Gleanings Through Wales, Holland, and Westphalia;: With Views of Peace and War at Home and Abroad ...T.N. Longman, 1796 |
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... live within found of a clock , and always amufing himself with counting the hour of the day whenever the clock ftruck ; but this inftrument of his entertainment being fpoiled by fome accident , the ideot continued to ftrike and count ...
... live within found of a clock , and always amufing himself with counting the hour of the day whenever the clock ftruck ; but this inftrument of his entertainment being fpoiled by fome accident , the ideot continued to ftrike and count ...
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... live by , but almoft on , that various element with which they are encompaffed . Football , cricket , quoits , races , by men , women , and children , the aged and the young ; dances on the fand , the fifh- · carriers and the fishermen ...
... live by , but almoft on , that various element with which they are encompaffed . Football , cricket , quoits , races , by men , women , and children , the aged and the young ; dances on the fand , the fifh- · carriers and the fishermen ...
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... live " well but without parade ; I hate trouble , fo " must look to you and your family for every " accommodation - what muft I give you per " week ? " I must confult my wife quoth the publican ; and making his bow difappeared . While ...
... live " well but without parade ; I hate trouble , fo " must look to you and your family for every " accommodation - what muft I give you per " week ? " I must confult my wife quoth the publican ; and making his bow difappeared . While ...
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... live ! Friends are placed far beyond the sphere of thofe jarring atoms which fo ' fre- quently difturb the political world . As a com- mon calamity , they may ho doubt involve and annoy : but the examples they hold out , of the miferies ...
... live ! Friends are placed far beyond the sphere of thofe jarring atoms which fo ' fre- quently difturb the political world . As a com- mon calamity , they may ho doubt involve and annoy : but the examples they hold out , of the miferies ...
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... live in an hum- ble friendship , by no means obtrufive or unplea- fant , with their fuperiors . By confequence , there is better service , and more willingness . It is however , univerfally admitted , that the greatest ftrength of the ...
... live in an hum- ble friendship , by no means obtrufive or unplea- fant , with their fuperiors . By confequence , there is better service , and more willingness . It is however , univerfally admitted , that the greatest ftrength of the ...
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affert affure againſt alfo almoſt Amfterdam amongst anſwer Athelwold beautiful becauſe beft beſt Brielle cafe cauſe courſe cuftom curiofity defcription defire drefs Dutch Dutch language English fafe faid fame fave fcarcely fecond feems feen fenfe fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhould fide fince fingular firft firſt fituation fize fome fometimes foon fpirit ftill ftivers ftranger fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure GLEANINGS Guelderland guilders Hague heart herſelf himſelf Holland houfe houſe inftance itſelf juft juſt laft leaſt lefs LETTER moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary North Holland obferved occafion paffion pafs perfon pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent Prince of Orange Provinces publick purpoſe reafon refidence refpect Republick Rotterdam ſcene Scheveling ſeems ſhall ſpeak Stadtholder ſtate States-General ſtill Stiver Piece ſtreet thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tion town traveller uſe vifit walk whofe yourſelf
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