The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 88, Part 1; Volume 123F. Jefferies, 1818 - Early English newspapers 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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... Henry VIII . that only Gentlemen should play for money at tennis , dice , bowls , & c . unless during the Christ- mas holidays . Of all species of Gam- bling , perhaps Lotteries are the most unfair ; at least the adventurer plays with ...
... Henry VIII . that only Gentlemen should play for money at tennis , dice , bowls , & c . unless during the Christ- mas holidays . Of all species of Gam- bling , perhaps Lotteries are the most unfair ; at least the adventurer plays with ...
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... Henry VIII . the house ( till then a seat of the Abbot of Cirencester ) and lands of Driffield , St. Ampreys , and Kemsford , & c . were granted to Humphrey and George Browne , in exchange for lands at Waltham , in Essex . Sir Humphrey ...
... Henry VIII . the house ( till then a seat of the Abbot of Cirencester ) and lands of Driffield , St. Ampreys , and Kemsford , & c . were granted to Humphrey and George Browne , in exchange for lands at Waltham , in Essex . Sir Humphrey ...
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... Henry VIII . was selected by him as the seat of a new Bishoprick . Although worse en- dowed than any other Cathedral in England , yet , by the liberal arrange- ments of the Dean and Chapter , the choristers educating under their auspi ...
... Henry VIII . was selected by him as the seat of a new Bishoprick . Although worse en- dowed than any other Cathedral in England , yet , by the liberal arrange- ments of the Dean and Chapter , the choristers educating under their auspi ...
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... Henry VIII . Sir Henry Savile , scholar , Sir Henry Wotton , statesman and poet , and its Pro- vost , Francis Rous , Speaker of Cromwell's Little Parliament . In the cemetery belonging to the Chapel lie the remains of the ever memorable ...
... Henry VIII . Sir Henry Savile , scholar , Sir Henry Wotton , statesman and poet , and its Pro- vost , Francis Rous , Speaker of Cromwell's Little Parliament . In the cemetery belonging to the Chapel lie the remains of the ever memorable ...
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... Henry VIII . Wycombe was the vicarage of Dr. Gumble , the biographer of Monk , and who assisted him in concerting measures for the Restoration . Among its representatives in parliament , were Edmund Waller the poet , Sir Edmund Verney ...
... Henry VIII . Wycombe was the vicarage of Dr. Gumble , the biographer of Monk , and who assisted him in concerting measures for the Restoration . Among its representatives in parliament , were Edmund Waller the poet , Sir Edmund Verney ...
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