Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 56, Part 1F. Jefferies, 1786 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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... history . The invention of iron , or of any metal , can be only local . Some nations want the metal , or the art of using it , longer than others , and fome perhaps will want them both for ever . Pliny , XXXIII . 1 , fays , that fo late ...
... history . The invention of iron , or of any metal , can be only local . Some nations want the metal , or the art of using it , longer than others , and fome perhaps will want them both for ever . Pliny , XXXIII . 1 , fays , that fo late ...
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... history of his life and actions . Rightly is it fomewhere observed , to be neceffary , after the performance of great actions , to find fomebody to record them . " As to the Demon of Socrates ( which no- body knows what to make of ) ...
... history of his life and actions . Rightly is it fomewhere observed , to be neceffary , after the performance of great actions , to find fomebody to record them . " As to the Demon of Socrates ( which no- body knows what to make of ) ...
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... history and geography they feldom pervert , having no motives , but , on the contrary , every in- ducement to preserve them exactly , in order to colour their other tales . That this is actually the cafe , we know to a certainty , from ...
... history and geography they feldom pervert , having no motives , but , on the contrary , every in- ducement to preserve them exactly , in order to colour their other tales . That this is actually the cafe , we know to a certainty , from ...
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