Edinburgh Magazine: Or Literary Miscellany, Volume 19J. Sibbald, 1802 |
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... Italy after the taking of Conftantinople by Mahomet the IId . He applied him- felf fo earnestly , and with fuch fuc- cefs , to the Italian language , that he was able , in a fhort time , to point out many of its beauties , even to the ...
... Italy after the taking of Conftantinople by Mahomet the IId . He applied him- felf fo earnestly , and with fuch fuc- cefs , to the Italian language , that he was able , in a fhort time , to point out many of its beauties , even to the ...
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Or Literary Miscellany. BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS PUBLISHED IN LONDON IN DECEMBER 1801 . Italy , and Sicily . Tranflated from the German of. To wander by the lonely stream , In Rollin's deep romantic glen . Thro ' fhadowing trees now hid , now ...
Or Literary Miscellany. BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS PUBLISHED IN LONDON IN DECEMBER 1801 . Italy , and Sicily . Tranflated from the German of. To wander by the lonely stream , In Rollin's deep romantic glen . Thro ' fhadowing trees now hid , now ...
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... . 8vo . 11. 75. large Paper , with 20 Views by Smith . 21. 28 . Cadell and Davies . Travels through Germany , Switzerland , Italy , fubject between the two governments , is a point upon Books , & c . published in London in Dec. 1801 . 63.
... . 8vo . 11. 75. large Paper , with 20 Views by Smith . 21. 28 . Cadell and Davies . Travels through Germany , Switzerland , Italy , fubject between the two governments , is a point upon Books , & c . published in London in Dec. 1801 . 63.
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Or Literary Miscellany. Italy , and Sicily . Tranflated from the German of Frederick Leopold , Count Stolberg . By Thomas Holcroft . 4 vols . 8vo . 11. 12s . With Plates . Robinfons . PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND SESSION OF THE IMPERIAL ...
Or Literary Miscellany. Italy , and Sicily . Tranflated from the German of Frederick Leopold , Count Stolberg . By Thomas Holcroft . 4 vols . 8vo . 11. 12s . With Plates . Robinfons . PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND SESSION OF THE IMPERIAL ...
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... Italy , during which time moft men of the prefent age . He twice he purchased many excellent pictures of the beft mafters of the Italian school . - As Mr Udny was one of the most eminent con- noiffeurs and encouragers of the arts , as ...
... Italy , during which time moft men of the prefent age . He twice he purchased many excellent pictures of the beft mafters of the Italian school . - As Mr Udny was one of the most eminent con- noiffeurs and encouragers of the arts , as ...
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