The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 88, Part 1; Volume 123F. Jefferies, 1818 - Early English newspapers 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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Page 35
... hand sufficiently luminous , the Author in narration strikes at principal events , neglecting the re- view of subordinate matter ; his chief aim , after having imparted requisite information on those points , seems rather to be to ...
... hand sufficiently luminous , the Author in narration strikes at principal events , neglecting the re- view of subordinate matter ; his chief aim , after having imparted requisite information on those points , seems rather to be to ...
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... hand is in most other cases productive only of decay , and which often , in literature detects the fallacy of slight pretensions , may peculiarly in the case of Johnson be said to brighten and confirm his reputation , and sufficiently ...
... hand is in most other cases productive only of decay , and which often , in literature detects the fallacy of slight pretensions , may peculiarly in the case of Johnson be said to brighten and confirm his reputation , and sufficiently ...
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... hand - writing of Mr. Evans , as he has written his name at the bottom of the page . Soon after occurs the follow ing entry : April 1604. The 22nd daye were married Mr. Thomas Evans , Vicar , and Alyce Foskett , wydow , by Robert Lati ...
... hand - writing of Mr. Evans , as he has written his name at the bottom of the page . Soon after occurs the follow ing entry : April 1604. The 22nd daye were married Mr. Thomas Evans , Vicar , and Alyce Foskett , wydow , by Robert Lati ...
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... hand as you goe to Tedbury , leaving the church on the right . " Nothing can possibly be more correct and ac- eurate than this description of the si- tuation of the house in which Mr. Hobbes was born . It was partly re- built about 40 ...
... hand as you goe to Tedbury , leaving the church on the right . " Nothing can possibly be more correct and ac- eurate than this description of the si- tuation of the house in which Mr. Hobbes was born . It was partly re- built about 40 ...
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... hand , it be affected and dissembling , or the other , garrulous , gossiping , and full of trifles , it becomes not only va- pid , but ridiculous . on Bishop Watson has steered between these extremes , and perhaps with a very rare ...
... hand , it be affected and dissembling , or the other , garrulous , gossiping , and full of trifles , it becomes not only va- pid , but ridiculous . on Bishop Watson has steered between these extremes , and perhaps with a very rare ...
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