Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman Invasion to the Year 1700 ...: To which are Added, Illustrations of the Changes in Our Language, Literary Customs, and Gradual Improvement in Style and Versification, and Various Particulars Concerning Public and Private Libraries ...Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 - 576 Seiten |
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... supposed to have changed as circumstances dic- tated , and degenerated in the same proportion as the agitation of water declines from the precise spot where it was first disturbed . Were we to examine the refine- ments of the East as a ...
... supposed to have changed as circumstances dic- tated , and degenerated in the same proportion as the agitation of water declines from the precise spot where it was first disturbed . Were we to examine the refine- ments of the East as a ...
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... supposed confirmation of guilt , consigned her to a lingering death by fire . Sir Edward Coke attributes the law existing in England for burning a woman who kills her husband to this very antient custom . other and important occasions ...
... supposed confirmation of guilt , consigned her to a lingering death by fire . Sir Edward Coke attributes the law existing in England for burning a woman who kills her husband to this very antient custom . other and important occasions ...
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... supposed to fight on terms of some equality through many causes , yet such were the consequences of method and experience that the invaders prevailed for the time . A forced peace ensued ; but a favourable oppor- tunity offering , our ...
... supposed to fight on terms of some equality through many causes , yet such were the consequences of method and experience that the invaders prevailed for the time . A forced peace ensued ; but a favourable oppor- tunity offering , our ...
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... supposed to be Caer Carador in Shrop- shire , at the base of which a river deep and rapid in its progress flowed , and seemed to offer an insuperable barrier to the Romans in their approach to his camp . There he waited for the enemy ...
... supposed to be Caer Carador in Shrop- shire , at the base of which a river deep and rapid in its progress flowed , and seemed to offer an insuperable barrier to the Romans in their approach to his camp . There he waited for the enemy ...
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... supposed , induced Cæsar and others to imagine the females of it were not appro- priated to individuals in marriage , but lived in common with the males : an idea that is refuted by the general indignation excited by the conduct of ...
... supposed , induced Cæsar and others to imagine the females of it were not appro- priated to individuals in marriage , but lived in common with the males : an idea that is refuted by the general indignation excited by the conduct of ...
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