The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 88, Part 1; Volume 123F. Jefferies, 1818 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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... means became known to per- sons of distinction and rank . In 1794 he was appointed a Baron of the Ex- chequer ; and surely no appointment to that office ever met with more pub- lic and private approbation . From Mi- chaelmas term 1800 ...
... means became known to per- sons of distinction and rank . In 1794 he was appointed a Baron of the Ex- chequer ; and surely no appointment to that office ever met with more pub- lic and private approbation . From Mi- chaelmas term 1800 ...
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... means if they be in our power . " 66 we Now , I would ask , does not the Doctor , in his last explanation of the word will , differ from his former de- finition ? For if , as he says , to " will is distinguished from to desire , by in ...
... means if they be in our power . " 66 we Now , I would ask , does not the Doctor , in his last explanation of the word will , differ from his former de- finition ? For if , as he says , to " will is distinguished from to desire , by in ...
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... means the best qualified duly to estimate the worth , or pronounce the panegyric , of a celebrated individual . Johnson is yet alive in the memory of the world ; the age which succeeded him can scarcely be said to have passed away . The ...
... means the best qualified duly to estimate the worth , or pronounce the panegyric , of a celebrated individual . Johnson is yet alive in the memory of the world ; the age which succeeded him can scarcely be said to have passed away . The ...
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... means of faith , purity , contentment , and prudence , a sublime mind , and a happy temper ; he did not also know that Christianity has , by this means , the promise of the life which now is , as well as of that which is to come . In ...
... means of faith , purity , contentment , and prudence , a sublime mind , and a happy temper ; he did not also know that Christianity has , by this means , the promise of the life which now is , as well as of that which is to come . In ...
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... means there will be one of each vacant at every annual examination for Scholarships . The Prize subjects proposed by the Society for Promoting Christian Know- ledge and Church Union in the Dio- cese of St. David's , for the year 1818 ...
... means there will be one of each vacant at every annual examination for Scholarships . The Prize subjects proposed by the Society for Promoting Christian Know- ledge and Church Union in the Dio- cese of St. David's , for the year 1818 ...
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