The Critical Review, Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1802 - English literature |
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... described . The main story is true , but , in passing through different hands , it generally acquires an accession of circum- stances , which are totally devoid of truth . Official intelligence alone is certain ; and such certain ...
... described . The main story is true , but , in passing through different hands , it generally acquires an accession of circum- stances , which are totally devoid of truth . Official intelligence alone is certain ; and such certain ...
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... described by Mr. Nasmyth , in which Art seemed almost to have rivalled the mighty operations of Nature , in her combination of the grand and splendid with the terrible and sublime . In the centre of an immense apartment , belonging to ...
... described by Mr. Nasmyth , in which Art seemed almost to have rivalled the mighty operations of Nature , in her combination of the grand and splendid with the terrible and sublime . In the centre of an immense apartment , belonging to ...
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... described ; and the author's treat- ment of mechanical causes of inflammation in the eye we think judi- cious . His system is that of Brown , viz . of accumulated and ex- hausted irritability ; which , we have said , is a doctrine well ...
... described ; and the author's treat- ment of mechanical causes of inflammation in the eye we think judi- cious . His system is that of Brown , viz . of accumulated and ex- hausted irritability ; which , we have said , is a doctrine well ...
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... described , is the Assiniboin , or Red River , which , at the distance of forty miles coastwise , disem- bogues on the south - west side of the Lake Winipic . It alternately receives those two denominations from its dividing , at the ...
... described , is the Assiniboin , or Red River , which , at the distance of forty miles coastwise , disem- bogues on the south - west side of the Lake Winipic . It alternately receives those two denominations from its dividing , at the ...
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... described in the example of the magnets ; but the extent of space and of time in which it is com- pleted is so small that it escapes our observation , and we imagine it to be by contact and in an instant . We now see that it is similar ...
... described in the example of the magnets ; but the extent of space and of time in which it is com- pleted is so small that it escapes our observation , and we imagine it to be by contact and in an instant . We now see that it is similar ...
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