The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 164A. Dodd and A. Smith, 1838 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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... command had dropped from his hand , when the magic palace was empty , and his empire for ever gone . It is impossible not to watch with great interest the progress of Scott from the time when his name first appeared in the field of ...
... command had dropped from his hand , when the magic palace was empty , and his empire for ever gone . It is impossible not to watch with great interest the progress of Scott from the time when his name first appeared in the field of ...
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... command of my memory . It only retains what hits my fancy , and probably , sir , if you were to preach to me for two hours , I would not be able when you finished to remember a word you had been saying . ' My memory was precisely of the ...
... command of my memory . It only retains what hits my fancy , and probably , sir , if you were to preach to me for two hours , I would not be able when you finished to remember a word you had been saying . ' My memory was precisely of the ...
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... command and distribute them , that we are to attribute the otherwise almost marvellous rapidity of his inventions . The two last volumes of Waverley were written in three weeks . Mr. B. Hall says , When Mr. B. Hall turns from the writer ...
... command and distribute them , that we are to attribute the otherwise almost marvellous rapidity of his inventions . The two last volumes of Waverley were written in three weeks . Mr. B. Hall says , When Mr. B. Hall turns from the writer ...
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... command over the powers of his mind ; I mean that he could control and direct his thoughts and re- flections with a readiness , firmness , and easy security of sway , beyond what I find it possible to trace in any other artist's ...
... command over the powers of his mind ; I mean that he could control and direct his thoughts and re- flections with a readiness , firmness , and easy security of sway , beyond what I find it possible to trace in any other artist's ...
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... commands the empire of another world which he has created , and we become for a time its in- habitants , and obey him . But then this creation , so wonderfully and suddenly formed , cannot long endure ; the seeds of rapid decay are ...
... commands the empire of another world which he has created , and we become for a time its in- habitants , and obey him . But then this creation , so wonderfully and suddenly formed , cannot long endure ; the seeds of rapid decay are ...
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