The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 3J. Ballantyne and Company, 1812 - Europe |
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... ment - yard . It is said , that two days ago Mr Levi visited the Monument , and continued at the top for some time . Nothing has transpired from which the friends of the deceased can judge of the cause which led to the sad catastrophe ...
... ment - yard . It is said , that two days ago Mr Levi visited the Monument , and continued at the top for some time . Nothing has transpired from which the friends of the deceased can judge of the cause which led to the sad catastrophe ...
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... ment it appeared , that on the 20th of last December , the prisoner came to his shop , bargained for a quantity of sarsenet , amounting to 6l . 38. 6d . , and ordered it to be sent with a bill to the Bull inn , in the same street ...
... ment it appeared , that on the 20th of last December , the prisoner came to his shop , bargained for a quantity of sarsenet , amounting to 6l . 38. 6d . , and ordered it to be sent with a bill to the Bull inn , in the same street ...
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... lat- ter place , it was contended , on the part of the respondents , that a settle- ment had been acquired , by hiring and service for a year . To prove this , the pauper herself , a girl of sixteen years of JAN . 22. ] 15 CHRONICLE .
... lat- ter place , it was contended , on the part of the respondents , that a settle- ment had been acquired , by hiring and service for a year . To prove this , the pauper herself , a girl of sixteen years of JAN . 22. ] 15 CHRONICLE .
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... ment did not elapse before the bells , beams , and the upper floors fell to the bottom of the tower , and their escape would have been impossible had not the belfry been upon the ground floor . The Rev. L. Pughe , the officiat . ing ...
... ment did not elapse before the bells , beams , and the upper floors fell to the bottom of the tower , and their escape would have been impossible had not the belfry been upon the ground floor . The Rev. L. Pughe , the officiat . ing ...
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... ment , by the direction of the Rubric , as soon as possible after their marri- age , but perceived no insanity . He would not have solemnized a marri- age when such a suspicion hung upon his mind . He should have thought himself guilty ...
... ment , by the direction of the Rubric , as soon as possible after their marri- age , but perceived no insanity . He would not have solemnized a marri- age when such a suspicion hung upon his mind . He should have thought himself guilty ...
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Page 340 - Drury, commanding his Majesty's cutter Sylvia, detailing the circumstances attending the capture of a Dutch national brig, of eight guns, with two transports, and the destruction of three piratical prows ; and feel happy in the Opportunity of being able to express...
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