The Scots Magazine, Volume 49Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, 1787 - English literature |
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... thofe particular parts of the fpeech , which to him feemed moft high . ly deferving the attention of parliament . The affurances of peace made by the dif . ferent powers of Europe , were matters of infinite confequence to this country ...
... thofe particular parts of the fpeech , which to him feemed moft high . ly deferving the attention of parliament . The affurances of peace made by the dif . ferent powers of Europe , were matters of infinite confequence to this country ...
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... thofe which a man owes to himfelf , and thofe which he owes to others ; but they adverted not to the fact , that temperance , pru- dence , and fortitude , which compres hend the former , were neceffary to prac- tife juftice , the virtue ...
... thofe which a man owes to himfelf , and thofe which he owes to others ; but they adverted not to the fact , that temperance , pru- dence , and fortitude , which compres hend the former , were neceffary to prac- tife juftice , the virtue ...
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... thofe individuals who come home to fettle , and bring their wealth with them . The information contained in thefe charts is as accu- rate as can well be obtained . The infor- mation must all be derived from the pa- pers and books ...
... thofe individuals who come home to fettle , and bring their wealth with them . The information contained in thefe charts is as accu- rate as can well be obtained . The infor- mation must all be derived from the pa- pers and books ...
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... thofe very countries from whence before we ufed to bring them at confiderable lofs in the balance of our traffic . IT An Effay on Senfibility , by a Lady . T is a common obfervation , that in this world we stand more in need of com ...
... thofe very countries from whence before we ufed to bring them at confiderable lofs in the balance of our traffic . IT An Effay on Senfibility , by a Lady . T is a common obfervation , that in this world we stand more in need of com ...
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... thofe who place their notion of happiness in mere freedom from suffer- ing , must be reduced to envy the happi- Defs of the beafts of the field , for it is not the happiness of man . Thofe indeed , who from a state of ex- ceffive ...
... thofe who place their notion of happiness in mere freedom from suffer- ing , must be reduced to envy the happi- Defs of the beafts of the field , for it is not the happiness of man . Thofe indeed , who from a state of ex- ceffive ...
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