Sharpe's London magazine, a journal of entertainment and instruction. [entitled] Sharpe's London journal. [entitled] Sharpe's London magazine, conducted by mrs. S.C. Hall, Volumes 5-6Anna Maria Hall 1848 |
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... close of our FIFTH VOLUME little remains for us to add . The experiment of enlarging the Magazine , raising the price to a Shilling , and making it a Monthly instead of a Weekly publication , has been entirely successful , the ...
... close of our FIFTH VOLUME little remains for us to add . The experiment of enlarging the Magazine , raising the price to a Shilling , and making it a Monthly instead of a Weekly publication , has been entirely successful , the ...
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... close up to the casement , in eager listening to every noise in the street , or whether bent over her work , her large dark eyes seemed following every movement of the bobbins , her fingers went at the same equal and rapid rate , and ...
... close up to the casement , in eager listening to every noise in the street , or whether bent over her work , her large dark eyes seemed following every movement of the bobbins , her fingers went at the same equal and rapid rate , and ...
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... close of the last century . Truly , if these novels were pictures of life , our grand- mothers must have been endowed with a wondrous talent for improvisation , -in comparison with which the long - descended fame of the troubadours must ...
... close of the last century . Truly , if these novels were pictures of life , our grand- mothers must have been endowed with a wondrous talent for improvisation , -in comparison with which the long - descended fame of the troubadours must ...
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... close of the day , whether occupied in war or the chase , when the gates were closed and the sentinels placed , the more substantial parts of the banquet removed , and the wine - cup stirring , that wine - cup was hardly more ...
... close of the day , whether occupied in war or the chase , when the gates were closed and the sentinels placed , the more substantial parts of the banquet removed , and the wine - cup stirring , that wine - cup was hardly more ...
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... close of a long and eventful life , in the promulgation and advancement of knowledge , of learning , but above all of religion . To the cause of religion , with its concomitants , -beneficence and charity , -he was an unwearying ...
... close of a long and eventful life , in the promulgation and advancement of knowledge , of learning , but above all of religion . To the cause of religion , with its concomitants , -beneficence and charity , -he was an unwearying ...
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