Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, 63. köide,1. osaF. Jefferies, 1793 The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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... Death ! Wide ye extend one tyrant's reign , For whom ftill fpreads contagious breath , The baneful family of PAINE . Rifes for kings a deeper figh ? As men no more do monarchs die ; To undiftinguifh'd duft they turn ; Them , woes or ...
... Death ! Wide ye extend one tyrant's reign , For whom ftill fpreads contagious breath , The baneful family of PAINE . Rifes for kings a deeper figh ? As men no more do monarchs die ; To undiftinguifh'd duft they turn ; Them , woes or ...
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... death . And he may have been deservedly con- fidered as one of the chief ornaments of the university , and of the learned world at large . Indeed , fuch was the vigour of his mind , the claffical purity of his takte , and the extent and ...
... death . And he may have been deservedly con- fidered as one of the chief ornaments of the university , and of the learned world at large . Indeed , fuch was the vigour of his mind , the claffical purity of his takte , and the extent and ...
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... death in one of the early perfecutions , most probably in that of M. Aurelius and Commodus , moft probably alfo at Rome , the ancient ec- ' clefiaftical calendars , fome of which are almost coeval with the faid perfecutions , and the ...
... death in one of the early perfecutions , most probably in that of M. Aurelius and Commodus , moft probably alfo at Rome , the ancient ec- ' clefiaftical calendars , fome of which are almost coeval with the faid perfecutions , and the ...
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... Death , fufpended in the air , uncovering an urn between two Death's heads . The attitude of this figure , the foldings of the drapery , and expreffion of the heads , are truly admirable . We think the addition of wings to Death novel ...
... Death , fufpended in the air , uncovering an urn between two Death's heads . The attitude of this figure , the foldings of the drapery , and expreffion of the heads , are truly admirable . We think the addition of wings to Death novel ...
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... death ; and that , if a parliament , contemplating the foreboding of the ominous imperfections of the Conflitution , should , on its death - hed , provide for a remedy , by the equalization of the reprefentation of the peo- ple , it ...
... death ; and that , if a parliament , contemplating the foreboding of the ominous imperfections of the Conflitution , should , on its death - hed , provide for a remedy , by the equalization of the reprefentation of the peo- ple , it ...
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