The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 88, Part 1; Volume 123F. Jefferies, 1818 The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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... Somerset- shire ; but the Universal Biographical Dictionary , and Lempriere's Biographi- cal Dictionary say that he was born at Stanton in Staffordshire . Which au- thority is correct ? -The Universal Bio- graphical Dictionary also ...
... Somerset- shire ; but the Universal Biographical Dictionary , and Lempriere's Biographi- cal Dictionary say that he was born at Stanton in Staffordshire . Which au- thority is correct ? -The Universal Bio- graphical Dictionary also ...
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... Somerset- shire . I was then removed to a school at Milton Abbas , where I re- mained nine years , and in the fifteenth year of my age I was taken home to my father's house , a poor , raw , igno- rant youth , not having acquired any ...
... Somerset- shire . I was then removed to a school at Milton Abbas , where I re- mained nine years , and in the fifteenth year of my age I was taken home to my father's house , a poor , raw , igno- rant youth , not having acquired any ...
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... Somerset , Dorsetshire , Hampshire , Surrey , Kent , Sussex , Cornwall , Devonshire , and West So- mersetshire . By Mr. Marshall , Au- thor of various Works on Agriculture , and other Branches of Natural , Po- litical , and Rural ...
... Somerset , Dorsetshire , Hampshire , Surrey , Kent , Sussex , Cornwall , Devonshire , and West So- mersetshire . By Mr. Marshall , Au- thor of various Works on Agriculture , and other Branches of Natural , Po- litical , and Rural ...
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... Somerset . Lieut . - Col . Brereton , Royal African reg . to Margaret Anne , widow of the late Major W. Whitmore , and dau . of the late J. A. Olton , esq . of Barbadoes . 5. Robert Robertson , esq . of Rotter- dam , to Harriet Eleanor ...
... Somerset . Lieut . - Col . Brereton , Royal African reg . to Margaret Anne , widow of the late Major W. Whitmore , and dau . of the late J. A. Olton , esq . of Barbadoes . 5. Robert Robertson , esq . of Rotter- dam , to Harriet Eleanor ...
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... Somerset . At Paris , M. Goupy , senior of the Chamber of Deputies for the department of the Seine . He was a Counsellor of the Chatelet in his youth ; but , being diverted from the career of the Magistracy by the storms of the ...
... Somerset . At Paris , M. Goupy , senior of the Chamber of Deputies for the department of the Seine . He was a Counsellor of the Chatelet in his youth ; but , being diverted from the career of the Magistracy by the storms of the ...
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