The Critical Review, Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1809 - English literature |
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Page 66
When cough occurs in a person of comsumptive habit , or børn of consumptive
parents , or at the consumptive period of life , it requires more atiention than the
patient is generally willing to allow . A blister to the breast bene , the loss of blood
...
When cough occurs in a person of comsumptive habit , or børn of consumptive
parents , or at the consumptive period of life , it requires more atiention than the
patient is generally willing to allow . A blister to the breast bene , the loss of blood
...
Page 67
However coughs are generally considered a very trifling affection , every person
acquainted with the delicate structure of the lungs must allow that they require the
greatest attention and judgment in their treatinent . More people die in this ...
However coughs are generally considered a very trifling affection , every person
acquainted with the delicate structure of the lungs must allow that they require the
greatest attention and judgment in their treatinent . More people die in this ...
Page 71
... and there is not any person of the family who will not with their hands life then
out of the way when sleeping , or in any manner troublesome . No persuasion nor
reward could induce them to let me carry away one of them , it being universally ...
... and there is not any person of the family who will not with their hands life then
out of the way when sleeping , or in any manner troublesome . No persuasion nor
reward could induce them to let me carry away one of them , it being universally ...
Page 76
It is the perpetnal custom of the king to bestow new robes , and other . articles of
dress , not on the nobility alone , but every person in his court or ariny , who has
performed any action of note . A quantity of provisions from the palace is also ...
It is the perpetnal custom of the king to bestow new robes , and other . articles of
dress , not on the nobility alone , but every person in his court or ariny , who has
performed any action of note . A quantity of provisions from the palace is also ...
Page 78
The following remarks of Mr . Murray on the use of oriental literature , and on the
miserable deficiency in that parti . cular of some persons who have been
commonly ranked high among the biblical scholars of this country , are no less
peo ...
The following remarks of Mr . Murray on the use of oriental literature , and on the
miserable deficiency in that parti . cular of some persons who have been
commonly ranked high among the biblical scholars of this country , are no less
peo ...
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