The Gentleman's Magazine, Volúmenes 191-192F. Jefferies, 1852 |
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... entered the service of Archbishop Albert . He knew that he was leagued for ever by a doom that he could not resist to the free minds of Europe , whose noble voca- tion it was to make other minds free . He felt no wish to desert his ...
... entered the service of Archbishop Albert . He knew that he was leagued for ever by a doom that he could not resist to the free minds of Europe , whose noble voca- tion it was to make other minds free . He felt no wish to desert his ...
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... entered my gig , which two little boys kept for me at the stables , and I got further leave from the servants to drive a good deal more through the grounds than is commonly allowed to visitors . The fol- lowing circumstance will perhaps ...
... entered my gig , which two little boys kept for me at the stables , and I got further leave from the servants to drive a good deal more through the grounds than is commonly allowed to visitors . The fol- lowing circumstance will perhaps ...
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... entering them , lest we fall unawares into the entrances to the ancient mines . These entrances are formed as follows . A large round pit or hollow in the earth -one we entered was from twenty to thirty feet in diameter and about twenty ...
... entering them , lest we fall unawares into the entrances to the ancient mines . These entrances are formed as follows . A large round pit or hollow in the earth -one we entered was from twenty to thirty feet in diameter and about twenty ...
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... entered the English border with 3000 horse ( as described by Buchanan ) , but having fallen into an am- bush was defeated , and with his brother George Hume was taken prisoner . Bucha- nan assigns this defeat , and the fact of the ...
... entered the English border with 3000 horse ( as described by Buchanan ) , but having fallen into an am- bush was defeated , and with his brother George Hume was taken prisoner . Bucha- nan assigns this defeat , and the fact of the ...
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... entered the Roman service , and it might be policy to conciliate the good feelings of their Brigantine subjects . There is indeed in the possession of the Scotish Antiquarian Society a monument of a Brigantine soldier , who had served ...
... entered the Roman service , and it might be policy to conciliate the good feelings of their Brigantine subjects . There is indeed in the possession of the Scotish Antiquarian Society a monument of a Brigantine soldier , who had served ...
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Página 27 - Wilberforce. I have seldom observed a more amusing and pleasing contrast between two great men than between Wilberforce and Chalmers. Chalmers is stout and erect, with a broad countenance; Wilberforce minute, and singularly twisted; Chalmers, both in body and mind, moves with a deliberate step ; Wilberforce, infirm as he is in his advanced years, flies about with astonishing activity : and while, with nimble finger, he seizes on every thing that adorns or diversifies his path, his mind flits from...
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Página 200 - who spoke of me, " called me, ' that thing called a minister :' — " to be sure,"— he said, patting his large form, — " I am a thing ; — the member, therefore, when " he called me a thing, said what was true ; and " I could not be angry with him ; but, when he " added, that thing called a minister...