A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 4John Walker Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 |
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... whole university , made application to the Duke of Somerset , then Chancellor , who , together with Sir Isaac Newton , and some other persons of eminence , waited on Queen Anne , to intercede for a mandate for a master's degree , which ...
... whole university , made application to the Duke of Somerset , then Chancellor , who , together with Sir Isaac Newton , and some other persons of eminence , waited on Queen Anne , to intercede for a mandate for a master's degree , which ...
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... whole audi- ence , and secure their attention . This powerful delivery of words so weighty and important , as his always were , made a strong impression upon the minds of his hearers , and was not soon forgot . And I doubt not but many ...
... whole audi- ence , and secure their attention . This powerful delivery of words so weighty and important , as his always were , made a strong impression upon the minds of his hearers , and was not soon forgot . And I doubt not but many ...
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... whole passage in his own words , only premising that Macbeth was revived in the same year , 1762 , at which time , I suppose , Mr. Lee made his attempt , and failed . It is in page 34. The Jealous Bridegroom , wrote by Mrs. Bhen , a ...
... whole passage in his own words , only premising that Macbeth was revived in the same year , 1762 , at which time , I suppose , Mr. Lee made his attempt , and failed . It is in page 34. The Jealous Bridegroom , wrote by Mrs. Bhen , a ...
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... whole day with Sir Isaac alone , at his lodgings in Orbel's Buildings , Kensington . He told me then , that he was born on Christmas - day , 1642 . I have made inquiry at Colsterworth for the old registers , which have been very ill ...
... whole day with Sir Isaac alone , at his lodgings in Orbel's Buildings , Kensington . He told me then , that he was born on Christmas - day , 1642 . I have made inquiry at Colsterworth for the old registers , which have been very ill ...
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... whole was near 801. and descends to his next heir , John Newton , who is derived from his father's second brother . I visited this place the 13th of Oct. 1721 , and took a prospect of the church of Colsterworth , and of his house at ...
... whole was near 801. and descends to his next heir , John Newton , who is derived from his father's second brother . I visited this place the 13th of Oct. 1721 , and took a prospect of the church of Colsterworth , and of his house at ...
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