Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 61, Part 2F. Jefferies, 1791 The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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... thofe two prefents and vi- fits from JOHN HOWARD the greatest honour I ever received FROM MAN ; and therefore I fend you two guineas , to add my mite towards erecting the monument to the memory of fo GOOD A MAN . The ingenious , learned ...
... thofe two prefents and vi- fits from JOHN HOWARD the greatest honour I ever received FROM MAN ; and therefore I fend you two guineas , to add my mite towards erecting the monument to the memory of fo GOOD A MAN . The ingenious , learned ...
Page 601
... thofe times . Alfo , in the Go- fpel of St. Mark , the words I am are used ; and our Blessed Saviour was fo far from declining to affume his real title of the Mellias , upon this occafion , that he added immediately after , that ...
... thofe times . Alfo , in the Go- fpel of St. Mark , the words I am are used ; and our Blessed Saviour was fo far from declining to affume his real title of the Mellias , upon this occafion , that he added immediately after , that ...
Page 612
... thofe pleafing fhades bereft of their most pre- cious ornament . The pride of all the forest , the King of Oaks , now lies ex- Certainly . EDIT . [ July , tended , defpoiled of all his foliage and umbrageous branches ; on which occa ...
... thofe pleafing fhades bereft of their most pre- cious ornament . The pride of all the forest , the King of Oaks , now lies ex- Certainly . EDIT . [ July , tended , defpoiled of all his foliage and umbrageous branches ; on which occa ...
Page 613
... Thofe Indians had iron amongst them , lived in one - built villages , were better cloathed than other tribes ; there ... thofe In dians , and that fome Welfhmen had be- fore been amongst them . Remarks on the foregoing . Mr. Binon fays ...
... Thofe Indians had iron amongst them , lived in one - built villages , were better cloathed than other tribes ; there ... thofe In dians , and that fome Welfhmen had be- fore been amongst them . Remarks on the foregoing . Mr. Binon fays ...
Page 615
... thofe , who refufed to fign it in the very words in which it was conceived , muft be content to fit down under the oppro- brium of thofe infamous charges pro- fcribed in the faid inftrument . At that time the Roman Catholic body did not ...
... thofe , who refufed to fign it in the very words in which it was conceived , muft be content to fit down under the oppro- brium of thofe infamous charges pro- fcribed in the faid inftrument . At that time the Roman Catholic body did not ...
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