The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 102, Part 1; Volume 151F. Jefferies, 1832 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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... give another extract from the valuable evi- dence of Colonel Torrens . process there will probably be no period during which any land can actually be thrown out of cultivation , the increasing population requiring all the food that ...
... give another extract from the valuable evi- dence of Colonel Torrens . process there will probably be no period during which any land can actually be thrown out of cultivation , the increasing population requiring all the food that ...
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... give the metropo- lis and all the other parts of the king- dom remote from our coal mines , a portion of that wealth which is at pre- sent limited to certain districts merely in consequence of the expense of car- riage . But we have the ...
... give the metropo- lis and all the other parts of the king- dom remote from our coal mines , a portion of that wealth which is at pre- sent limited to certain districts merely in consequence of the expense of car- riage . But we have the ...
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... give a brief history of our extensive Coaleries ; of our Iron works ; Lead , Copper , and Tin Mines , and the manufactories to which they furnish employment for at least one - third of the population of Great Britain . Independent of ...
... give a brief history of our extensive Coaleries ; of our Iron works ; Lead , Copper , and Tin Mines , and the manufactories to which they furnish employment for at least one - third of the population of Great Britain . Independent of ...
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... give an example of a stiffer construction of period than any preceding author had ventured to give . " Profound capacity , indeed , undaunted courage , extensive enterprise ; in these particulars , perhaps , the Roman do not much ...
... give an example of a stiffer construction of period than any preceding author had ventured to give . " Profound capacity , indeed , undaunted courage , extensive enterprise ; in these particulars , perhaps , the Roman do not much ...
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... give them so awkward and unpleasing a form . " 6 In his character of James I. he gives us a sentence without a verb ; a liberty which no writer before or since , ex- cept Robertson , who once copied him , h Ch . lxxi . vol . 8 , p . 305 ...
... give them so awkward and unpleasing a form . " 6 In his character of James I. he gives us a sentence without a verb ; a liberty which no writer before or since , ex- cept Robertson , who once copied him , h Ch . lxxi . vol . 8 , p . 305 ...
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Page 336 - Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight ; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Page 258 - It is not the actual greatness of national wealth, but its continual increase, which occasions a rise in the wages of labour. It is not, accordingly, in the richest countries, but in the most thriving, or in those which are growing rich the fastest, that the wages of labour are highest.
Page 57 - And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
Page 546 - And there hath been thy bane; there is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest; a fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears; to all who ever bore.
Page 187 - Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God. And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant...
Page 67 - That, as they admit of greater breadth of tyre than other carriages, and as the roads are not acted on so injuriously as by the feet of horses in common draught, such carriages will cause less wear of roads than coaches drawn by horses.
Page 335 - The reader finds a scene drawn in stronger colours, and painted more to the life in his imagination, by the help of words, than by an actual survey of the scene which they describe. In this case, the poet seems to get the better of nature...
Page 303 - I enjoin and require that no ecclesiastic, missionary, or minister of any sect whatsoever, shall ever hold or exercise any station or duty whatever in the said College; nor shall any such person ever by admitted for any purpose, or as a visitor, within the premises appropriated to the purposes of the said College.
Page 67 - That at this rate they have conveyed upwards of fourteen passengers. 3. That their weight, including engine, fuel, water and attendants, may be under three tons.
Page 107 - October 24, 1684; for their adherence to the word of God, and Scotland's covenanted work of reformation.