The Literary Correspondence of John Pinkerton, Esq, Volume 2

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H. Colburn, 1830 - 447 pages
 

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Page 160 - THE HISTORY OF THE ORKNEY ISLANDS: In which is comprehended, An Account of their Present as well as their Ancient State; together with the Advantages they possess for several Branches of Industry, and the means by which they may be improved.
Page 451 - Kennel a geographer, attracts him to the study of the history and antiquities of Great Britain ; and he is well qualified for this study, by a spirit of criticism, acute, discerning, and suspicious.
Page 204 - Navigation and Nautical Astronomy, with simple, concise, and accurate methods for all the Calculations useful at Sea, particularly for deducing the Longitude from Lunar Distances, and the Latitude from two Altitudes of the Sun, and the interval of Time between the Observations.
Page 444 - ... the mountains. Mr. Browne had scarcely proceeded half a. mile, when suddenly two men on foot came up behind him ; one of whom, with a blow from a club, before he was aware, struck him senseless from his horse. Several other villains, at the same instant, sprang from hollows in the hills, and bound him hand and foot. At this moment they offered him no further personal violence ; but as soon as he had recovered from the stupor occasioned by the first mode of attack, he looked round and saw the...
Page 451 - Scandinavia, the eastern coasts of Britain, and the shores of the Atlantic ocean. He has since undertaken to illustrate a more interesting period of the History of Scotland; his materials are chiefly drawn from papers in the British Museum, and a skillful...
Page 19 - Harow ! and Help ! here cometh Kind, With Death that is dreadful, to undo us all...
Page 336 - A Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of America, from the period of the first establishments to the present day, on a new plan ; by...
Page 452 - I can only complain of his excessive docility to the opinions of a man much less skilled in the subject than himself. Should it be objected that such a work will surpass the powers of a single man, and that industry is best promoted by the division of labour, I must answer that Mr Pinkerton seems one of the children of those Heroes whose race is almost extinct...
Page 101 - Middleton, when he pressed him in the point of defensive arms, to tell plainly his opinion, whether they were lawful or not. He said, the question had been often put to him, and he had always declined to answer it : but to him he plainly said, he wished that kings and their ministers would believe them lawful, and so govern as men that expect to be resisted ; but he wished, that all their subjects would believe them to be unlawful, and so the world would be at quiet *. I do now return to end the...
Page 120 - The History Of the Affairs of Church and State In Scotland, From the Beginning of the Reformation in the Reign of King James V. To The Retreat of Queen Mary into England, Anno 1568.

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