Mirror of Literature,  1 (1822–23), 430–31.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa

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Miscellaneous

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Geology


    The account concludes by observing that the city 'exhibits one of those geological changes which has so long engaged the attention of philosophers, the sea having now retired from it upwards of five miles' (431).



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