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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... morning ; and , on the next day ( Tuesday ) , as I was walking along the common - blown along would be the properer phrase , for it was a wind that impelled one onward like a steam- engine - what should I see but the well- known fish ...
... morning ; and , on the next day ( Tuesday ) , as I was walking along the common - blown along would be the properer phrase , for it was a wind that impelled one onward like a steam- engine - what should I see but the well- known fish ...
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... morning face , creeping like snail Unwillingly to school . " It is only , however , while we go to the preparatory day school that our " satchel " is in request ; for no sooner does the urchin quit the ordeal of " pot - hooks " and ...
... morning face , creeping like snail Unwillingly to school . " It is only , however , while we go to the preparatory day school that our " satchel " is in request ; for no sooner does the urchin quit the ordeal of " pot - hooks " and ...
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... morning , and the Bible every evening . The crape he wears is for a son who was killed at Waterloo ; but he is comforted in thinking that his remaining child will not be without a protector for she is engaged to the son of the same who ...
... morning , and the Bible every evening . The crape he wears is for a son who was killed at Waterloo ; but he is comforted in thinking that his remaining child will not be without a protector for she is engaged to the son of the same who ...
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... morning a Gazette Extraordi- nary was published , announcing the de- cease of his royal highness in the follow- ing terms : - x " ર Whitehall , January , 5 , 1827 . This evening , at twenty minutes past nine o'clock departed this life ...
... morning a Gazette Extraordi- nary was published , announcing the de- cease of his royal highness in the follow- ing terms : - x " ર Whitehall , January , 5 , 1827 . This evening , at twenty minutes past nine o'clock departed this life ...
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... morning . " A man of true wisdom is conscious of bis inability to see into futurity ; he knows that things to come are , for wise reasons , hid from him ; and to enjoy life with cheerfulness and innocence , he wisely looks upon every ...
... morning . " A man of true wisdom is conscious of bis inability to see into futurity ; he knows that things to come are , for wise reasons , hid from him ; and to enjoy life with cheerfulness and innocence , he wisely looks upon every ...
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