Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc, Volume 4William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, John Morley, Frederick Arnold, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin H. Colburn, 1820 |
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... remarkable villages , by F. L. Chantrey , Esq . Sculptor , R. A. views , & c . in this interesting part of Derby- By E. Rhodes . Part II . Large 4to . pp . 126 . the Abyssinians ; their colour is less dark than that of the Negroe , and ...
... remarkable villages , by F. L. Chantrey , Esq . Sculptor , R. A. views , & c . in this interesting part of Derby- By E. Rhodes . Part II . Large 4to . pp . 126 . the Abyssinians ; their colour is less dark than that of the Negroe , and ...
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... remarkable , What secmcth meet , ANECDOTE OF GENERAL THEODORE REDING that in this battle Swiss were seen fighting Or single or with wife . VON BIBEREGG . against Swiss , who here murdered each other . The air is thick , Commanding the ...
... remarkable , What secmcth meet , ANECDOTE OF GENERAL THEODORE REDING that in this battle Swiss were seen fighting Or single or with wife . VON BIBEREGG . against Swiss , who here murdered each other . The air is thick , Commanding the ...
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... remarkable that a widow with the corpse of her husband , these spots change their figure and position , and also use bamboos to press her down and and disappear and re - appear with " unusual prevent her escape , should she attempt to ...
... remarkable that a widow with the corpse of her husband , these spots change their figure and position , and also use bamboos to press her down and and disappear and re - appear with " unusual prevent her escape , should she attempt to ...
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... remarkable objects was an ancient wall , with a part of a still more ancient mar- ble fricze , built in it as a common stone ; and a stream which has flowed under this once subterraneous city , long before its burial ; pipes of Terra ...
... remarkable objects was an ancient wall , with a part of a still more ancient mar- ble fricze , built in it as a common stone ; and a stream which has flowed under this once subterraneous city , long before its burial ; pipes of Terra ...
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... remarkable is , a Sanomat . " cloathing of the most dazzling green fea- thers , equal in brilliancy to those of the pea- cock , on the back , which gives it a very sharp quills , resembling those on the porcu- singular aspect . Between ...
... remarkable is , a Sanomat . " cloathing of the most dazzling green fea- thers , equal in brilliancy to those of the pea- cock , on the back , which gives it a very sharp quills , resembling those on the porcu- singular aspect . Between ...
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