The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, Volume 13F. and C. Rivington, 1799 |
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... thing that can deeply intereft the enquirer : the latter , in point of fubject , is peculiarly attractive and novel ; but is rather eked out by the printer , than enlightened by the fagacity , or stored by the industry of the writer ...
... thing that can deeply intereft the enquirer : the latter , in point of fubject , is peculiarly attractive and novel ; but is rather eked out by the printer , than enlightened by the fagacity , or stored by the industry of the writer ...
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... things . Bali , admiring the fingularity of his figure , and fmiling at his deformity , but at the fame time compaffionating his diftrefs , bade him afk whatfoever he defired , and his requeft should be granted . Bamun , with refpectful ...
... things . Bali , admiring the fingularity of his figure , and fmiling at his deformity , but at the fame time compaffionating his diftrefs , bade him afk whatfoever he defired , and his requeft should be granted . Bamun , with refpectful ...
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... things effentially distinct from each other - The re- form of the reprefentation is one thing ; the reform of Parliament is another - between these there may be an accidental , but there is no ne- ceffary , connection . Though the right ...
... things effentially distinct from each other - The re- form of the reprefentation is one thing ; the reform of Parliament is another - between these there may be an accidental , but there is no ne- ceffary , connection . Though the right ...
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... thing more than argillaceous earth . He found that 100 thing 24 Philofophical Transactions for 1798. Part 11 .
... thing more than argillaceous earth . He found that 100 thing 24 Philofophical Transactions for 1798. Part 11 .
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thing more than argillaceous earth . He found that 100 parts of the India Corundum confift of 89,5 of argillaceous earth , 5,5 of filiceous earth , and 1,25 of oxide of iron . And in 100 parts of Corundum , from China , he found 84 of ...
thing more than argillaceous earth . He found that 100 parts of the India Corundum confift of 89,5 of argillaceous earth , 5,5 of filiceous earth , and 1,25 of oxide of iron . And in 100 parts of Corundum , from China , he found 84 of ...
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