The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, Volume 13F. and C. Rivington, 1799 |
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... • No. V. p . 483 . No. III . p . 319 . No. IV . p . 371 ** + See vol . xii . p . 612 . || No. II . p . 146 . + No. IV . p . 442 . 1 No.IV. p . 367 . vered on this fubject * , has probably made many vered vi PREFACE .
... • No. V. p . 483 . No. III . p . 319 . No. IV . p . 371 ** + See vol . xii . p . 612 . || No. II . p . 146 . + No. IV . p . 442 . 1 No.IV. p . 367 . vered on this fubject * , has probably made many vered vi PREFACE .
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vered on this fubject * , has probably made many con- verts to the foundnefs of his opinion . The Speaker , however , felt that the topic was not yet exhaufted ; and in an able Speech , of which the fubftance only has been publishedt ...
vered on this fubject * , has probably made many con- verts to the foundnefs of his opinion . The Speaker , however , felt that the topic was not yet exhaufted ; and in an able Speech , of which the fubftance only has been publishedt ...
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... probably rank it , when completed , among the most curious and uteful of these works . Of Mr. Polwhele's Hiftory of Devon- Shires , the progrefs has been fomewhat irregular ; the fecond volume appeared in 1793 , and was reviewed in our ...
... probably rank it , when completed , among the most curious and uteful of these works . Of Mr. Polwhele's Hiftory of Devon- Shires , the progrefs has been fomewhat irregular ; the fecond volume appeared in 1793 , and was reviewed in our ...
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... probably , because Orion , fetting cofmically in that month , was thought by the ancient aftronomers to engender ftorms and tempefts ; whence that conftellation is called , by the Roman poets , Nimbofus , Sævus , Infeftus ; and the ...
... probably , because Orion , fetting cofmically in that month , was thought by the ancient aftronomers to engender ftorms and tempefts ; whence that conftellation is called , by the Roman poets , Nimbofus , Sævus , Infeftus ; and the ...
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... probably constitute a phalanx , formidable even in number , powerful in talents and ability , and naturally prompt , on occafions where the interefts of Ireland were concerned , to add their weight to the party moft favourable to her ...
... probably constitute a phalanx , formidable even in number , powerful in talents and ability , and naturally prompt , on occafions where the interefts of Ireland were concerned , to add their weight to the party moft favourable to her ...
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