Gleanings Through Wales, Holland, and Westphalia;: With Views of Peace and War at Home and Abroad ...T.N. Longman, 1796 |
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... present as going over trembling ground . If after what has been faid you are neither reconciled to the bad roads nor worfe vehicles that go over them , your only alternative is walking ; which in Summer is really pleasant ; and in all ...
... present as going over trembling ground . If after what has been faid you are neither reconciled to the bad roads nor worfe vehicles that go over them , your only alternative is walking ; which in Summer is really pleasant ; and in all ...
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... present you with a pleasant example . The refult of a great deal of observation then is , that fuch of my countrymen as poffefs a vagrant fpirit , and who meditate the tour of Northern Europe , would do well to equip them- felves with a ...
... present you with a pleasant example . The refult of a great deal of observation then is , that fuch of my countrymen as poffefs a vagrant fpirit , and who meditate the tour of Northern Europe , would do well to equip them- felves with a ...
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... present at the Dutch gentleman's payment for precisely * It seems as if extortion were hereditary here ; for we find it recorded that this very house which had been . an inn half a century ago , ftood empty a number of years on account ...
... present at the Dutch gentleman's payment for precisely * It seems as if extortion were hereditary here ; for we find it recorded that this very house which had been . an inn half a century ago , ftood empty a number of years on account ...
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... . A few nights after , the announce of Elfrida drew me again to the theatre . ance , as of the other , I fhall Of this perform- present you with a comparative me E fan wh EB way left to decide whofe 118 GLEANINGS , & c .
... . A few nights after , the announce of Elfrida drew me again to the theatre . ance , as of the other , I fhall Of this perform- present you with a comparative me E fan wh EB way left to decide whofe 118 GLEANINGS , & c .
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... present the government of the whole Repub- lick is faid to be vested in the States - General , and , under them , the Council of State . 0 1 Thefe Provinces form , therefore , one Repub lick , which is thus governed ; the States of Guel ...
... present the government of the whole Repub- lick is faid to be vested in the States - General , and , under them , the Council of State . 0 1 Thefe Provinces form , therefore , one Repub lick , which is thus governed ; the States of Guel ...
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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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