Fires of science and language in the Edinburgh Chronicle 1756
The piece muses on burning towers, electricity, and heat drawn from the clouds, alongside visions of dream induction and brain science. It questions language origins, proposes experiments with children of diverse nations, and cautions against perpetual motion and alchemical fantasies.
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Pello
Indies
Terra Australis
Pessnonng
Providence Reflections On Virtue And Fortune
Fragmentary verse passage from a Providence column exploring virtue and misfortune. A speaker laments the wicked prospering while the righteous suffer, recalling Moses on a precipice with a flowing infant stream, and referencing Hebraic sages and sacred tales. The text fuses religious doubt with poetic, archaic diction.
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Moses
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