The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 24A. Constable, 1814 |
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Page 76
... land , little more than a century ago , was fully as deplorable as in England in the time of Henry the Eighth . In the Highlands , the original system subsisted in undiminished force , till the rebellion in 1745 ; and even at the ...
... land , little more than a century ago , was fully as deplorable as in England in the time of Henry the Eighth . In the Highlands , the original system subsisted in undiminished force , till the rebellion in 1745 ; and even at the ...
Page 101
... land into a high state of fertility , and to improve all the waste parts , which pro- mise to reimburse him before the expiration of his lease . We cannot well conceive with what prudential views a tenant at will can invest his capital ...
... land into a high state of fertility , and to improve all the waste parts , which pro- mise to reimburse him before the expiration of his lease . We cannot well conceive with what prudential views a tenant at will can invest his capital ...
Page 166
... land of the spirits see , Now shall it ken what a woman may be , " 9 & c . p . 177-8 . They then bear her softly through the soft and fragrant air , over all the Elysian landscape beneath- Unnumbered groves below them grew , They came ...
... land of the spirits see , Now shall it ken what a woman may be , " 9 & c . p . 177-8 . They then bear her softly through the soft and fragrant air , over all the Elysian landscape beneath- Unnumbered groves below them grew , They came ...
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The Excursion being a portion of the Recluse | 1 |
On the Light of the Cassegrainian Telescope com | 31 |
Select Passages of the Writings of St Chrysostom | 58 |
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