Anthologia Hibernica: Or, Monthly Collections of Science, Belles-lettres, and History ..., Volume 3R. E. Mercier, and Company, 1794 |
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... Sea mad- nefs , he fketched in his Sir Gilbert Wrangle a director of the company This character , ftrongly drawn , and well coloured , has been performed by the veteran Macklin with great excellence . Garrick , in 1747 , opened his ...
... Sea mad- nefs , he fketched in his Sir Gilbert Wrangle a director of the company This character , ftrongly drawn , and well coloured , has been performed by the veteran Macklin with great excellence . Garrick , in 1747 , opened his ...
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... Sea lane , Saint George his lane , where in old time were builded diverse old and ancient monuments . And as an infearchers of antiquities may ( by the view there to be taken ) conjecture , the better part of the fuburbs of Dublin ...
... Sea lane , Saint George his lane , where in old time were builded diverse old and ancient monuments . And as an infearchers of antiquities may ( by the view there to be taken ) conjecture , the better part of the fuburbs of Dublin ...
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... sea . The engineer's poft was fo fituated , as to land every thing moft convenient from the fea , and was distinguished by à St. George's flag , of which notice was given to Madras and Coddalore , and large quan- tities of the rice ...
... sea . The engineer's poft was fo fituated , as to land every thing moft convenient from the fea , and was distinguished by à St. George's flag , of which notice was given to Madras and Coddalore , and large quan- tities of the rice ...
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... Sea . My Lord , IN purfuit of thofe enquiries which I have made relating to the declination of the fea , the following observations have occurred along the feveral fhores where I have travelled . I took notice that there are marks of the ...
... Sea . My Lord , IN purfuit of thofe enquiries which I have made relating to the declination of the fea , the following observations have occurred along the feveral fhores where I have travelled . I took notice that there are marks of the ...
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... sea seemed to be then just leaving it ; for he reprefents what is below Tour- nay and Louvain , as full of lakes , marshes , and half islands , made by the tides ; that the inhabitants had no towns , and were rude and barbarous ...
... sea seemed to be then just leaving it ; for he reprefents what is below Tour- nay and Louvain , as full of lakes , marshes , and half islands , made by the tides ; that the inhabitants had no towns , and were rude and barbarous ...
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Page 177 - Th' avenging fiend that follows us behind With whips and stings. The blest...
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