The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pöllnitz: Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia Thro' Poland, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Flanders, Holland, England, &c. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; But the Characters of the Principal Persons in Several Courts, Band 3

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Daniel Browne, at the Black Swan, without Temple-Bar; and John Brindley, at the King's-Arms, in New Bond-street., 1740
 

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Seite 59 - for twenty years ferioufly ftudied my religion, and have read " the books that treated of it with too much application to " be in any doubt as to my principles. You cannot mention " any thing to me but what I have read, and what you can fay " to me will certainly add nothing to my opinion.
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Seite 324 - ... all its might, was a position perfectly intolerable to them. After consulting together as to whether it were better to climb up a tree or clamber on a rock, they asked my permission to remain near the goat. This confidence pleased me, and obtained them the privilege of a place by my side. I had not been there a quarter of an hour when the lioness appeared ; she found herself suddenly beside the goat, and looked about her with an air of astonishment.
Seite 254 - ... Sovereign. I was told there was only one Perfon, and that was a Woman, who refus'd to own him for King; and that this happen'd upon the very Day of the Coronation, when a Champion, arm'd from Head to Foot, entering into the...
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