The idea of publishing a periodical paper in Edinburgh, took its rise in a company of gentlemen, whom particular circumstances of connection brought frequently together. Their discourse often turned upon subjects of manners, of taste, and of literature.... The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers - 第 222 頁British essayists 著 - 1802完整檢視 - 關於此書
| Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 260 頁
...society afforded; the idea of publication suggested itself as productive of still higher entertainment. pearance, the MIRROR did not admit of much personification...was, than to give himself out for what he was not. It was not, however, without diffidence that such a resolution was taken. From that, and several other... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 356 頁
...afforded; the idea of publication suggested itself as productive of still higher entertainment. appearance, the MIRROR did not admit of much personification of...was, than to give himself out for what he was not. It was not, however, without diffidence that such a resolution was taken. From that, and several other... | |
| Henry Mackenzie - 1808 - 492 頁
...last, he has not much to unravel on that score. From the narrowness of the place of its appearance, the Mirror did not admit of much personification of...company of gentlemen, whom particular circumstances of connection brought frequently together. Their discourse often turned upon subjects of manners, of taste,... | |
| James Ferguson - 1819 - 358 頁
...last, he has not much to unravel on that score. From the narrowness of the place of its appearance, the MIRROR did not admit of much personification of...what he was, than to give himself out for what he was aot. FF3 The idea of publishing a periodical paper in Edinburgh took its rise in a company of gentlemen,... | |
| 1822 - 356 頁
...last, he has not much to unravel on that score. From the narrowness of the place of its appearance, the MIRROR did not admit of much personification of its editor : the little disguise he-lias used has been rather to conceal what he was, than to give himself out for what he was not.... | |
| 1823 - 344 頁
...last, he has not much to unravel on that score. From the narrowness of the place of its "ppearance, the MIRRoR did not admit of much personification of...publishing a periodical paper in Edinburgh took its rise ina company of gentlemen, whom particular circumstances of connexion brought frequently together. Their... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 690 頁
...publishing a. periodical paper in Edinburgh,' says Mr. MACKENZIE, in the last number of the MIRROR, 'took its rise in a company of gentlemen, whom particular...subjects of manners, of taste, and of literature. By ope of those accidental resolutions, of which the origin cannot easily be traced, it was determined... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1835 - 592 頁
...concluding number of " the Mirror," which appeared on the 17th of May 1780, it is mentioned that " the idea of publishing a periodical paper in Edinburgh...company of gentlemen, whom particular circumstances of connection brought frequently together. Their discourse often turned upon subjects of manners, of taste,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1856 - 348 頁
...last, he has not much to unravel on that score. From the narrowness of the place of its appearance, The Mirror did not admit of much personification of...company of gentlemen, whom particular circumstances of connection brought frequently together. Their discourse often turned upon subjects of manners, of taste,... | |
| Henry James Nicoll - 1886 - 478 頁
...Mackenzie, the author of the "Man of Feeling," who gives the following account of its origin : — " The idea of publishing a periodical paper in Edinburgh...company of gentlemen whom particular circumstances of connection brought frequently together. Their discourse often turned upon subjects of manners, of taste,... | |
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