Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845. Various

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      Reynolds' Discourses, No. 16, ad finem.

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      Macaulay.

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      The finest design ever conceived by Michael Angelo was a cartoon representing warriors bathing, and some buckling on their armour at the sound of the trumpet, which summoned them to their standards in the war between Pisa and Florence. It perished, however, in the troubles o

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Reynolds' Discourses, No. 16, ad finem.

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Macaulay.

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The finest design ever conceived by Michael Angelo was a cartoon representing warriors bathing, and some buckling on their armour at the sound of the trumpet, which summoned them to their standards in the war between Pisa and Florence. It perished, however, in the troubles of the latter city, but an engraved copy remains of part, which justifies the eulogiums bestowed upon it.

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The state of Missouri as almost entirely peopled by emigration from Kentucky.

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The Mississippi water, although slimy, becomes clear after it has stood few hours, and is then excellent to drink.

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An excellent map of Montenegro has been made by an Austrian officer of engineers, who resided there for the purpose — but I have not now the advantage of referring to it. This country is divided into twelve military departments; the natives reckon its extent about three days' journey in the longest, by two in the widest part. Those, of course, are foot or mule journeys.