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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL 14, NO. 400.] SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1829. [PRICE 2d. * * * * * The Limoeiro, at Lisbon. Locks, bolts, and bars! what have we here?–a view of the _Limoeiro, or common jail_, at Lisbon, whose horrors, without the fear of Don Miguel in our hearts, we

THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. 12, NO. 348.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1828. [PRICE 2d. * * * * * The engraving represents a place of historical interest–an ancient mansion in Mare-street, Hackney, built about the year 1591, upon a spot of ground called Barbour Berns, by which name, or rather _Barber’s Barn_,

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Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Allen Siddle, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION: VOL. XII, NO. 349.] SUPPLEMENT TO VOL. XII. [PRICE 2d. CONTAINING ORIGINAL ESSAYS; HISTORICAL NARRATIVES; BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS; SKETCHES OF SOCIETY; TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS; NOVELS AND TALES; ANECDOTES; SELECT EXTRACTS FROM NEW AND EXPENSIVE WORKS; _POETRY,

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. 10, No. 284.] SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1827. [PRICE 2d. * * * * * NAVARINO AND THE ISLAND OF SPHAGIA. As our victories, though managed by the hand, are achieved by the head, we feel little disposed to meddle with what Burke calls “the mystery of murder,”

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. 12, NO. 343.] SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1828. [PRICE 2d. * * * * * THE ADMIRALTY-OFFICE. The _Admiralty Office, Whitehall_, has few pretensions to architectual beauty. It is, however, to use a common phrase, a _commanding_ pile, and its association with Britain’s best bulwarks–her NAVY–renders it an