The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 7J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1796 - Books and bookselling |
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... less regretted , if he had not left a fucceffor to fill the throne who was in the decline of life and un- derstanding , without energy , without abilities to heal the bleeding wounds of his expiring country . Providence , apparently ...
... less regretted , if he had not left a fucceffor to fill the throne who was in the decline of life and un- derstanding , without energy , without abilities to heal the bleeding wounds of his expiring country . Providence , apparently ...
Page 82
... less fatisfactory iffue of the conteft than I firmly expect , or than we might have obtained at different periods , The Chancellor of the Exchequer de- clared , that , during a period of difcuf- fion as difficult and important as had ...
... less fatisfactory iffue of the conteft than I firmly expect , or than we might have obtained at different periods , The Chancellor of the Exchequer de- clared , that , during a period of difcuf- fion as difficult and important as had ...
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... even a fhade of the blue or purple being diftinct- ly marked , without any refemblance what- ever to an Aurora Borealis . Lanark , 2 Jan. 1796 . f10 no less to that of their worthy patron Mr Dale Affairs in Scotland . 75.
... even a fhade of the blue or purple being diftinct- ly marked , without any refemblance what- ever to an Aurora Borealis . Lanark , 2 Jan. 1796 . f10 no less to that of their worthy patron Mr Dale Affairs in Scotland . 75.
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no less to that of their worthy patron Mr Dale , then prefent , a Gentleman who is truly an ornament to his country . - Chil- dren are received at the age of seven years ; they are well educated , cloathed , and fed , and the greatest ...
no less to that of their worthy patron Mr Dale , then prefent , a Gentleman who is truly an ornament to his country . - Chil- dren are received at the age of seven years ; they are well educated , cloathed , and fed , and the greatest ...
Page 82
... less than two hours . Inverary , Jan. 25. The tides , for fome time paft , in Lochfine , have arifen to fuch an extraordinary height , accom- panied , and indeed chiefly occafioned , by conftant gales of wind from the fouth weft , that ...
... less than two hours . Inverary , Jan. 25. The tides , for fome time paft , in Lochfine , have arifen to fuch an extraordinary height , accom- panied , and indeed chiefly occafioned , by conftant gales of wind from the fouth weft , that ...
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