The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 90Edw. Cave, 1736-[1868], 1820 - English essays |
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... Societies whose peculiar ob- jects they are , the improvements made during the present reign in the art of Coinage are suffered to pass by unregarded ; possibly because they are too artless for the Society of Arts , too little ...
... Societies whose peculiar ob- jects they are , the improvements made during the present reign in the art of Coinage are suffered to pass by unregarded ; possibly because they are too artless for the Society of Arts , too little ...
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... society , and a pro- hibition to enjoy the comfort of bathing , which , by a Roman , was deemed almost as necessary as his food . - Nor did the Consul confine his severity to the unfortunate com- mander of the troop : he further ...
... society , and a pro- hibition to enjoy the comfort of bathing , which , by a Roman , was deemed almost as necessary as his food . - Nor did the Consul confine his severity to the unfortunate com- mander of the troop : he further ...
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... Society , " he has written , " By. Dover , July 30 , 1818 . On the 28th July , we applied at the French Ambassador's office , in Londou , for passports . Having ob- tained them , we proceeded to Her- ries's Bank , St. James's - street ...
... Society , " he has written , " By. Dover , July 30 , 1818 . On the 28th July , we applied at the French Ambassador's office , in Londou , for passports . Having ob- tained them , we proceeded to Her- ries's Bank , St. James's - street ...
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i Society , " he has written , " By the. acquiring it back again by industry , as some are old and incapable of it , it ... Society , " thinkers , whose habits of reasoning , and opacities of 1820. ] 29 Public Taxes . - Rev . Joseph Spence .
i Society , " he has written , " By the. acquiring it back again by industry , as some are old and incapable of it , it ... Society , " thinkers , whose habits of reasoning , and opacities of 1820. ] 29 Public Taxes . - Rev . Joseph Spence .
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Society , " he has written , " By the celebrated Dr. Sir John Hill , who was born about the year 1716 , and died in Nov. 1766. " Under that of the first piece in the second volume , intituled " A Vindication of Natural Society , " he ...
Society , " he has written , " By the celebrated Dr. Sir John Hill , who was born about the year 1716 , and died in Nov. 1766. " Under that of the first piece in the second volume , intituled " A Vindication of Natural Society , " he ...
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Page 113 - A monument being resolved upon, Dr. Donne sent for a carver to make for him in wood the figure of an urn, giving him directions for the compass and height of it, and to bring with it a board of the just height of his body. These being got, then, without delay, a choice painter was got to be in readiness to draw his picture, which was taken as followeth.
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Page 537 - Such was the life, and such the labours of John Wesley ; a man of great views, great energy, and great virtues. That he awakened a zealous spirit, not only in his own community, but in a Church which needed something to quicken it, is acknowledged by the members of that Church itself ; that he encouraged enthusiasm and extravagance, lent a ready ear to false and impossible relations, and spread superstition as well as piety, would hardly be denied by the candid and judicious among his own people.