The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 156Edw. Cave, 1736-[1868], 1834 - English essays |
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... England under the designation of Sir John Shore , of Heath- cote , co . Derby ; this corrects a mis- statement in Debrett's list of Baronetcies merged in Peerages , Lord Teignmouth's baronetcy being there described as Shore of ...
... England under the designation of Sir John Shore , of Heath- cote , co . Derby ; this corrects a mis- statement in Debrett's list of Baronetcies merged in Peerages , Lord Teignmouth's baronetcy being there described as Shore of ...
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... England , are made . The French grape from near Orleans produces on the Rhine the best German wine . The grape is ripe about the end of September ; the signs of its maturity are the colour of the skin , the brownness of the stems , and ...
... England , are made . The French grape from near Orleans produces on the Rhine the best German wine . The grape is ripe about the end of September ; the signs of its maturity are the colour of the skin , the brownness of the stems , and ...
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... England . Wine at Paris is more than double the price of that at Bourdeaux . A hogshead of the best claret , made up for the English market , is 507. , and the duty 167. more ; the rest is the profit of our honest merchants at home ...
... England . Wine at Paris is more than double the price of that at Bourdeaux . A hogshead of the best claret , made up for the English market , is 507. , and the duty 167. more ; the rest is the profit of our honest merchants at home ...
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... England ; they chiefly go to Belgium . In wines the Dutch understand what they are about better than we do . We have no time to enter into this history of the wines of the second or inferior quality ; therefore we shall end our account ...
... England ; they chiefly go to Belgium . In wines the Dutch understand what they are about better than we do . We have no time to enter into this history of the wines of the second or inferior quality ; therefore we shall end our account ...
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... England's Crown , The pious Father - for the soul of Prynne Had not reviv'd , to judge these scenes a sin- He who has long to silent dust gone down , A man of sorrows , though a King . * And there , In graceful youth , stood the same ...
... England's Crown , The pious Father - for the soul of Prynne Had not reviv'd , to judge these scenes a sin- He who has long to silent dust gone down , A man of sorrows , though a King . * And there , In graceful youth , stood the same ...
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