Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 244A. Dodd and A. Smith, 1968 - Early English newspapers 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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Page 190
... person addressed would record his vote for him . He actually succeeded in getting promised thirty - two votes out of a total of thirty - four ; and the trick was only discovered by the accident of two of the electors comparing notes as ...
... person addressed would record his vote for him . He actually succeeded in getting promised thirty - two votes out of a total of thirty - four ; and the trick was only discovered by the accident of two of the electors comparing notes as ...
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... person's body , may be illustrated by the Samoan custom of taking valuable presents as a last expression of regard to the dying , obviously by way of bribing them to forego their incorporeal privilege of post - mortem revenge . On the ...
... person's body , may be illustrated by the Samoan custom of taking valuable presents as a last expression of regard to the dying , obviously by way of bribing them to forego their incorporeal privilege of post - mortem revenge . On the ...
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... person's memory , whilst to mention his name was " a nefarious proceeding . " 4 The degrees of guilt attached to the mention of a dead person , arising from a belief in the power of spoken names to call back their owners , vary in ...
... person's memory , whilst to mention his name was " a nefarious proceeding . " 4 The degrees of guilt attached to the mention of a dead person , arising from a belief in the power of spoken names to call back their owners , vary in ...
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Cox David By FREDERICK WEDMORE | 1 |
HOW HANDSOME SHE LOOKED | 18 |
So Like a Man | 129 |
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