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... fuch Minifters as either neglected to keep our fleets in repair , or were afraid to make ufe of them ; for , at feveral periods of time fince the days of King Edgar , we find that this kingdom has been miserably infulted on the feas ...
... fuch Minifters as either neglected to keep our fleets in repair , or were afraid to make ufe of them ; for , at feveral periods of time fince the days of King Edgar , we find that this kingdom has been miserably infulted on the feas ...
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... fuch a manner that you may be above cen- fure . All men would be happy ; but the great- eft part of our life is fpent in feeking after happiness , and frequently it fo falls out , that we know not where to fix . There are ...
... fuch a manner that you may be above cen- fure . All men would be happy ; but the great- eft part of our life is fpent in feeking after happiness , and frequently it fo falls out , that we know not where to fix . There are ...
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... fuch was the an- cient custom of the western Chriftian Latin tyrants : That of the Greek Chriftians was to put out the eyes . The tyrant Demetrius conferred the archbishopric of Roftou on Philaretes , and fent him Ambassador into Poland ...
... fuch was the an- cient custom of the western Chriftian Latin tyrants : That of the Greek Chriftians was to put out the eyes . The tyrant Demetrius conferred the archbishopric of Roftou on Philaretes , and fent him Ambassador into Poland ...
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... fuch as they were , might after- wards form new bodies by their mixture and union . Q. Does this prodigious variety of the fi 、 the fame bodies ? Does it extend to those that efcape our fight , or are not perceptible but when there are ...
... fuch as they were , might after- wards form new bodies by their mixture and union . Q. Does this prodigious variety of the fi 、 the fame bodies ? Does it extend to those that efcape our fight , or are not perceptible but when there are ...
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... fuch a confirmation of the feveral acts of uniformity , that they fhould never be altered any other ways than by re- pealing the feveral claufes which inflict nalties upon perfons not promoted , or to be promoted to any ecclefiaftical ...
... fuch a confirmation of the feveral acts of uniformity , that they fhould never be altered any other ways than by re- pealing the feveral claufes which inflict nalties upon perfons not promoted , or to be promoted to any ecclefiaftical ...
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