The Monthly Magazine, Volume 17R. Phillips, 1804 |
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... means of prac . tical improvement in elocutionary science . If I may be permitted to judge of the fuccefs of my own experiments , the appli- cation of the fuggeftion has added at least one more to the manageable varieties and ...
... means of prac . tical improvement in elocutionary science . If I may be permitted to judge of the fuccefs of my own experiments , the appli- cation of the fuggeftion has added at least one more to the manageable varieties and ...
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... means to difcard fuch accounts as unworthy of examination because they contain a large portion of the marvellous for though an apparent departure from the ufual economy of nature fhould ex cite our caution , it will by no mean warrant a ...
... means to difcard fuch accounts as unworthy of examination because they contain a large portion of the marvellous for though an apparent departure from the ufual economy of nature fhould ex cite our caution , it will by no mean warrant a ...
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... means of diminishing this expence . The cotton - tree grows very well in Aftracan and in Orenburg . It is even cultivated at Kiflar , and the Tartar - women of the two former countries know how to fpin it very well . It would only ...
... means of diminishing this expence . The cotton - tree grows very well in Aftracan and in Orenburg . It is even cultivated at Kiflar , and the Tartar - women of the two former countries know how to fpin it very well . It would only ...
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... were defirous of being the means of Robinson's advancement in the church , as was alfo the Minif- ter of the day ; and the most judicious writers MEMOIRS OF EMINENT PERSONS . with a long tail well 40 Feb. 1 , Cantabrigiana .
... were defirous of being the means of Robinson's advancement in the church , as was alfo the Minif- ter of the day ; and the most judicious writers MEMOIRS OF EMINENT PERSONS . with a long tail well 40 Feb. 1 , Cantabrigiana .
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... means of improvement . Von Zieten had not long begun to ferve under Wurm , when a diftribution of horfes , in which the Lieutenant Colonel fhewed undue partiality to his own fqua- dron , excited a fierce difpute between him and the ...
... means of improvement . Von Zieten had not long begun to ferve under Wurm , when a diftribution of horfes , in which the Lieutenant Colonel fhewed undue partiality to his own fqua- dron , excited a fierce difpute between him and the ...
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Page 340 - I have not leisure to write much. But I could chide thee that in many of thy Letters thou writest to me, That I should not be unmindful of thee and thy little ones. Truly, if I love you not too well, I think I err not on the other hand much. Thou art dearer to me than any creature; let that suffice.
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