The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 14, No. 387, August 28, 1829 by Various
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* * * * * HEALTH. The common ingredients of health and long life are Great temp'rance, open air, Easy labour, little care. IBID. * * * * * SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. ARRIVAL AT MARGATE. _From "The Monthly Club" of Sharpe's London Magazine_. The buildings of Margate now became evident, and every minute developed some new feature in the landscape; all the party abandoned their sitting to enjoy the view. The curved pier painted pea green and covered with Cockneys, now was disclosed to our eyes, and my old friend from Leicester was again staggered into a profound silence, by being told that a row of houses with a windmill at the end of it, was _Buenos Ayres_. I saw his amazement, but he did not betray his ignorance in speech as the French |
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