The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volumen9J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1797 |
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... these are moftly written by natives . The German , who has never been out of his country , and yet will pre- tend to pass a judgement on its towns and cities , can naturally only take for his ftandard the things he has met with in it ...
... these are moftly written by natives . The German , who has never been out of his country , and yet will pre- tend to pass a judgement on its towns and cities , can naturally only take for his ftandard the things he has met with in it ...
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... these ugly churches pafs , which feem rather to be built for them , and not them for thefe ; yet they must be allowed to be again ano- ther inftance of that tawdry archi- tecture of which I have spoken be- . fore . A multitude of images ...
... these ugly churches pafs , which feem rather to be built for them , and not them for thefe ; yet they must be allowed to be again ano- ther inftance of that tawdry archi- tecture of which I have spoken be- . fore . A multitude of images ...
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... these various channels , immenfe quantities of base money get into circulation , while an evident diminution of the mint coinage is apparent to every common observer . The mischief is not confined to the counterfeiting of coin , fimilar ...
... these various channels , immenfe quantities of base money get into circulation , while an evident diminution of the mint coinage is apparent to every common observer . The mischief is not confined to the counterfeiting of coin , fimilar ...
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... these mud - larks , who generally have a certain share of the booty . Befides thefe affociates in villainy , fcullers and other boats are , in like manner , conftantly hovering about and under the discharging fhips , up- on pretence of ...
... these mud - larks , who generally have a certain share of the booty . Befides thefe affociates in villainy , fcullers and other boats are , in like manner , conftantly hovering about and under the discharging fhips , up- on pretence of ...
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... these attro- cious villains , are alfo conftantly in waiting at the inns , disguised in dif . ferent ways , perfonating travellers , coach - office clerks , porters , and coach- men , for the purpofe of plundering every thing that is ...
... these attro- cious villains , are alfo conftantly in waiting at the inns , disguised in dif . ferent ways , perfonating travellers , coach - office clerks , porters , and coach- men , for the purpofe of plundering every thing that is ...
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Página 139 - Behind a wide column, half breathless with fear, She crept to conceal herself there : That instant the moon o'er a dark cloud shone clear, And she saw in the moonlight two ruffians appear, And between them a corpse did they bear.