, with this inscription : " Here lie the remains of four unknown ruffians, who> deservedly lost ' their lives, in an attempt to rob and murder a worthy woman and her family. A stranger who slept in the house, to which Divine Providence undoubtedly directed him, was the principal instrument in preventing the perpetration of such horrid designs, which justly entitles him to a lasting memorial, and the thanks of the public. John...
Page 298 - ... the blows were repeated, and the door almost broken through by a sledge, or some heavy instrument. By this time the widow and her daughters were much alarmed by this violent attack, and ran almost frantic through different parts of the house, exclaiming