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... leave me to my re- pose , it may be said you are ungrateful too . Gout . I can scarcely acknowledge that as any ob- jection . As to quacks , I despise them : they may kill you , indeed , but cannot injure me . And as to regular ...
... leave me to my re- pose , it may be said you are ungrateful too . Gout . I can scarcely acknowledge that as any ob- jection . As to quacks , I despise them : they may kill you , indeed , but cannot injure me . And as to regular ...
Page 148
... leaves it was now fill- ed with , I could plainly perceive that the current of air they were driven by moved upwards in a spiral line ; and when I saw the passing whirl continue entire , after leaving the trunks and bodies of large ...
... leaves it was now fill- ed with , I could plainly perceive that the current of air they were driven by moved upwards in a spiral line ; and when I saw the passing whirl continue entire , after leaving the trunks and bodies of large ...
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... leaves , now brought by the common wind over our heads . These leaves accom- panied us as we travelled , some falling now and then round about us , and some not reaching the ground till we had gone near three miles from the place where ...
... leaves , now brought by the common wind over our heads . These leaves accom- panied us as we travelled , some falling now and then round about us , and some not reaching the ground till we had gone near three miles from the place where ...
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On the criminal laws and the practice of privateering | 51 |
A dialogue between Great Britain France Spain | 107 |
The internal state of America being a true descrip | 121 |
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