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Page 60
... fires , with spontaneous , original , native force . The graces taught in schools , the courtly ornaments and studied contri- vances of speech , shock and disgust men , when their own lives , and the lives of their wives and 60 THE PROBE .
... fires , with spontaneous , original , native force . The graces taught in schools , the courtly ornaments and studied contri- vances of speech , shock and disgust men , when their own lives , and the lives of their wives and 60 THE PROBE .
Page 61
... fire ; the other is the real conflagration ; pouring out a volume of words , that burn , like liquid flames , bursting from the crater of a volcano . The one attracts the admiring gaze , and tickles the fancy of an audi- ence ; the ...
... fire ; the other is the real conflagration ; pouring out a volume of words , that burn , like liquid flames , bursting from the crater of a volcano . The one attracts the admiring gaze , and tickles the fancy of an audi- ence ; the ...
Page 77
... FIRES . By referring to history , we find the GREAT FIRES of our country scarcely deserve the name , either on land ... fire . On the 10th of July , 1212 , the London bridge was burnt , 1 and two thousand persons perished . On the 2d of ...
... FIRES . By referring to history , we find the GREAT FIRES of our country scarcely deserve the name , either on land ... fire . On the 10th of July , 1212 , the London bridge was burnt , 1 and two thousand persons perished . On the 2d of ...
Page 78
... fire , six hundred houses being destroyed before the flames were arrested . The next large fire in London , occurred July 22 and 23 , 1794 , when near seven hun- dred houses were destroyed , including an East India warehouse , in which ...
... fire , six hundred houses being destroyed before the flames were arrested . The next large fire in London , occurred July 22 and 23 , 1794 , when near seven hun- dred houses were destroyed , including an East India warehouse , in which ...
Page 79
... fire ; and on the 28th of November , of the same year , eleven thousand houses were destroyed by fire , communicated by lightning . On the 7th of June , 1796 , another fire occurred there , destroying a large magazine of naval stores ...
... fire ; and on the 28th of November , of the same year , eleven thousand houses were destroyed by fire , communicated by lightning . On the 7th of June , 1796 , another fire occurred there , destroying a large magazine of naval stores ...
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