Edinburgh Magazine: Or Literary Miscellany, Volume 17J. Sibbald, 1801 |
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... himself to fign as Earl of Leven only on pain of the eftate paffing to the next in the entail ; but he may with propriety be addreffed with the addition of Earl of Melvill , and the reafon given in the Peerage by Douglas for this prefer ...
... himself to fign as Earl of Leven only on pain of the eftate paffing to the next in the entail ; but he may with propriety be addreffed with the addition of Earl of Melvill , and the reafon given in the Peerage by Douglas for this prefer ...
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... himself what perhaps he was already . A poor foldier , in the agony of his fufferings under the cane , by Paul's orders , for a trifling fault in his exercise , cried out in despair , " Curfed baldhead ! curfed bald- head ! " The ...
... himself what perhaps he was already . A poor foldier , in the agony of his fufferings under the cane , by Paul's orders , for a trifling fault in his exercise , cried out in despair , " Curfed baldhead ! curfed bald- head ! " The ...
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... himself , " faid 66 he . " 6 " Let him overturn the carri- age , let him break my neck , but " let him obey me , and turn the in- " ftant I command him . " During the difpute the coachman fucceeded in turning , but Paul had him chaf ...
... himself , " faid 66 he . " 6 " Let him overturn the carri- age , let him break my neck , but " let him obey me , and turn the in- " ftant I command him . " During the difpute the coachman fucceeded in turning , but Paul had him chaf ...
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... himself to be Jefus Chrift . His fifter , Hannah Falkner , who lived with him , did not efcape the contagion ; and in their frenzy fits they have not unfrequently ran into the water till they were in danger of being drowned , calling on ...
... himself to be Jefus Chrift . His fifter , Hannah Falkner , who lived with him , did not efcape the contagion ; and in their frenzy fits they have not unfrequently ran into the water till they were in danger of being drowned , calling on ...
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... himself in his own meeting house . Her death has much affected him , for he had perfuaded himself that neither of them could die ; and he has determined to make a year's pilgrimage ( as he fays ) to difpofe of her legacy . He fet off ...
... himself in his own meeting house . Her death has much affected him , for he had perfuaded himself that neither of them could die ; and he has determined to make a year's pilgrimage ( as he fays ) to difpofe of her legacy . He fet off ...
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