The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 38F. Jefferies, 1768 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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... Fire engine ; Dr Percival's Arguments againft inoculating Infants ; the Cafe of the Poor confidered in a new Light ; wonderful Difcovery in an Elephant's Tooth ; and an Account of a curious Ruffian Animal . MAY . An Account of the ...
... Fire engine ; Dr Percival's Arguments againft inoculating Infants ; the Cafe of the Poor confidered in a new Light ; wonderful Difcovery in an Elephant's Tooth ; and an Account of a curious Ruffian Animal . MAY . An Account of the ...
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... Fire affects either . The Situation , near the North Bank of the Thames , juft below London - Bridge . Time of Obfervation , Nine in the Morning . The Glaffes always remain in the fame Situation , but the Account of the Weather , from ...
... Fire affects either . The Situation , near the North Bank of the Thames , juft below London - Bridge . Time of Obfervation , Nine in the Morning . The Glaffes always remain in the fame Situation , but the Account of the Weather , from ...
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... fire , ftorms , drought , rain , and faction . It would be well for England , if all her great men were good , we should then have benefits which now we want , and in particular , better weather . Thefe particulars become neither more ...
... fire , ftorms , drought , rain , and faction . It would be well for England , if all her great men were good , we should then have benefits which now we want , and in particular , better weather . Thefe particulars become neither more ...
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... fire : But virtue is with glory crown'd , Tho ' funs and flars expire . ' VII . What aweful thoughts ! what truth fublime ! What useful leffon this ! Oh let me well improve my time ! Oh let me dye in peace ! Marshfield , Feb. 10 , 1767 ...
... fire : But virtue is with glory crown'd , Tho ' funs and flars expire . ' VII . What aweful thoughts ! what truth fublime ! What useful leffon this ! Oh let me well improve my time ! Oh let me dye in peace ! Marshfield , Feb. 10 , 1767 ...
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... fire , but ftill more by thofe animals , upwards of an hundred perfons being killed , and a much greater number wounded before they could be destroyed . Mount Salga , in Hungary , lately , burft into a flame , and fet fire to a ...
... fire , but ftill more by thofe animals , upwards of an hundred perfons being killed , and a much greater number wounded before they could be destroyed . Mount Salga , in Hungary , lately , burft into a flame , and fet fire to a ...
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Page 86 - This night, our wit, the pert apprentice cries, Lies at my feet, I hiss him, and he dies.
Page 415 - Parliament ever so clear, yet, for obvious reasons, it would be beyond the rules of equity that their constituents should be taxed, on the manufactures of Great Britain here, in addition to the duties they pay for them in England, and other advantages arising to Great Britain, from the acts of trade, this House have...