Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818, '19 & '20, from Edinburgh, London, The Highlands of Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1J. Maxwell, 1822 - England |
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... whole face of the country is made , as it were , visible to his imagination . To be sure , the public is already supplied with a copious catalogue of entertaining travellers ; but the changes which frequently occur on the political ...
... whole face of the country is made , as it were , visible to his imagination . To be sure , the public is already supplied with a copious catalogue of entertaining travellers ; but the changes which frequently occur on the political ...
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... whole Stuart race , he has a long disserta- ion at the beginning of his work , to prove the participation of the unfortunate Mary in the nurder of Darnley . He presents a very in- tructive view of the ecclesiastical government of ...
... whole Stuart race , he has a long disserta- ion at the beginning of his work , to prove the participation of the unfortunate Mary in the nurder of Darnley . He presents a very in- tructive view of the ecclesiastical government of ...
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... whole zest of this polite resort , con- sists in the agreeable Scotch airs which enliven the dulness of fashion , " And pour a torrent of sweet notes around , Fast as the thirsting ear can drink the sound . " Many of the young ladies ...
... whole zest of this polite resort , con- sists in the agreeable Scotch airs which enliven the dulness of fashion , " And pour a torrent of sweet notes around , Fast as the thirsting ear can drink the sound . " Many of the young ladies ...
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... whole of any but minute objects ; they iew all nature bit by bit ; now the proboscis , now the antennæ , ow the pinnæ of a flea ! Thus they proceed , laborious in tri- es constant in experiment , without one single abstraction , till ...
... whole of any but minute objects ; they iew all nature bit by bit ; now the proboscis , now the antennæ , ow the pinnæ of a flea ! Thus they proceed , laborious in tri- es constant in experiment , without one single abstraction , till ...
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... whole a very extraordinary produc- tion . It will be a pity if he should not hereafter devest bimself of barbarism , and content himself with writing pure English , in which he appears perfectly qualified to excel . " - Again " Poor ...
... whole a very extraordinary produc- tion . It will be a pity if he should not hereafter devest bimself of barbarism , and content himself with writing pure English , in which he appears perfectly qualified to excel . " - Again " Poor ...
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