The Quarterly Review, Volume 19William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1818 |
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... instance of what store of woods and timber of prodigious size , there were growing in our little county of Surrey , ( the nearest of any to London , ) and plen- tifully furnished both for profit and pleasure , ( with sufficient grief ...
... instance of what store of woods and timber of prodigious size , there were growing in our little county of Surrey , ( the nearest of any to London , ) and plen- tifully furnished both for profit and pleasure , ( with sufficient grief ...
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... friar , of standing godfather to a Turk and a Jew , —a remarkable instance of liberality in the friar , unless he doubted the sincerity sincerity of his neophytes , and thought a heretic sponsor Evelyn's Memoirs : 11.
... friar , of standing godfather to a Turk and a Jew , —a remarkable instance of liberality in the friar , unless he doubted the sincerity sincerity of his neophytes , and thought a heretic sponsor Evelyn's Memoirs : 11.
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... instance in our literary history of a marriage wherein there was the same disparity of years , and the same nonage on the part of the bride , —it was in the case of Brooke the author of the Fool of Quality , and that marriage also was a ...
... instance in our literary history of a marriage wherein there was the same disparity of years , and the same nonage on the part of the bride , —it was in the case of Brooke the author of the Fool of Quality , and that marriage also was a ...
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... instance , eggs are 2d . each ; butter 3s . 6d . a pound ; meat of the worst description 1s . a pound ; milk 44d . a pint , & c . house - rent high beyond example — that which Mr. Birkbeck lodged in , situated in a back street , lets ...
... instance , eggs are 2d . each ; butter 3s . 6d . a pound ; meat of the worst description 1s . a pound ; milk 44d . a pint , & c . house - rent high beyond example — that which Mr. Birkbeck lodged in , situated in a back street , lets ...
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... instance , had the misfortune to break his leg at a time when his wife was confined by sickness , and for three days they were only supplied with water , by a child of two years old , having no means of communicating with their ...
... instance , had the misfortune to break his leg at a time when his wife was confined by sickness , and for three days they were only supplied with water , by a child of two years old , having no means of communicating with their ...
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