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... appears . Until he had minutely examined the first edition , he was not aware of the numerous additions and alterations requisite , apart from more recent times . Such as , from his impressions of expedi- ency , and of truth , he has ...
... appears . Until he had minutely examined the first edition , he was not aware of the numerous additions and alterations requisite , apart from more recent times . Such as , from his impressions of expedi- ency , and of truth , he has ...
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... appears from their being of the same grain . In Au- gust 1771 , as workmen were quarrying stones in that muir for the use of the canal , they came upon a large hollow in the rock , in which they found a considerable quantity of wheat ...
... appears from their being of the same grain . In Au- gust 1771 , as workmen were quarrying stones in that muir for the use of the canal , they came upon a large hollow in the rock , in which they found a considerable quantity of wheat ...
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... appears no satisfying evidence of there ever having been any considerable town in this post , except a Roman station , with its appenda- ges ; though it is not improbable that , after the departure of that people , it was inhabit- ed by ...
... appears no satisfying evidence of there ever having been any considerable town in this post , except a Roman station , with its appenda- ges ; though it is not improbable that , after the departure of that people , it was inhabit- ed by ...
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... appear to have met with no resistance . The writer of the article " Caledonia " in the Edinburgh Encyclopedia remarks ... appears , from L. XII . Sect . 31. that , in the same year , the Icenian army had been routed by the same general ...
... appear to have met with no resistance . The writer of the article " Caledonia " in the Edinburgh Encyclopedia remarks ... appears , from L. XII . Sect . 31. that , in the same year , the Icenian army had been routed by the same general ...
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... appears to have been less occasion for a præsidium in that quarter . There is likewise reason to believe , that the frith of Forth flowed considerably farther west , in former than it does at present . ages , It is not improbable that ...
... appears to have been less occasion for a præsidium in that quarter . There is likewise reason to believe , that the frith of Forth flowed considerably farther west , in former than it does at present . ages , It is not improbable that ...
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