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Among the earliest antiquarian records, Old Sarum is described as a city of the Belgae; and its historical details have proved an exhaustless mine for the researches of topographical illustrators.
It was natural to suppose that all these circumstances should eventually produce an impression on the country; consequently about this time much attention was excited towards ga...
1. Part 1Among the earliest antiquarian records, Old Sarum is described as a city of the Belgae; and its historical details have proved an exhaustless mine for the researches of topograp...
2. Part 2"If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild but to flout the ruins grey. When the broken arches are bl...
4. Part 4A Negro in Jamaica was tried for theft, and ordered to be flogged. He begged to be heard, which being granted, he asked--"If white man buy tolen goods why he be no flogged too?"...