XLIII. <i>On the late plague at Malta</i>

Joseph Skinner

The Philosophical Magazine · 1815 · 17 citations · 0 references

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At Vallett~,some years ago, du,-il~ the funeral procession of the late Admiral Sir A. J. Bait, the civil commi~sio,,er, ~hose excellent qualiLies had endt;ated him to e~'ery class of the inhabitants; a Maltese was hea!'(t to say to another, " What a pity that so good a man should go to hell["