...themselves as descended from the Ten Tribes, ib. See Abyssinia. Gaming — progress and decline of, at the end of the last and beginning of the present- century, 34 — Watier's club in Piccadilly, and supporters, 35-36 — ' Crockford's,' 36-37— necessity for...

...themselves as descended from the Ten Tribes, ib. See Abyssinia. Gaming — progress and decline of, at the end of the last and beginning of the present century, 34 — Watier's club in Piccadilly, and supporters, 35-36 — ' Crockford's,' 36-37 — necessity for...

...them imperfectly executed, bet they were useful at the time in developing more rapidly the igneoitural resources of the country. During the years of scarcity at the end of the last and beginning of the prowl century, the Board of Agriculture took upon itself to 3j£gt*t and, u far as possible, provide...

...exception. Without this portentious institution of standing armies, would the great revolutionary wars which at the end of the last and beginning of the present century desolated Europe — which cost ner the lives of two millions of her sons, and two thousand six hundred...

...brother, an oflicer in the navy, and who in return composed this poetic epistle. 11 It was a popular song at the end of the last and beginning of the present century, and was one which Goldsmith is said to have relished highly. WD HOYLË. THE lÏEGiitENTAL KETTLES OF...

...intelligence, and which were confined to one particular district. During the years of scarcity in England, at the end of the last, and beginning of the present...reports to the Government, on the state of the Crops. It was the fallacy of past ages of ignorance and tyranny, that civil Governments were, and ought to...

...Quentin Durward,' a book I have not read. F. ADAMS. 105, Albany H<m J, Camberirell. NOBTHALLBRTON. — At the end of the last and beginning of the present century spurs, among sporting men, frequently went by the паше of Northallertons, because, as it has been...

...imperfectly executed, but they were useful at the time in developing more rapidly tiii- aurirultural resources of the country. During the years of scarcity...present century, the Board of Agriculture took upon ilscif to suggest and, as far as possible, provide remedies for the di-arth, by collecting information...

...t)uyears of scarcity, at the end of the last л:и! beginning of the present century, the В.-лгЛ of Agriculture took upon itself to suggest, and as...information and making reports to the government on th,state of the crops. The statistics which the board collected were also at times made use of by the...

...the superiority of the spoke-wheel cart and its improved form and construction, that a very few years at the end of the last and beginning of the present century effected an entire revolution in the carrying department of the farm, and substituted the present light...