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... Prince , there fell fo much rain , that wheat was raifed from three - pence the bufhel to fixteen - pence , and fo increafed yearly , till at last ( as we have obferved ) it was fold for twenty fhillings the quar- ter . - Baker's ...
... Prince , there fell fo much rain , that wheat was raifed from three - pence the bufhel to fixteen - pence , and fo increafed yearly , till at last ( as we have obferved ) it was fold for twenty fhillings the quar- ter . - Baker's ...
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... Prince , as they make a strong attachment to him a prominent trait in the character of the man whom they meant to exhibit as an example to the " rest in orders . ” " The tempter faw him too , with en- vious eye , And , as on Job ...
... Prince , as they make a strong attachment to him a prominent trait in the character of the man whom they meant to exhibit as an example to the " rest in orders . ” " The tempter faw him too , with en- vious eye , And , as on Job ...
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... PRINCE POSTERITY , feems to be a period pecu- liarly adapted to the commencement of a NEW WORK , which , like " the world of wonders , " arifes from a courfe of de- fultory reading , and will be continued occafionally . It will contain ...
... PRINCE POSTERITY , feems to be a period pecu- liarly adapted to the commencement of a NEW WORK , which , like " the world of wonders , " arifes from a courfe of de- fultory reading , and will be continued occafionally . It will contain ...
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... Prince of Conde , the Princels of Lor raine , her little daughter , the Princess of Conde , and others . It is laid by thofe who will not believe the ridiculous pailion of the Baron de Cental for Queen Margaret , that it was on this ...
... Prince of Conde , the Princels of Lor raine , her little daughter , the Princess of Conde , and others . It is laid by thofe who will not believe the ridiculous pailion of the Baron de Cental for Queen Margaret , that it was on this ...
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... Prince was at the time occupied about the marriage of his daughter Gyptis , and was about cele- brating the custom which required , that when any Nobleman would efpoufe the Princes , they fhould affemble all the young men of the fame ...
... Prince was at the time occupied about the marriage of his daughter Gyptis , and was about cele- brating the custom which required , that when any Nobleman would efpoufe the Princes , they fhould affemble all the young men of the fame ...
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