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Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester - Page 365
1785
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 61

Tobias Smollett - 1786 - 506 pages
...the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, Sec. — « For the firft building of Paris, it was neceffary to get the ftone in the environs, and the confumption...under the houfes in feveral quarters. They ftand upon abyfles. It would not require a very violent mock to throw back the itones to the place, from whence...
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The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 3

1786 - 494 pages
...neceflary to get the ftone in the environs, and the confumption of it was very confidcrable. As Paris wa», enlarged, the fuburbs were infenfibly built on the...earth for the foundation of the city ; hence proceed thc frightful cavities which are at thif time found under the hnufes in feveral quarters. They ftand...
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Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ..., Volume 2

Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 546 pages
...suburbs were insensibly built on tlie ancient quarries, so that, all that you see without is essentially wanting in the earth, for the foundation of the city...frightful cavities, which are at this time found under the houses in several quarters. They stand upon abysses. It would not require a very violent shock to throw...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 2

Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 540 pages
...insensibly built on the ancient quarries, so that, all that you see without U essentially want. ing in the earth, for the foundation of the city : hence...frightful cavities, which are at this time found under the houses in several quarters. They stand upon abyssea. I: would not require a very violent shock to throw...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art: Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 2

Rev. Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 566 pages
...suburbs were insensibly built on the ancient quarries, so that, all that you see without is essentially wanting in the earth, for the foundation of the city ; hence proceed th« frightful cavities, which are ai this time found under the houses in several quarters. They stand...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ...

Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 538 pages
...suburbs were insensibly built on the ancient quarries, so that, all that you see without is essentially wanting in the earth, for the foundation of the city...frightful cavities, which are at this time found under the houses in several quarters. They stand upon abysses. It would not require a very violent shock to throw...
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Marshall's Christmas Box,: A Juvenile Annual..

1831 - 234 pages
...the suburbs were insensibly built on the ancient quarries, so that all you see without is essentially wanting in the earth for the foundation of the city : hence proceed the frightful cavities which, at this time, are found under the houses in several quarters. They stand upon abysses. It would not...
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A Centenary of Science in Manchester (in a Series of Notes)

Robert Angus Smith - 1883 - 500 pages
...suburbs were insensibly buflt on the ancient quarries, so that all that you see without is essentially wanting in the earth for the foundation of the city...frightful cavities, which are at this time found under the houses in several quarters. They stand upon abysses. It would not require a very violent shock to throw...
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Memoirs of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society

Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - 1883 - 516 pages
...suburbs were insensibly built on the ancient quarries, so that all that you see without is essentially wanting in the earth for the foundation of the city...frightful cavities, which are at this time found under the houses in several quarters. They stand upon abysses. It would not require a very violent shock to throw...
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Memoirs of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society

Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - 1883 - 780 pages
...suburbs were insensibly built on the ancient quarries, so that all that you see without is essentially wanting in the earth for the foundation of the city...frightful cavities, which are at this time found under the houses in several quarters. They stand upon abysses. It would not require a very violent shock to throw...
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