The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History, Literature, Fine Arts, Etc. ...Duncombe., 1830 |
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Page 102
... short ; for Doctor Dunder- head , he was neither old enough nor short enough , although in other re- spects he closely resembled that eminent professor . At last the idea struck me that he must be Doctor Scott , the Odontist ; or ...
... short ; for Doctor Dunder- head , he was neither old enough nor short enough , although in other re- spects he closely resembled that eminent professor . At last the idea struck me that he must be Doctor Scott , the Odontist ; or ...
Page 115
... short time , you see my hands above the water , cast your nets quickly and draw me out ; but should my feet appear , it is a sign that I am dead . In that case take the mule and port- manteau , go to the market , and in- quire for ...
... short time , you see my hands above the water , cast your nets quickly and draw me out ; but should my feet appear , it is a sign that I am dead . In that case take the mule and port- manteau , go to the market , and in- quire for ...
Page 370
... short of £ 80,000 a year . There are more than 150,000 persons under confinement in prison , or vegetating in hospitals , & c . and above 60,000 children of mendicant or indigent parents cast forth daily upon the world without any ...
... short of £ 80,000 a year . There are more than 150,000 persons under confinement in prison , or vegetating in hospitals , & c . and above 60,000 children of mendicant or indigent parents cast forth daily upon the world without any ...
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