The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 207A. Dodd and A. Smith, 1859 - 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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... built . with antique marble columns , the capitals and bases of which often do not belong to the same columns : they were often taken from different build- ings , and are of different materials ; some of marble , others of granite or ...
... built . with antique marble columns , the capitals and bases of which often do not belong to the same columns : they were often taken from different build- ings , and are of different materials ; some of marble , others of granite or ...
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... built stone walls to enclose and for- tify their cities , but the buildings within those walls were of wood only , or had merely foundations of stone with wooden superstructures , as in the middle ages . This is evident from the fact ...
... built stone walls to enclose and for- tify their cities , but the buildings within those walls were of wood only , or had merely foundations of stone with wooden superstructures , as in the middle ages . This is evident from the fact ...
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... built in the time of Elizabeth , but we are not told whether the " first English news- paper , " which belongs to the same auspicious era , contained the price of consols or a railway share list . The place and period of the invention ...
... built in the time of Elizabeth , but we are not told whether the " first English news- paper , " which belongs to the same auspicious era , contained the price of consols or a railway share list . The place and period of the invention ...
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... built , the same to be re- moved and taken away ; and that no pews be made over high , so that they which be in them cannot be seen how they behave themselves , or the prospect of the church or chancel be hindered ; and therefore that ...
... built , the same to be re- moved and taken away ; and that no pews be made over high , so that they which be in them cannot be seen how they behave themselves , or the prospect of the church or chancel be hindered ; and therefore that ...
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... built in 1852 , so numerous were the applications for admission ; and it prospered continu- ously . Dr. Rigaud , who had a year or two before taken the degree of D.D. , and had been Examiner in 1845 at Oxford , and Select Preacher ...
... built in 1852 , so numerous were the applications for admission ; and it prospered continu- ously . Dr. Rigaud , who had a year or two before taken the degree of D.D. , and had been Examiner in 1845 at Oxford , and Select Preacher ...
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