The British Magazine, Or, Monthly Repository for Gentlemen & LadiesJames Rivington & James Fletcher ... & H. Payne, 1762 - English literature |
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... favoured them with an uninterrupted feries of agree- able articles on the fubjects of biography and natural hiftory ... favour- able opportunity fhall render them the proper objects of attention . January 1762 . a As As we have adhered ...
... favoured them with an uninterrupted feries of agree- able articles on the fubjects of biography and natural hiftory ... favour- able opportunity fhall render them the proper objects of attention . January 1762 . a As As we have adhered ...
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... utility and amufement , we do not despair of enjoying a continuation of fuccefs ; nor can we re- fign our pretenfions to the favour and protection of the community . Bannerman Sculp S FRANCIS BACON , Lord CHANCELLOR . THE ADVERTISEMENT .
... utility and amufement , we do not despair of enjoying a continuation of fuccefs ; nor can we re- fign our pretenfions to the favour and protection of the community . Bannerman Sculp S FRANCIS BACON , Lord CHANCELLOR . THE ADVERTISEMENT .
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... favour of a court ; because that would be inconfiftent with a regard for truth , the great and chief thing required in an historian . But then , as a like regard ought always to be paid to truth , there can be no merit in facrificing ...
... favour of a court ; because that would be inconfiftent with a regard for truth , the great and chief thing required in an historian . But then , as a like regard ought always to be paid to truth , there can be no merit in facrificing ...
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... favour : this ceremony being ended , he returns to the palace in the fame order fnd pomp . There is one odd cuftom more upon this occafion , which is pecu- Har to this court : when the king is come to the threshold of the church - door ...
... favour : this ceremony being ended , he returns to the palace in the fame order fnd pomp . There is one odd cuftom more upon this occafion , which is pecu- Har to this court : when the king is come to the threshold of the church - door ...
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... favour with the king . The queen , who is the only lady law- fully married to him , is ftiled mistress of the women , because she is fet over all the reft of his feraglio . Before his marriage he causes a tribute to be levied over all ...
... favour with the king . The queen , who is the only lady law- fully married to him , is ftiled mistress of the women , because she is fet over all the reft of his feraglio . Before his marriage he causes a tribute to be levied over all ...
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