Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc, Volume 4William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, John Morley, Frederick Arnold, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin H. Colburn, 1820 |
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... France , like and of Sultanas husbands . In that direction an unhappy lover , he observed everything Absorbed in this weighty consideration lives that most respectable of characters the with chagrin and ill - humour . Perhaps some ( how ...
... France , like and of Sultanas husbands . In that direction an unhappy lover , he observed everything Absorbed in this weighty consideration lives that most respectable of characters the with chagrin and ill - humour . Perhaps some ( how ...
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... France at Aleppo , and since at Bagdad , and taken to France , where they were immediately purchased for Russia , be fore any competition arose from other coun- tries , His Majesty the Emperor has now made a present of them to the ...
... France at Aleppo , and since at Bagdad , and taken to France , where they were immediately purchased for Russia , be fore any competition arose from other coun- tries , His Majesty the Emperor has now made a present of them to the ...
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... France and Italy ; his residence in England towards the latter part of the protectorate , and his connexion with the courts of Charles II . and the two subsequent reigns , interspersed with a vast number of original anecdotes of the ...
... France and Italy ; his residence in England towards the latter part of the protectorate , and his connexion with the courts of Charles II . and the two subsequent reigns , interspersed with a vast number of original anecdotes of the ...
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... France during the last 30 Years , 4 vols 24s . 2. Jane of France , 2 vols . 12s . 3. Zuma , or the Tree of Health , and other Tales , 65 . Completion of the Franklin MSS . Price 28s . FRANKLIN'S MEMOIRS , the 5th and 6th Volumes , in ...
... France during the last 30 Years , 4 vols 24s . 2. Jane of France , 2 vols . 12s . 3. Zuma , or the Tree of Health , and other Tales , 65 . Completion of the Franklin MSS . Price 28s . FRANKLIN'S MEMOIRS , the 5th and 6th Volumes , in ...
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... France , and found himself at leisure , to write a detailed account of Turkey - ra- ther however as it ought to be , than as it If the lady , by whom I have the honour of being employed , were one of your ordinary women , on whom the ...
... France , and found himself at leisure , to write a detailed account of Turkey - ra- ther however as it ought to be , than as it If the lady , by whom I have the honour of being employed , were one of your ordinary women , on whom the ...
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