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... Observations on Fashion and Dress French Female Fashions THE SELECTOR . On Dryden and Pope ( from W. HAZLITT'S " Lectures on the English Poets " ) Lady Grace Gethin ( from D'ISRAELI'S " Curiosities of Literature " ) Ancient Cooks ( from ...
... Observations on Fashion and Dress French Female Fashions THE SELECTOR . On Dryden and Pope ( from W. HAZLITT'S " Lectures on the English Poets " ) Lady Grace Gethin ( from D'ISRAELI'S " Curiosities of Literature " ) Ancient Cooks ( from ...
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... observe the mode in which ladies , some of rank and education , were a few years ago accustomed to dis- pose of themselves at Calcutta , and I apprehend at Madras and Bom- bay . This will be ascertained from the following extract of a ...
... observe the mode in which ladies , some of rank and education , were a few years ago accustomed to dis- pose of themselves at Calcutta , and I apprehend at Madras and Bom- bay . This will be ascertained from the following extract of a ...
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... observations on a discovery ings on their estates , this discovery , which I hold to be of considerable if such it ... observe , that some of its pages from the pamphlet . It seems that are monthly devoted to architec- the object of ...
... observations on a discovery ings on their estates , this discovery , which I hold to be of considerable if such it ... observe , that some of its pages from the pamphlet . It seems that are monthly devoted to architec- the object of ...
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... observations : " The reason why only one half " 1. Under the denomination of of the soap is added is , that the al - soap , is understood the common kali , in the violent heat , unites bet - soap prepared from tallow and soap ter with ...
... observations : " The reason why only one half " 1. Under the denomination of of the soap is added is , that the al - soap , is understood the common kali , in the violent heat , unites bet - soap prepared from tallow and soap ter with ...
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... observed , it has entirely dissolved , it is time that the greater the quantity of to take the vessel from the fire , and lamp - black used in the composito cover it well , in order to extin- guish the flame . tion of the ink , and the ...
... observed , it has entirely dissolved , it is time that the greater the quantity of to take the vessel from the fire , and lamp - black used in the composito cover it well , in order to extin- guish the flame . tion of the ink , and the ...
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