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... seem to have had the fame advan- tages of education and improvement that were enjoyed by the earl of Worcester . But whatever these were , he made the best use of them , and , amidst all the tumults of the times , never loft fight of ...
... seem to have had the fame advan- tages of education and improvement that were enjoyed by the earl of Worcester . But whatever these were , he made the best use of them , and , amidst all the tumults of the times , never loft fight of ...
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... seems already encum- bered by its boundlefs extent ! The advantages of commerce had been fully fecured by the peace of 1774 . To the peace of 1774 the Ruffians had been indebted for the port of Cherion , for their poffeffion of the ...
... seems already encum- bered by its boundlefs extent ! The advantages of commerce had been fully fecured by the peace of 1774 . To the peace of 1774 the Ruffians had been indebted for the port of Cherion , for their poffeffion of the ...
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... seems to have prevailed with the old and infirm Germanic prince , was the title of monarch . The Nether lands were to be converted into a kingdom , and his future title was to be that of king of Australia . If it could have been ...
... seems to have prevailed with the old and infirm Germanic prince , was the title of monarch . The Nether lands were to be converted into a kingdom , and his future title was to be that of king of Australia . If it could have been ...
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... fu- ture leafes , and in a period of peace , but does not seem to have entertain- ed the imagination of altogether changing the nature of the con- tracts . tracts . M. d'Ormeflon , the prefent minifier , was FOREIGN 25 HISTORY .
... fu- ture leafes , and in a period of peace , but does not seem to have entertain- ed the imagination of altogether changing the nature of the con- tracts . tracts . M. d'Ormeflon , the prefent minifier , was FOREIGN 25 HISTORY .
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... - tended , as it seems was at that time reported , that fir Elijah Impey fhould return to his office of chief judge of the fupreme court of ju- dicature in Bengal . The enquiry was enforced by Mr. dica- FOREIGN 91 HISTORY . ང.
... - tended , as it seems was at that time reported , that fir Elijah Impey fhould return to his office of chief judge of the fupreme court of ju- dicature in Bengal . The enquiry was enforced by Mr. dica- FOREIGN 91 HISTORY . ང.
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