The Scots Magazine, Volume 43Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, 1781 - English literature |
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... these privileges fhall be ex- tended in proportion . 4. A general meeting of contributors fhall be held annually , for the election of fuch a number of ordinary Managers for fuperintending the bufinefs of this charity , as they may ...
... these privileges fhall be ex- tended in proportion . 4. A general meeting of contributors fhall be held annually , for the election of fuch a number of ordinary Managers for fuperintending the bufinefs of this charity , as they may ...
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... these payments become due from the clergy every Christmas ; that they ought to be made before the laft day of April following , and if they are not made before the 31st of May , he delivers an account of the defaulters into the ex ...
... these payments become due from the clergy every Christmas ; that they ought to be made before the laft day of April following , and if they are not made before the 31st of May , he delivers an account of the defaulters into the ex ...
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... these reve- nues , and of the balances paid quarterly into the exchequer , tranfmitted to us from the receiver - general , that the re- venues of this office are much increased , and that the current weekly receipts will fupply a much ...
... these reve- nues , and of the balances paid quarterly into the exchequer , tranfmitted to us from the receiver - general , that the re- venues of this office are much increased , and that the current weekly receipts will fupply a much ...
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... these reiterated re- refpect relative to the queftion , fhould be monftrances ; they paffed them over in fubmitted to their inspection ; but that filent neglect , and persevered in their in- due time fhould be allowed for confider ...
... these reiterated re- refpect relative to the queftion , fhould be monftrances ; they paffed them over in fubmitted to their inspection ; but that filent neglect , and persevered in their in- due time fhould be allowed for confider ...
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... these motives , taken upon me to change the courfe of the packet , by fend- ing her directly home ; to which I have been the rather induced , as a ship of war fhortly is to fail for New York , and will take with her the commander in ...
... these motives , taken upon me to change the courfe of the packet , by fend- ing her directly home ; to which I have been the rather induced , as a ship of war fhortly is to fail for New York , and will take with her the commander in ...
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Page 511 - What he attempted, he performed; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy.
Page 509 - About things on which the public thinks long, it commonly attains to think right...
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