The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 9J. Limbird, 1827 Containing original essays; historical narratives, biographical memoirs, sketches of society, topographical descriptions, novels and tales, anecdotes, select extracts from new and expensive works, the spirit of the public journals, discoveries in the arts and sciences, useful domestic hints, etc. etc. etc. |
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... four principal ones in the plains of Geeza , ) stands on a rocky hill much higher than the plain below . It is built of stone very little harder than chalk , and was originally cased with granite ; a considerable portion of this casing ...
... four principal ones in the plains of Geeza , ) stands on a rocky hill much higher than the plain below . It is built of stone very little harder than chalk , and was originally cased with granite ; a considerable portion of this casing ...
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... four triangular striated seeds in each . Of this tree there are several species , some variegated in the leaves , some with yellow berries , and some with white . It is found very useful as a hedge - plant . Its scarlet berries are ...
... four triangular striated seeds in each . Of this tree there are several species , some variegated in the leaves , some with yellow berries , and some with white . It is found very useful as a hedge - plant . Its scarlet berries are ...
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... four o'clock P. M. our good rustics can never have enough of a good thing - were beginning to assemble for the ball . The afternoon was fair and cold , and dry and frosty , and Matthews's , Bridg- waters ' , White's , and Jones's , in ...
... four o'clock P. M. our good rustics can never have enough of a good thing - were beginning to assemble for the ball . The afternoon was fair and cold , and dry and frosty , and Matthews's , Bridg- waters ' , White's , and Jones's , in ...
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... four safe anchorages , in from three to five fathoms water , viz . the first , from the west entrance , is under Captain Spottiswood's house on the hill , bringing it to bear on the bow and port Magee astern . The second , in the bight ...
... four safe anchorages , in from three to five fathoms water , viz . the first , from the west entrance , is under Captain Spottiswood's house on the hill , bringing it to bear on the bow and port Magee astern . The second , in the bight ...
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... four times greater than they now fall , and those who are ac- quainted with the accelerated force of fall- ing bodies , will be able to appreciate the great increase of power that will be ac- quired by this principle . It is easy to ...
... four times greater than they now fall , and those who are ac- quainted with the accelerated force of fall- ing bodies , will be able to appreciate the great increase of power that will be ac- quired by this principle . It is easy to ...
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