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Page 36
Tamerlane the Great was engaged in a game during the very time of the decisive
battle with Bajazet, the Turkish emperor, who was defeated and taken prisoner.
Al Amin, the Khali/ of Bagdad. It is related of Al Amin, the Khalif of Bagdad, that ...
Tamerlane the Great was engaged in a game during the very time of the decisive
battle with Bajazet, the Turkish emperor, who was defeated and taken prisoner.
Al Amin, the Khali/ of Bagdad. It is related of Al Amin, the Khalif of Bagdad, that ...
Page 185
Major Andrt?, you may recollect, was taken prisoner by the Americans during the
revolution as a British spy. The house or hut in which he was kept in confinement
had only very lately gone i.ito ruins. It was then a tavern, and its landlord, now ...
Major Andrt?, you may recollect, was taken prisoner by the Americans during the
revolution as a British spy. The house or hut in which he was kept in confinement
had only very lately gone i.ito ruins. It was then a tavern, and its landlord, now ...
Page 283
After the lapse of a, few minutes the carriage stopped ; the good woman was
taken out, and ushered into a most splendid mansion — although the midnight
darkness was too great to allow of her noticing its exterior and situation. After the
infant ...
After the lapse of a, few minutes the carriage stopped ; the good woman was
taken out, and ushered into a most splendid mansion — although the midnight
darkness was too great to allow of her noticing its exterior and situation. After the
infant ...
Page 353
These were sung in some lines of great sweetness and poetical feeling, a few
years since by Mr. Luttrell, who appears to have taken his muse by the arm, and "
wandered up and. down,'' describing the natural glories and olden celebrity of ...
These were sung in some lines of great sweetness and poetical feeling, a few
years since by Mr. Luttrell, who appears to have taken his muse by the arm, and "
wandered up and. down,'' describing the natural glories and olden celebrity of ...
Page 381
N. B. It is known where the boats are, and that they can be collected without
suspicion, with their oars-men ; and it is taken for granted, the owners will not
object, though, for fear of giving the least cause of alarm, nothing has as yet been
said to ...
N. B. It is known where the boats are, and that they can be collected without
suspicion, with their oars-men ; and it is taken for granted, the owners will not
object, though, for fear of giving the least cause of alarm, nothing has as yet been
said to ...
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