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There are some phrases that convey only a vague and indefinite meaning, that make an impression upon the mind so faint as to be scarcely resolvable into shape or character. Being associated, however, with the feeling of beauty or enjoyment, they are ever on our lips, and pass...
It is by the territorial division of labour that a country arrives most successfully at wealth and civilisation. Our hops are grown in Kent and Essex; Glasgow annually sends for...
1. Chapter 1There are some phrases that convey only a vague and indefinite meaning, that make an impression upon the mind so faint as to be scarcely resolvable into shape or character. Bein...
3. Chapter 3A singular circumstance in connection with the discovery of the tree, a complete exemplification of the good old tale, _Eyes and no Eyes_, is worthy of record, as a lesson to al...
2. Chapter 2I now learned the history of this singular man. He was descended from a good family of Marseilles. Destined for the navy while still young, he was sent on board ship before the...
5. Chapter 5I had one good and true friend--a fellow-workman, who used sometimes to spare an hour to visit me, and he took great delight in cultivating an acquaintance with No. 12. As if at...
6. Chapter 6The following account of the process of transplanting bodily a tribe of wild bees, is given in the notes to _The Tay_, a descriptive poem of considerable merit by David Millar....