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Boswell that good nature was so natural to him that he had no merit in possessing it, and that a man might as well assume to himself merit in possessing an excellent constitution. European Mag. 1798, p. 376. See Boswell's Hebrides, Aug. 21. Langton. See ante, iii. 48. No doubt his house at Langton. The Wey Canal. See ante, ii. 136.
They embarked upon no more offensive expeditions; and the only notable naval contest between the two belligerents during the remainder of the war occurred Aug. 12, 1814, when a party of seventy-five British seamen and marines attempted to cut out three American schooners that lay at the foot of the lake near Fort Erie.
In Scotland it was Cocker's Arithmetic that he took with him. Boswell's Hebrides, Aug. 31. He was not always correct in his calculations. For instance, he wrote to Mrs. Thrale from Ashbourne less than a fortnight after Boswell's departure: 'Mr.
Neill, Brothers, addressed to their correspondents, and dated, Manchester, Aug. 21. We find the circular copied in a religious newspaper published in London, without any rebuke. "The North will have to learn the limited extent of her powers as compared with the gigantic task she has undertaken. One and perhaps two defeats will be insufficient to reverse the false education of a lifetime.
Lady Caledon is a real person, doing a great deal of good sensibly. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Aug. 7, 1845. How characteristic Joanna Baillie's letter is, so perfectly simple, dignified, and touching. To MISS MARGARET RUXTON. August 7, 1845.
Though there is no money in hand, yet are we so little discouraged, that we have received today one orphan boy, and have given notice for the admission of six other children, which will bring the number up to 98 altogether. Aug. 9. Only 10s. had come in since yesterday, and as 30s. were needed, one of the labourers gave a sovereign. Aug. 10. Saturday.
July 31. Germany promises not to annex England. Aug. 1. England withdraws from the war. Germany invades England... How long is anybody expected to go with that sort of game, or keep peace at that illimitable price? How long must we pursue a road in which promises are all fetishes in front of us and all fragments behind us?
A trip to Devonshire, from Aug. 16 to Sept. 26; six weeks. Ante, i. 377. Oxford. December. 'I am going for a few days or weeks to Oxford. Letter of Dec. 21, 1762. Croker's Boswell, p. 129. Harwich. August, a few days. Ante, i. 464. Oxford. October, length of visit not mentioned. A letter dated Oxford, Oct. 27 . Croker's Boswell, p. 161. Langton in Lincolnshire, part of January and February.
It may have helped indirectly to strangle many things; and I should not wonder if among them was the prosecution of the business prescribed to the Committee of Printing by the Order of Aug. 26. The Accommodation Order was a demand generally for clearer air and breathing-room for everybody, more of English freedom, and less of Scottish inquisitorship.
The current of electricity is not the motive power, but a corrector. "Much attention is paid to meteorology. The pressure of the wind, the horizontal motion, and the course are recorded upon sheets of paper running upon cylinders and connected with the clock; the instrument which obeys the voice of the wind being outside. "Aug. 5, 1857. I did not send my letter to Mr.
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