Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volumen3H. Colburn, 1825 - 353 páginas |
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... produced by the alteration of human habits in the different ages and nations of the world , nothing is more affecting than to contem- plate the reverses to which whole classes of our fellow- creatures are exposed by sudden fluctuations ...
... produced by the alteration of human habits in the different ages and nations of the world , nothing is more affecting than to contem- plate the reverses to which whole classes of our fellow- creatures are exposed by sudden fluctuations ...
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... produce wool upon their heads , and the sheep hair , may effect an exchange , to the manifest advantage of both ... produces nothing but figs , melons , and pomegranates ; while , if we cannot realize the much - ridiculed notion of ...
... produce wool upon their heads , and the sheep hair , may effect an exchange , to the manifest advantage of both ... produces nothing but figs , melons , and pomegranates ; while , if we cannot realize the much - ridiculed notion of ...
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... produce fire by simple pressure of the atmosphere . Inde pendently of the quantity of this subtle element with which the moon , in common with all matter , is per- vaded , she must have absorbed , almost to saturation , the ardent rays ...
... produce fire by simple pressure of the atmosphere . Inde pendently of the quantity of this subtle element with which the moon , in common with all matter , is per- vaded , she must have absorbed , almost to saturation , the ardent rays ...
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... produced terror , havoc , and destruction , by deso- lating plains and overwhelming cities . It is high time to stop these mischievous pranks , and avail ourselves of that stupendous engine which Nature herself has built , and offers us ...
... produced terror , havoc , and destruction , by deso- lating plains and overwhelming cities . It is high time to stop these mischievous pranks , and avail ourselves of that stupendous engine which Nature herself has built , and offers us ...
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... produces the same effects in an opposite direction , and renders the banquet of the palace not more stimulant or palatable than the frugal meal of the cottage . Probably it is less so , if there be any truth in the old adage , that ...
... produces the same effects in an opposite direction , and renders the banquet of the palace not more stimulant or palatable than the frugal meal of the cottage . Probably it is less so , if there be any truth in the old adage , that ...
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