The Nic-nac: Or, Literary Cabinet, 1권T. Wallis, 1823 |
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... the encouragement given to many of them , illustrate very strikingly the universal diffusion of education and intelligence among all classes of the community . Fifty years ago a publisher would have found great difficulty - PREFACE .
... the encouragement given to many of them , illustrate very strikingly the universal diffusion of education and intelligence among all classes of the community . Fifty years ago a publisher would have found great difficulty - PREFACE .
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... given upwards of 800 columns of amusing matter , illustrated by nearly fifty engravings , for the trifling sum of four shillings and six- pence . Till we find that any one of our competitors has done more for a smaller amount , we shall ...
... given upwards of 800 columns of amusing matter , illustrated by nearly fifty engravings , for the trifling sum of four shillings and six- pence . Till we find that any one of our competitors has done more for a smaller amount , we shall ...
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... given me capacity to notice , it has always occurred to me that no undertaking was ever pro- secuted with more public spirit , or fraught with more public advantage . The canals are another object of great national consequence ; and ...
... given me capacity to notice , it has always occurred to me that no undertaking was ever pro- secuted with more public spirit , or fraught with more public advantage . The canals are another object of great national consequence ; and ...
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... given yourself a deal of unnecessary trouble . " - Continued on page 27. ) The English Traveller . ROADS . I pique myself on being moderate in my remarks on public conduct , but in the present case were I even so in- clined , it is ...
... given yourself a deal of unnecessary trouble . " - Continued on page 27. ) The English Traveller . ROADS . I pique myself on being moderate in my remarks on public conduct , but in the present case were I even so in- clined , it is ...
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... given , is it her fault that in- convenience is incurred , comfort banish- ed , and health endangered ? In relation to sheets , nothing can be so infamously unfeeling as the prac- tices that are used . Clean sheets are out of the ...
... given , is it her fault that in- convenience is incurred , comfort banish- ed , and health endangered ? In relation to sheets , nothing can be so infamously unfeeling as the prac- tices that are used . Clean sheets are out of the ...
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387 페이지 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
104 페이지 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours: Where are they?
308 페이지 - Network: anything reticulated or decussated, at equal distances with interstices between the intersections.
307 페이지 - A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
371 페이지 - One day a great feast was held, and after dinner the representation of Solomon, his temple, and the coming of the queen of Sheba, was made, or, as I may better say, was meant to have been made before their majesties, by device of the earl of Salisbury and others.
48 페이지 - Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed You can send a boy to college but you can't make him think.
371 페이지 - Queen which had been bestowed on his garments, such as wine, cream, jelly, beverage, cakes, spices and other good matters. The entertainment and show went forward, and most of the presenters went backward, or fell down, wine did so occupy their upper chambers. Now did appear, in rich dress, Hope...
365 페이지 - When a negro is so fortunate as to find a diamond of the weight of an octavo (17^ carats), much ceremony takes place; he is crowned with a wreath of flowers and carried in procession to the administrator, who gives him his freedom, by paying his owner for it.
279 페이지 - ... the different places they had been accustomed to visit ; such as the Bay, the Old Head or Man, the Windmill, &c. at Boulogne ; St. Vallery, and other places on the coast of Picardy ; which they afterwards confirmed, when they viewed them through their telescopes.
171 페이지 - The after-part of the day is chiefly spent in dancing round a tall pole, which is called a May-pole ; which, being placed in a convenient part of the village, stands there, as it were, consecrated to the goddess of flowers, without the least violation offered it in the whole circle of the year.