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... lefs bodies into their confideration , and oblige them to bear a greater proportion towards fupplying the exigencies of the state , and if poffible , to make a more equal divifion of preferment amongst the clergy . " The author of the ...
... lefs bodies into their confideration , and oblige them to bear a greater proportion towards fupplying the exigencies of the state , and if poffible , to make a more equal divifion of preferment amongst the clergy . " The author of the ...
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... lefs attentive to the fpecific difference than to the various degrees of the fame quality poffeffed by different creatures , have defined him a focial or rational animal . Ariftotle is certainly more logical in his definition than thefe ...
... lefs attentive to the fpecific difference than to the various degrees of the fame quality poffeffed by different creatures , have defined him a focial or rational animal . Ariftotle is certainly more logical in his definition than thefe ...
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... lefs than half the fum paid in the moit regu- lar times , was fo favourable to Pretaupa - Sing , it has appeared that he fhewed fo little inclination to be punctual , in performing his part of the terms , that nothing but his terror ...
... lefs than half the fum paid in the moit regu- lar times , was fo favourable to Pretaupa - Sing , it has appeared that he fhewed fo little inclination to be punctual , in performing his part of the terms , that nothing but his terror ...
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... lefs curious and interefting ; particularly the caufes which , according to the Nabob's fon , induced General Jofeph Smith to raise the fiege of Tanjore , when a practicable breach dictated an immedi- ate ftorm , and the motives of Lord ...
... lefs curious and interefting ; particularly the caufes which , according to the Nabob's fon , induced General Jofeph Smith to raise the fiege of Tanjore , when a practicable breach dictated an immedi- ate ftorm , and the motives of Lord ...
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in the dark ? However difficult the question , we think the anfwer no lefs ingenious than fatisfactory ; it is as follows ; " Let A , who means to fay fomething to B , take him by the hands , and make B ufe fuch figns as A himself would ...
in the dark ? However difficult the question , we think the anfwer no lefs ingenious than fatisfactory ; it is as follows ; " Let A , who means to fay fomething to B , take him by the hands , and make B ufe fuch figns as A himself would ...
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