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Excerpt from The New Statistical Account of Scotland, Vol. 14: By the Ministers of the Respective Parishes, Under the Superintendence of a Committee of the Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy, Inverness-Ross Anad CromartyAs already noticed, this secondary formation consists chie¿y of sandstones and limestones, which are probably of several different geological eras. Thus a ridge of coarse conglomerate is usu ally fo...

Excerpt from The New Statistical Account of Scotland, Vol. 14: By the Ministers of the Respective Parishes, Under the Superintendence of a Committee of the Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy, Inverness-Ross Anad CromartyAs already noticed, this secondary formation consists chie¿y of sandstones and limestones, which are probably of several different geological eras. Thus a ridge of coarse conglomerate is usu ally fo...

Excerpt from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 46: July-December, 1839A change, however, soon becomes perceptible as we advance into the reign of Louis XV. In religion, the fervency and unction which give an a¥pearance of inspiration to many d the compositions of Bossuet on subjects of Christian belief, were succeeded by a school of pulpit eloquence, in which morality, cha rity, or the performance of duty, were more insisted on than faith, ...

Excerpt from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 105: January-June, 1869That an absolute passive obedience ought not to be paid to any civil power, but that submission to government should be measured and limited by the public good of society, and that, there fore, subjects may lawfully resist the supreme authority in those cases where the public good shall plainly seem to require it - nay, that it is their duty to do so, inasmuch as they are...

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Excerpt from The Quarterly Journal of Agriculture, Vol. 8: June 1837-March 1838 X. Tables of the Revenue, the Prices of Grain, Butcher Meat, and Wool, of the Monthly Returns of Foreign Corn, Fiars Prices for Crop 1836, aw. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-o...

Excerpt from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 170: July-December, 1901 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In ...

Excerpt from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 109: January June, 1871Henry or Harry John Temple, fourth and last Viscount Palmerston of the peerage Of Ireland, was born on the 2oth Of October 1784. He derived his descent from the young er brother Of that distinguished Sir William Temple who had Sw'ift for his protege, and William III. For his friend. He received his early education partly in Italy - in which country his father, a man of gr...

Excerpt from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 123: January-June, 1878 My good tenantry, I am touch ed by the enthusiasm of your per sonal affection for Miss Douglas and myself. Miss Douglas, I may venture to assure you, is also touched. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten ...

Excerpt from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 55: January-June, 1844 On reaching San Espada We held a discussion as to the propriety of re~ maining there until the general came up, or of advancing at once towards the river. Wharton inclined to the former plan, and it was certainly the most prudent, for the mission was a strong building, surrounded by a high wall, and might have been held against very superior numbers. Farming and I, howev...

Excerpt from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 62: July-December, 1847Spanish government to take out in hrs ships, encouraged this opinion, in order to buy up the emeralds as their market value declined. The specie, however, was of immense amount, if the authority just quoted may be depended upon. He talks of two hundred thousand casfellanos, the commercial value of which was equi valent to more than half a million sterling. This from one v...

Excerpt from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 63: January-June, 1848 Opposition, for two years, and when at length the evil had risen to such a height that it could no longer be endured, the leading agitator, after being convicted in Ireland, was libe rated, in opposition to the opinion of a great majority of the twelve judges, by the casting-vote in the House of Peers of a Whig law-lord. British liberality, when the season of distress ca...

Excerpt from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 105: January-June, 1869 That an absolute passive obedience ought not to be paid to any civil power, but that submission to government should be measured and limited by the public good of society, and that, there fore, subjects may lawfully resist the supreme authority in those cases where the public good shall plainly seem to require it - nay, that it is their duty to do so, inasmuch as they a...

Excerpt from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine: January-June, 1848Homicide, Attempts upon life by firing at the person, Robberies of arms, 207 Firing into dwelling-houses, 51 For the six months ending October 1847, the number increased to Homicides, Attempts upon life by firing at the person, Robberies of arms, Firing into dwelling-houses.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ww...

Excerpt from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 68: July-December, 1850 It will easily be conceived that such an emancipation insured Guise the sufi'rages of the fair and in¿uential class who benefited by it. From his first arrival at the French court he seems to have made it his study to win universal favour, and he was so promptly successful that, at the end of a very few months, he had con quered the goodwill of both nobility and army. H...