The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 61Tobias Smollett R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row, 1786 - Books |
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... Experiments in the Brewery , Relhan's Flora Cantabrigienfi Supplementum , Sheridan's Elements of English , Hewlett's Introduction to Reading and Spelling , ibid . ibid . 156 157 Trimmer's Fabulous Hiftories defigned for the Instruction ...
... Experiments in the Brewery , Relhan's Flora Cantabrigienfi Supplementum , Sheridan's Elements of English , Hewlett's Introduction to Reading and Spelling , ibid . ibid . 156 157 Trimmer's Fabulous Hiftories defigned for the Instruction ...
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... Experiments and Obfervations on Quilled and Red Peruvian Bark , 258 Florio a Tale for fine Gentlemen and fine Ladies , 263 Piozzi's Anecdotes of the late Dr. Johnson , ibid . The Captives , a Tragedy , 279 The Peruvian , a Comic Opera ...
... Experiments and Obfervations on Quilled and Red Peruvian Bark , 258 Florio a Tale for fine Gentlemen and fine Ladies , 263 Piozzi's Anecdotes of the late Dr. Johnson , ibid . The Captives , a Tragedy , 279 The Peruvian , a Comic Opera ...
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... experiments in filence and obfcurity at his window he delighted to puzzle the paffengers ; but never would explain any thing till he had completely astonished them . This table was privately copied , and never published till 1748. We ...
... experiments in filence and obfcurity at his window he delighted to puzzle the paffengers ; but never would explain any thing till he had completely astonished them . This table was privately copied , and never published till 1748. We ...
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... experiment . Soon after this time , a flight attempt in the fame way was published in the early editions of Quincy's Difpenfatory . In the year 1750 , Mr. Gellert , a Saxon chemift , published a table with confiderable additions ; but ...
... experiment . Soon after this time , a flight attempt in the fame way was published in the early editions of Quincy's Difpenfatory . In the year 1750 , Mr. Gellert , a Saxon chemift , published a table with confiderable additions ; but ...
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... experiments without being aware of , or allowing for , the variety . Con- fufion confequently fucceeded to order , and each general rule was clogged with exceptions fo numerous , that it loft its ufe . The discovery of the aerial acid ...
... experiments without being aware of , or allowing for , the variety . Con- fufion confequently fucceeded to order , and each general rule was clogged with exceptions fo numerous , that it loft its ufe . The discovery of the aerial acid ...
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Page 301 - Then, since this earth affords no joy to me, But to command, to check, to o'erbear such As are of better person than myself, I'll make my heaven — to dream upon the crown ; And, whiles I live, to account this world but hell, Until my mis-shap'd trunk that bears this head, Be round impaled with a glorious crown.
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