The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Том 17J. Limbird, 1831 Containing original essays; historical narratives, biographical memoirs, sketches of society, topographical descriptions, novels and tales, anecdotes, select extracts from new and expensive works, the spirit of the public journals, discoveries in the arts and sciences, useful domestic hints, etc. etc. etc. |
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... rounded . A careful observer will see clearly that imposing forms are per- * Metropolitan , edited by T. Campbell , Esq .-- No . 1 . fectly agreeable to his mind ; nobody could ridicule form xii MEMOIR OF LORD BROUGHAM .
... rounded . A careful observer will see clearly that imposing forms are per- * Metropolitan , edited by T. Campbell , Esq .-- No . 1 . fectly agreeable to his mind ; nobody could ridicule form xii MEMOIR OF LORD BROUGHAM .
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... round the garden , which , situated at the head of the valley , is shut in by the hills - itself a wilderness of luxuriance and beauty . It was a glorious evening , and every thing in agreement with our quiet feeling . I am not an ...
... round the garden , which , situated at the head of the valley , is shut in by the hills - itself a wilderness of luxuriance and beauty . It was a glorious evening , and every thing in agreement with our quiet feeling . I am not an ...
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... round the tin mines , contracted to purchase as much of it as could be supplied , and continued to gain by Cornish ignorance for a considerable time . The first dis- coverer of the ore was called Poder ( it long went by his name ) , who ...
... round the tin mines , contracted to purchase as much of it as could be supplied , and continued to gain by Cornish ignorance for a considerable time . The first dis- coverer of the ore was called Poder ( it long went by his name ) , who ...
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... round the Wrekin . " LINCOLNSHIRE . - STAMFORD . Doctrinæ studium , quod nunc viguet ad vada Boum Tempore venturo celebrabitur að vada Saxi . Science that now o'er Oxford sheds her ray Shall bless fair Stamford at some future day ...
... round the Wrekin . " LINCOLNSHIRE . - STAMFORD . Doctrinæ studium , quod nunc viguet ad vada Boum Tempore venturo celebrabitur að vada Saxi . Science that now o'er Oxford sheds her ray Shall bless fair Stamford at some future day ...
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... round have a propor- tionally longer credit ; the time allowed for payment may be stated generally at from fourteen to twenty - eight days . Within the limits of the chief office the duties on candles are paid weekly ; but those on soap ...
... round have a propor- tionally longer credit ; the time allowed for payment may be stated generally at from fourteen to twenty - eight days . Within the limits of the chief office the duties on candles are paid weekly ; but those on soap ...
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