The Monthly ReviewEditors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths. |
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Excepting the five principal streets above - mentioned , all the rest are very
narrow , without trade or inhabitants , and ' 80 many nests of poverty and filth .
Almost all the country in the environs of the town is squalid and black , and naked
...
Excepting the five principal streets above - mentioned , all the rest are very
narrow , without trade or inhabitants , and ' 80 many nests of poverty and filth .
Almost all the country in the environs of the town is squalid and black , and naked
...
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... as furniture harbours flies and musquitoes ( not to mention Aleas ) with which
they are much torinented . The floors are all of a species of glazed tile ,
resembling coloured porcelain , in the best houses ; and in others , the common
fat tile or ...
... as furniture harbours flies and musquitoes ( not to mention Aleas ) with which
they are much torinented . The floors are all of a species of glazed tile ,
resembling coloured porcelain , in the best houses ; and in others , the common
fat tile or ...
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... summer ) in the Palazzo Di Stagno * ; and which , however grand it may sound
, as being a palace , is now an ụsual quarter for English residents . The rooms
are very spacious , and high from the ground ; — which I mention chiefly to shew
...
... summer ) in the Palazzo Di Stagno * ; and which , however grand it may sound
, as being a palace , is now an ụsual quarter for English residents . The rooms
are very spacious , and high from the ground ; — which I mention chiefly to shew
...
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... they cost near 100 per cent , more to purchase . • All household furniture that
can be conveniently carried ( for the reason above mentioned , ) except beds ,
chairs , and Turkey carpets : the latter are got from Malta ( from Smyrna ) ...
... they cost near 100 per cent , more to purchase . • All household furniture that
can be conveniently carried ( for the reason above mentioned , ) except beds ,
chairs , and Turkey carpets : the latter are got from Malta ( from Smyrna ) ...
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Of Mr . Vaughan we have little to add to what has been already mentioned of his
performance , both as a writer and an editor . He has prefixed to his book a good
map , and a clear table of contents ; and had he confined the printed matter to ...
Of Mr . Vaughan we have little to add to what has been already mentioned of his
performance , both as a writer and an editor . He has prefixed to his book a good
map , and a clear table of contents ; and had he confined the printed matter to ...
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Page 501 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
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| Title | The Monthly Review |
| Editors | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths |
| Publisher | R. Griffiths., 1812 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 22 May 2007 |
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