The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 32Philological Society of London, 1797 - English literature |
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... subject , that I recollect , in the whole courfe of my life . If you fhould follow the advice you have re- ceived ( except that a very pleasant per- formance would be denied to the public ) , I fee nothing ill that can happen by ...
... subject , that I recollect , in the whole courfe of my life . If you fhould follow the advice you have re- ceived ( except that a very pleasant per- formance would be denied to the public ) , I fee nothing ill that can happen by ...
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I am led to publish thefe ferious re- flections upon a subject which I have long contemplated with veneration and admiration , by being informed that the former exertions of the artifts concerned in this fplendid exhibition , were far ...
I am led to publish thefe ferious re- flections upon a subject which I have long contemplated with veneration and admiration , by being informed that the former exertions of the artifts concerned in this fplendid exhibition , were far ...
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... subjects of his page : if indeed we were allowed , from the features of the Work , to conjecture at the leading propenfity of the Writer , we should fuppofe the arts of Painting and Sculpture to occupy a high place in Cadell and Davies ...
... subjects of his page : if indeed we were allowed , from the features of the Work , to conjecture at the leading propenfity of the Writer , we should fuppofe the arts of Painting and Sculpture to occupy a high place in Cadell and Davies ...
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... subject be taken into confideration on Friday next . FRIDAY , MAY 19 . The Houfe having refolved itself into a Committee of Privileges , in order to take into confideration the allegations of the petition of James , Earl of Lauder dale ...
... subject be taken into confideration on Friday next . FRIDAY , MAY 19 . The Houfe having refolved itself into a Committee of Privileges , in order to take into confideration the allegations of the petition of James , Earl of Lauder dale ...
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... Subject to pe- tition the King . He might be told that the Act did not prohibit meetings to petition ; that it only prevented impro- per meetings . If there be a diftinction , he contended that it ought to be the other way ; if any one ...
... Subject to pe- tition the King . He might be told that the Act did not prohibit meetings to petition ; that it only prevented impro- per meetings . If there be a diftinction , he contended that it ought to be the other way ; if any one ...
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