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... whose design was to refer all occurrences to years , is of more credit in a point of Chronology , than Plutarch or any other , that write Lives by the lump . " Bentley , Differt . on Themiftocles's Epiftles , Sect . vi . It ought to be ...
... whose design was to refer all occurrences to years , is of more credit in a point of Chronology , than Plutarch or any other , that write Lives by the lump . " Bentley , Differt . on Themiftocles's Epiftles , Sect . vi . It ought to be ...
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... whose solid virtue The fhot of accident , or dart of chance , Could neither raze , nor pierce ? " Id . Othello . Thefe fentences are all either declarative , or fimply interrogative ; and however expreffive of Will , Liberty ...
... whose solid virtue The fhot of accident , or dart of chance , Could neither raze , nor pierce ? " Id . Othello . Thefe fentences are all either declarative , or fimply interrogative ; and however expreffive of Will , Liberty ...
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... whose business it should have been , as it certainly was their in- tereft , to bave interpofed their good offices . " Swift . " There were two circumftances , which would have made it neceffary for them to bave loft no time . " Ibid ...
... whose business it should have been , as it certainly was their in- tereft , to bave interpofed their good offices . " Swift . " There were two circumftances , which would have made it neceffary for them to bave loft no time . " Ibid ...
Page 117
... whose inclinations led him to be corrupt , and [ who ] had great abilities to manage and multiply and defend his corruptions . " Gulliver , Part I. Chap . vi . " My Master likewife mentioned another quality , which his fervants had ...
... whose inclinations led him to be corrupt , and [ who ] had great abilities to manage and multiply and defend his corruptions . " Gulliver , Part I. Chap . vi . " My Master likewife mentioned another quality , which his fervants had ...
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... whose opinion I have great deference . ” Swift , Pref . to Temple's Memoirs . " The wifeft Princes need not think it any diminution to [ of ] their greatness , or derogation to [ from ] their fufficiency , to rely upon counfel . " Bacon ...
... whose opinion I have great deference . ” Swift , Pref . to Temple's Memoirs . " The wifeft Princes need not think it any diminution to [ of ] their greatness , or derogation to [ from ] their fufficiency , to rely upon counfel . " Bacon ...
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Addifon Adjective Adverb alfo alſo anſwer Auxiliary Auxiliary Verb becauſe Bentley caſe confonant conftruction Conjunction difcourfe diftinction diftinguiſhed diphthong Dryden Effay Engliſh example expreffed expreffion expreſſed faid fame fecond feems fenfe feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fignification fimple firft firſt fitten fome fometimes ftand ftill fuch fyllable governed Grammar hath Ibid improperly Indicative Mode Infinitive Mode inftances inſtead Irregular Irregular Verbs itſelf laft Language laſt Letter likewife Milton miſtake moft moſt muſt Neuter Nominative Cafe Noun obferved obfolete Objective Cafe paffion Paffive Paft Participle pauſes Phalaris phrafe Phraſe Plural Number Poffeffive Cafe Pope Prefent Prepofition Pronominal Adjectives Pronoun purpoſe reaſon reft reſpect Saxon ſay ſeems Sentence Serm Shakeſpear ſhall ſome Spect ſtill ſtyle Subft Subftantive Subjunctive Mode ſuch Swift tence thee thefe themſelves theſe thing third Perfon Singular thofe thoſe Thou tive underſtood uſed Verb Active Verb Neuter vowel whoſe words