The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1793 |
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... taken with this volume of the Annual Register , to render it worthy of their perusal , than with any of the for- mer ; though we are very far , at the fame time , from meaning to affert , that these pains have been attended with ...
... taken with this volume of the Annual Register , to render it worthy of their perusal , than with any of the for- mer ; though we are very far , at the fame time , from meaning to affert , that these pains have been attended with ...
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... taken in the laft feffion , be able to view the ftorm from port ; and our fear of danger will be fuc- ceeded by the pleafing remembrance of it . Befides , there feems to have arifen a spirit of liberty in many parts of the world ; and ...
... taken in the laft feffion , be able to view the ftorm from port ; and our fear of danger will be fuc- ceeded by the pleafing remembrance of it . Befides , there feems to have arifen a spirit of liberty in many parts of the world ; and ...
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... taken by her to compafs fo exalt- ed a defign , fhe has given the ampleft encouragement for the in- troduction of letters and useful arts , thefe fovereign antidotes against barbarifm and fuperftition * . Upon the whole , therefore ...
... taken by her to compafs fo exalt- ed a defign , fhe has given the ampleft encouragement for the in- troduction of letters and useful arts , thefe fovereign antidotes against barbarifm and fuperftition * . Upon the whole , therefore ...
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... taken place of the fpirit of con- queft and rapacity , which fo much difgrace her former annals . Princes , in all appearance , begin to discover more wealth and power in the honeft endeavours of their fubjects to enrich themelves ...
... taken place of the fpirit of con- queft and rapacity , which fo much difgrace her former annals . Princes , in all appearance , begin to discover more wealth and power in the honeft endeavours of their fubjects to enrich themelves ...
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... taken with it in Europe . But major Munro , whether he wanted the neceffary ftores for operations of this kind , or men proper to conduct them , or both ; or whether he did not dream himself , or thought the In- dians would never dream ...
... taken with it in Europe . But major Munro , whether he wanted the neceffary ftores for operations of this kind , or men proper to conduct them , or both ; or whether he did not dream himself , or thought the In- dians would never dream ...
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