The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 49Philological Society of London, 1806 |
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... defire the pofletion of that * Mr. Smollett . + Mr. Smollett at the time of his tra- vels poflefled a very bad ftate of health . which , in this country , is reckoned , by too many , to be the only fure passport to honour and ...
... defire the pofletion of that * Mr. Smollett . + Mr. Smollett at the time of his tra- vels poflefled a very bad ftate of health . which , in this country , is reckoned , by too many , to be the only fure passport to honour and ...
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... defire of improvement to fretch the metropolis beyond all civic limits in the modern world , in which the art of building was cultivated with more affiduity than in that period which elapfed from the Norman Conquest to the reign of ...
... defire of improvement to fretch the metropolis beyond all civic limits in the modern world , in which the art of building was cultivated with more affiduity than in that period which elapfed from the Norman Conquest to the reign of ...
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... defire , Captain Duff foon after relinquished the command of a frigate then fitting out for him , in which , at fo early a period of the war , he would probably have made his fortune , in order to go upon an expedition to the West ...
... defire , Captain Duff foon after relinquished the command of a frigate then fitting out for him , in which , at fo early a period of the war , he would probably have made his fortune , in order to go upon an expedition to the West ...
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... defire your fon and others , belonging to the Agamemnon and other fhips , to navigate a veffel with bullocks to Toulon ; a veffei by no means proper for the pur- pofe ; and left no doubt in my mind of his being loft . However , in cafe ...
... defire your fon and others , belonging to the Agamemnon and other fhips , to navigate a veffel with bullocks to Toulon ; a veffei by no means proper for the pur- pofe ; and left no doubt in my mind of his being loft . However , in cafe ...
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... defire mounting in his blood . I managed dexterously to change the melody ; and after the chil- dren had retired to reft , ftruck from the junter fome of the lafcivious ftrains of Lellita . The beautiful Mirza , who had fcarcely lifted ...
... defire mounting in his blood . I managed dexterously to change the melody ; and after the chil- dren had retired to reft , ftruck from the junter fome of the lafcivious ftrains of Lellita . The beautiful Mirza , who had fcarcely lifted ...
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