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... still to preferve the Annual Register in that ftyle of re- putation and character , which has hitherto procured it fuch marked diftinction and fo unlimited a patronage . As the year of which we treat did not fuperabound in political ...
... still to preferve the Annual Register in that ftyle of re- putation and character , which has hitherto procured it fuch marked diftinction and fo unlimited a patronage . As the year of which we treat did not fuperabound in political ...
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... still in the power of the Irish parliament to renounce thefe laws , and the whole agreement together , whenever the thought proper . On the other hand , the commercial advantages offered to Ireland by the bill were stated to be very ...
... still in the power of the Irish parliament to renounce thefe laws , and the whole agreement together , whenever the thought proper . On the other hand , the commercial advantages offered to Ireland by the bill were stated to be very ...
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... still but in- evitably excite . The fame moderation and wif- doin prevailed in every thing . The queen dowager , as fome confolation for that difappointment which her ambition fuffered , and for that lofs of matked power , which holds ...
... still but in- evitably excite . The fame moderation and wif- doin prevailed in every thing . The queen dowager , as fome confolation for that difappointment which her ambition fuffered , and for that lofs of matked power , which holds ...
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... still more early remains of anti- quity , were buried in obfcurity . The prince has moft liberally applied a confiderable thare of his perfonal income or revenue to the recovery and developement of this antient lore . For this purpofe ...
... still more early remains of anti- quity , were buried in obfcurity . The prince has moft liberally applied a confiderable thare of his perfonal income or revenue to the recovery and developement of this antient lore . For this purpofe ...
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... still but little confidered , if the late un- fortunate war with England , and its ruinous confequences , having fhaken the republic to its foundations , and occafioned a departure from many of its ancient maxims and principles , had ...
... still but little confidered , if the late un- fortunate war with England , and its ruinous confequences , having fhaken the republic to its foundations , and occafioned a departure from many of its ancient maxims and principles , had ...
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