http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/search?f1-subject%3Dfiction;f2-subject%3Dtale;f3-date%3D1799 Results for your query: f1-subject=fiction;f2-subject=tale;f3-date=1799 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1799-06161.xml I CALLED, as you desired, on Mrs. K——. We had consi- derable conversation. Knowing, as you do, my character and her's, you may be somewhat inquisitive as to the subject of our conversa- tion. You may readily suppose that my inquiries were limited to domestic and every-day incidents. The state of her own family, and her servants and children being dis- cussed, I proceeded to inquire into the condition of her neighbours. It is not in large cities as it is in villages. Those whose education does not enable and accustom them to look abroad, to investigate the character and actions of beings of a distant age and country, are gene- rally attentive to what is passing under their own eye. Mrs. K— never reads, not even a newspaper. She is unacquainted with what hap- pened before she was born. She is equally a stranger to the events that are passing in distant nations, and to those which ingross the atten- tion and shake the passions of the statesmen and politicians of her own country; but her mind, ne- vertheless, is ... http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1799-06161.xml Mon, 01 Jun 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1799-05099.xml THESSALONICA, in conse- quence of its commercial si- tuation, was populous and rich. Its fortifications and numerous garri- son had preserved it from injury during the late commotions,* and the number of inhabitants was great- ly increased, at the expense of the defenceless districts and cities. Its place, with relation to Dalmatia, the Peloponnesus, and the Danube, was nearly centrical. Its security had been uninterrupted for ages, and no city in the empire of Theodosius exhibited so many monuments of its ancient prosperity. It had been, for many years, the residence of the prince, and had thence become the object of a kind of filial affection. He had laboured to render it im- pregnable, by erecting bulwarks, and guarding it with the bravest of his troops; he had endowed the ci- tizens with new revenues and privi- leges, had enhanced the frequency of their shows, and the magnificence of their halls and avenues, and made it the seat of government of Illyria and Greece. http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1799-05099.xml Fri, 01 May 1970 12:00:00 GMT