The Critical Review, Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1800 |
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... refpect has not been fhown ; but we know that Bergman confidered bafaltes as a kind of trap , not the production of fire . Since Mr. Kirwan's arguments have been fully confidered , the igneous origin of basaltic co- lumns has been ...
... refpect has not been fhown ; but we know that Bergman confidered bafaltes as a kind of trap , not the production of fire . Since Mr. Kirwan's arguments have been fully confidered , the igneous origin of basaltic co- lumns has been ...
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... refpect . Paul is afraid of literature , and confequently hoftile to it by one of his edicts , all books that are prohibited in any other country , are ipfo facto prohibited in Ruffia . Is not our king the friend and patron of fcience ...
... refpect . Paul is afraid of literature , and confequently hoftile to it by one of his edicts , all books that are prohibited in any other country , are ipfo facto prohibited in Ruffia . Is not our king the friend and patron of fcience ...
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... refpect to objections to the bulk of the work , taken abso- lutely , the author can only answer in the words of an eminent hi- ftorian , that " he , who in the defcription of unknown things , affects too much brevity , seeks not fo much ...
... refpect to objections to the bulk of the work , taken abso- lutely , the author can only answer in the words of an eminent hi- ftorian , that " he , who in the defcription of unknown things , affects too much brevity , seeks not fo much ...
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... refpect of the channel of the river , although it be the deepest part of the entrance to it . The pofition of this opening through the bank , will be regulated by the direction of the stream of the river , at its termination in the fea ...
... refpect of the channel of the river , although it be the deepest part of the entrance to it . The pofition of this opening through the bank , will be regulated by the direction of the stream of the river , at its termination in the fea ...
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... refpect to the outline , whe- ther it fhould be fmoothly polished or left in its natural rug- gedness . The broken rock , the half - discovered antique root , & c . certainly depend on the nature of the furrounding scenery ; and our ...
... refpect to the outline , whe- ther it fhould be fmoothly polished or left in its natural rug- gedness . The broken rock , the half - discovered antique root , & c . certainly depend on the nature of the furrounding scenery ; and our ...
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