Gentleman's Magazine: And Historical Chronicle, Volume 55F. Jefferies, 1785 - Early English newspapers |
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... attention of Dr. Johnfon for many years ; and during his vifit at Lichfield , in the year 1781 , he defired Dr. Jones , a phyfician of that place , to give him an account of it , faying it was by much the largest tree of the kind he had ...
... attention of Dr. Johnfon for many years ; and during his vifit at Lichfield , in the year 1781 , he defired Dr. Jones , a phyfician of that place , to give him an account of it , faying it was by much the largest tree of the kind he had ...
Page 503
... attention of the cu- rious or the antiquary . In repairing a pew belonging to the master - builder of Chatham - yard , fitu- ated on the fouth fide of the chancel , the workmen found , in the wall to which it joined , fome loose bricks ...
... attention of the cu- rious or the antiquary . In repairing a pew belonging to the master - builder of Chatham - yard , fitu- ated on the fouth fide of the chancel , the workmen found , in the wall to which it joined , fome loose bricks ...
Page 504
... attention was the foliage of thofe trees , which was beautiful beyond expreffion , but different in the three Compartments or feats . Such an unexpect childhood manifefted a difpofition to good- ed and uncommon difcovery , exceeding ...
... attention was the foliage of thofe trees , which was beautiful beyond expreffion , but different in the three Compartments or feats . Such an unexpect childhood manifefted a difpofition to good- ed and uncommon difcovery , exceeding ...
Page 519
... attention to my wifhes : and to fuch a height did he carry his zeal to pleafe me , that he seemed almost to pay me divine honours . " One morning I was informed that a foreign gentle an wanted to fee me . Being fhewn in , he requested ...
... attention to my wifhes : and to fuch a height did he carry his zeal to pleafe me , that he seemed almost to pay me divine honours . " One morning I was informed that a foreign gentle an wanted to fee me . Being fhewn in , he requested ...
Page 527
... attention in members to their duty ; a defect which he feared would not be remedied , by accommodating the matter to their difpofitions ; it must be by a ftimulus to accommodate their difpotitions to their duty . Mr. Powys role to fave ...
... attention in members to their duty ; a defect which he feared would not be remedied , by accommodating the matter to their difpofitions ; it must be by a ftimulus to accommodate their difpotitions to their duty . Mr. Powys role to fave ...
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