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... soon . I don't mention your accident : you may suppose I am sorry for your fright , and glad of your ' scape . Tis a cursed condition of humanity , we have long entire weeks to give to me- lancholy , and so few fleeting minutes to ...
... soon . I don't mention your accident : you may suppose I am sorry for your fright , and glad of your ' scape . Tis a cursed condition of humanity , we have long entire weeks to give to me- lancholy , and so few fleeting minutes to ...
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... soon crowded , particularly by Turkey merchants , and traders to the Levant . These places were found very convenient for discoursing on , and set- thing matters relating to commerce , and shortly after the number of coffee - houses ...
... soon crowded , particularly by Turkey merchants , and traders to the Levant . These places were found very convenient for discoursing on , and set- thing matters relating to commerce , and shortly after the number of coffee - houses ...
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... soon compelled to surrender . Then follows an account of the surren- der of Maulès , which the Count de Bre- quigny notices to be a gross falsehood- this , I pass over , of course , to proceed to un- published accounts of particular ...
... soon compelled to surrender . Then follows an account of the surren- der of Maulès , which the Count de Bre- quigny notices to be a gross falsehood- this , I pass over , of course , to proceed to un- published accounts of particular ...
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... soon per- ceived , that all the important stations were already occupied ; and that for years , he could only aspire to a secon dary tank among the eminent practi- tioners of the capital . On this , he pitched on Bristol , where , in ...
... soon per- ceived , that all the important stations were already occupied ; and that for years , he could only aspire to a secon dary tank among the eminent practi- tioners of the capital . On this , he pitched on Bristol , where , in ...
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... soon after beards : it is moderate to assert , that neither Scipio , when he had delivered Rome from her most formidable rival , nor Washington , the founder of American ndependence , received more enthusi- astic adoration than the ...
... soon after beards : it is moderate to assert , that neither Scipio , when he had delivered Rome from her most formidable rival , nor Washington , the founder of American ndependence , received more enthusi- astic adoration than the ...
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Page 244 - And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 432 - John. It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humour, than advis'd respect.
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Page 244 - And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
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Page 394 - I did not overrate the original numbers of the enemy. By the next conveyance, I shall have the honour to submit to your Lordship's consideration the various details which are now referred to in general terms, and to report the merits of the several corps ; but the science of the officers of the royal artillery has been too conspicuous not to be particularly noticed, the interior of the enemy's fortress being torn to pieces by shells; his works have also been much injured by shot from the gun-batteries,...
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