Gleanings Through Wales, Holland, and Westphalia;: With Views of Peace and War at Home and Abroad ...T.N. Longman, 1796 |
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... myself almoft imperceptibly once more in Holland , whofe armies , ftill freezing upon the banks of the Maife and Lower Rhine , must , perhaps , again have recourfe to the affiftance of her great water - dog , to whom he has more than ...
... myself almoft imperceptibly once more in Holland , whofe armies , ftill freezing upon the banks of the Maife and Lower Rhine , must , perhaps , again have recourfe to the affiftance of her great water - dog , to whom he has more than ...
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... myself , you will fhare , as it will , for a while , fufpend every more turbulent fubject , and empower me to conduct you gradually along , till you almost forget we are approach- ing fcenes of devaftation . By fuch means , too , I ...
... myself , you will fhare , as it will , for a while , fufpend every more turbulent fubject , and empower me to conduct you gradually along , till you almost forget we are approach- ing fcenes of devaftation . By fuch means , too , I ...
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... myself as having a fufficient fanction on the determined laws of the drama , to enrol amongst their unities , thofe of heroifm and perfonal beauty . The * The Ruffians , however , all unfheath their fwords GLEANINGS , & c . 29.
... myself as having a fufficient fanction on the determined laws of the drama , to enrol amongst their unities , thofe of heroifm and perfonal beauty . The * The Ruffians , however , all unfheath their fwords GLEANINGS , & c . 29.
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... myself amongst the flower and fafhion of the Hague . After being waited for by the actors and the audience the decent time , that is , juft long enough enough to wind up - expectation to the proper pitch 32 CLEANINGS , & c .
... myself amongst the flower and fafhion of the Hague . After being waited for by the actors and the audience the decent time , that is , juft long enough enough to wind up - expectation to the proper pitch 32 CLEANINGS , & c .
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... myself was ftuck betwixt this Scylla and Charybdis , I feelingly faw the force of cuftom , which reconciled the moft delicate young women ( for , in point of form and and feature , Weftphalia has many fuch to boast ) GLEANINGS , & c . 59.
... myself was ftuck betwixt this Scylla and Charybdis , I feelingly faw the force of cuftom , which reconciled the moft delicate young women ( for , in point of form and and feature , Weftphalia has many fuch to boast ) GLEANINGS , & c . 59.
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