Gleanings Through Wales, Holland, and Westphalia;: With Views of Peace and War at Home and Abroad ...T.N. Longman, 1796 |
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... Minds - Diftrefs of a German family- The Author again gleans himself . LETTER LV . P. 450 . Return to Amfterdam - Effect of Contraft - Bad be- baviour and general ill manners of young English- men refident abroad - their Coarfenefs ...
... Minds - Diftrefs of a German family- The Author again gleans himself . LETTER LV . P. 450 . Return to Amfterdam - Effect of Contraft - Bad be- baviour and general ill manners of young English- men refident abroad - their Coarfenefs ...
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... mind to the entire loss of five- and - twenty - fhillings , LAWFUL money of Great Britain , principal and intereft for ever , I really think he , she , or they , had better stay at home , by which , not only this , but a number of other ...
... mind to the entire loss of five- and - twenty - fhillings , LAWFUL money of Great Britain , principal and intereft for ever , I really think he , she , or they , had better stay at home , by which , not only this , but a number of other ...
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... minds and understandings , when trained up at home . * That impofitions are always and every where prac- tised by natives on foreigners , cannot be doubted ; that when detected they are more infulting to our good fenfe than injurious to ...
... minds and understandings , when trained up at home . * That impofitions are always and every where prac- tised by natives on foreigners , cannot be doubted ; that when detected they are more infulting to our good fenfe than injurious to ...
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... mind , which is left to fester , after our once fairest roses of imagination and of the heart , " Fade in our eye , and pall upon our fenfe ! " And which remain fometimes for years , perhaps for life , to fcourge us in all the tyranny ...
... mind , which is left to fester , after our once fairest roses of imagination and of the heart , " Fade in our eye , and pall upon our fenfe ! " And which remain fometimes for years , perhaps for life , to fcourge us in all the tyranny ...
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... mind at the fame time , its having for fo long a feries of years been the feat of govern , ment , grandeur and fashion , with the full enjoyment of all municipal rights and privileges ; and that it is in effect the pride of an ...
... mind at the fame time , its having for fo long a feries of years been the feat of govern , ment , grandeur and fashion , with the full enjoyment of all municipal rights and privileges ; and that it is in effect the pride of an ...
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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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