The New Monthly Magazine and Universal Register, Volume 6H. Colburn, 1816 - English literature |
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... sent to other houses , called Hospices des Orphelins . The hundred cradles in this room were not now filled by about thirty , though sometimes they are not sufficient . Whilst I was surprized at the small number of these infants in the ...
... sent to other houses , called Hospices des Orphelins . The hundred cradles in this room were not now filled by about thirty , though sometimes they are not sufficient . Whilst I was surprized at the small number of these infants in the ...
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... sent the short way upwards , and the usual expedient adopted of dropping a weight and brush downwards ; thus obvi- ating the necessity and damage occasioned by going upon the roof , and being free from risk of disturbing the family , or ...
... sent the short way upwards , and the usual expedient adopted of dropping a weight and brush downwards ; thus obvi- ating the necessity and damage occasioned by going upon the roof , and being free from risk of disturbing the family , or ...
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... sent mode of address precludes the painful necessity of a recapitulation of all the injuri- ous and fatal consequences of a system which it is the ardent wish of the society altogether to abolish , and which would not , for another day ...
... sent mode of address precludes the painful necessity of a recapitulation of all the injuri- ous and fatal consequences of a system which it is the ardent wish of the society altogether to abolish , and which would not , for another day ...
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... sent her share of sorrow even into this remote corner . Widowed in her age , she had also lost her sight ; and unable longer to bustle on the stage of life , was about to seek an asylum in the family of one of those amiable daughters ...
... sent her share of sorrow even into this remote corner . Widowed in her age , she had also lost her sight ; and unable longer to bustle on the stage of life , was about to seek an asylum in the family of one of those amiable daughters ...
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... sent . The Huli is always in March , and the last day is the general holiday . I have never yet heard any account of the origin of this English custom , but it is unques- tionably very ancient , and is still kept up even in great towns ...
... sent . The Huli is always in March , and the last day is the general holiday . I have never yet heard any account of the origin of this English custom , but it is unques- tionably very ancient , and is still kept up even in great towns ...
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