Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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... called fathers of their nation , as they are the cause of the generation of multitudes , by the encouragement they afford to marriage . 15. As to privileges granted to the married , ( such as the jus trium liberorum among the Romans ) ...
... called fathers of their nation , as they are the cause of the generation of multitudes , by the encouragement they afford to marriage . 15. As to privileges granted to the married , ( such as the jus trium liberorum among the Romans ) ...
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... called in the maps New Zealand has been discovered by the Endeavour , to be two islands , together as large as Great Britain : these islands , named Acpy - nomawée and Tovy - poennammoo , are inhabited by a brave and generous race , who ...
... called in the maps New Zealand has been discovered by the Endeavour , to be two islands , together as large as Great Britain : these islands , named Acpy - nomawée and Tovy - poennammoo , are inhabited by a brave and generous race , who ...
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... called the necessaries of life , for our ancestors lived very comfortably without them . A question may be asked : could all these people now employed in raising , making , or carrying su- perfluities , be subsisted by raising ...
... called the necessaries of life , for our ancestors lived very comfortably without them . A question may be asked : could all these people now employed in raising , making , or carrying su- perfluities , be subsisted by raising ...
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... called a scoundrel what ought he to be called , who can enjoy all the inestimable benefits of public society , and yet by smuggling , or dealing with smugglers , contrive to evade paying his just share of the expense , as settled by his ...
... called a scoundrel what ought he to be called , who can enjoy all the inestimable benefits of public society , and yet by smuggling , or dealing with smugglers , contrive to evade paying his just share of the expense , as settled by his ...
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... called erika , or purists , who prayed for the abolition of piracy and slavery , as being unjust . Mr. Jackson does not quote it ; perhaps he has not seen it . If , therefore , some of its reasonings are to be found in his eloquent ...
... called erika , or purists , who prayed for the abolition of piracy and slavery , as being unjust . Mr. Jackson does not quote it ; perhaps he has not seen it . If , therefore , some of its reasonings are to be found in his eloquent ...
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