The Scots Magazine, Volume 41Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, 1779 - English literature |
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... bill carried in the Irish parliament 613 . Dec. 9. Propofitions in favour of Ireland made by Lord North 639. On which the oppofition are neuter 661 . 14. These propofitions highly fatisfactory to the Irish parliament 662. & feqq . 18 ...
... bill carried in the Irish parliament 613 . Dec. 9. Propofitions in favour of Ireland made by Lord North 639. On which the oppofition are neuter 661 . 14. These propofitions highly fatisfactory to the Irish parliament 662. & feqq . 18 ...
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... bill ib . Prices of grain , slocks , & c . ib . hat Bed bip The MIRROR , No 1.Saturday , Jan.23.1779 . A periodical paper , published on Tuesdays . and Saturdays , by Mr Creech , Edinburgh , price three halfpence . Quis novus hic hofpes ...
... bill ib . Prices of grain , slocks , & c . ib . hat Bed bip The MIRROR , No 1.Saturday , Jan.23.1779 . A periodical paper , published on Tuesdays . and Saturdays , by Mr Creech , Edinburgh , price three halfpence . Quis novus hic hofpes ...
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... bill for the better fecuring our fettlements in the Eaft Indies . The re- folutions went to a strong approbation of Lord Pigot's conduct as governor ; to a confirmation of thofe late acts of the company , which had been either paffed in ...
... bill for the better fecuring our fettlements in the Eaft Indies . The re- folutions went to a strong approbation of Lord Pigot's conduct as governor ; to a confirmation of thofe late acts of the company , which had been either paffed in ...
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... bills . When a bill of great importance paffes with unanimi- ty , I believe , Sir , that you think it your duty to give it a farther weight by the addition of a nemine contradicente in the Votes . In the Votes , Sir , you have not given ...
... bills . When a bill of great importance paffes with unanimi- ty , I believe , Sir , that you think it your duty to give it a farther weight by the addition of a nemine contradicente in the Votes . In the Votes , Sir , you have not given ...
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... bill , whi was fo managed , as to prove in its eve not conciliatory , but incendiary . It w blafted before it left thefe walls . was never thought of ; divifion w pointed out , and hoped for , as the b effect of the bills ; and the ...
... bill , whi was fo managed , as to prove in its eve not conciliatory , but incendiary . It w blafted before it left thefe walls . was never thought of ; divifion w pointed out , and hoped for , as the b effect of the bills ; and the ...
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