The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volume 68, Part 2Archibald Constable & Company, 1806 |
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Page 795
... islands . The French , however , a- fraid of being overtaken and blocked up in Martinique , left that island about the 4th of July . Next day , they took and destroyed three loaded ships at Montserrat , and attempted to sink four light ...
... islands . The French , however , a- fraid of being overtaken and blocked up in Martinique , left that island about the 4th of July . Next day , they took and destroyed three loaded ships at Montserrat , and attempted to sink four light ...
Page 879
... Island boats appeared , but could not come nearer the vessel than twenty yards , the sea runing so high ; they were called to heave their fishing lines on board , which the Captain fastened round the passen- gers , who then threw ...
... Island boats appeared , but could not come nearer the vessel than twenty yards , the sea runing so high ; they were called to heave their fishing lines on board , which the Captain fastened round the passen- gers , who then threw ...
Page 900
... island of Oronsay , one of the Hebrides , seems to have undergone a more remarkable change than perhaps any part of the mainland , and an ex- amination of it shews , in a satisfacto- ry manner , the singular means by which new land hath ...
... island of Oronsay , one of the Hebrides , seems to have undergone a more remarkable change than perhaps any part of the mainland , and an ex- amination of it shews , in a satisfacto- ry manner , the singular means by which new land hath ...
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Celestial Phenomena for August | 494 |
Anecdote of the Emperor of Ruffia | 502 |
Lines written by Mr Hayley | 535 |
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