The British Critic: A New Review, Volume 28F. and C. Rivington, 1807 |
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... present Volume is not fupplied , but tranflated Hiftories have , in two dif- tinguished inftances , been noticed in it . We allude to Mr. Beloe's Tranflation of the Father of Hiftory , * No. V. p . 571. + No. V. p . 572. ‡ A kind friend ...
... present Volume is not fupplied , but tranflated Hiftories have , in two dif- tinguished inftances , been noticed in it . We allude to Mr. Beloe's Tranflation of the Father of Hiftory , * No. V. p . 571. + No. V. p . 572. ‡ A kind friend ...
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... present rather extenfive paper , would lead us too far beyond the limits of our publication ; we shall therefore only endeavour to give our readers a general idea of his meaning . Since an alteration of the relative fituations of ...
... present rather extenfive paper , would lead us too far beyond the limits of our publication ; we shall therefore only endeavour to give our readers a general idea of his meaning . Since an alteration of the relative fituations of ...
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... present at the con- ference . " P. 37 . After giving a general description of Latium and its first inhabitants , the author proceeds to illuftrate thofe places most memorable in former times for the colonial eftablifhment of the Romans ...
... present at the con- ference . " P. 37 . After giving a general description of Latium and its first inhabitants , the author proceeds to illuftrate thofe places most memorable in former times for the colonial eftablifhment of the Romans ...
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... present , only because he cannot do fo without letting the Church have likewife an additional quarter or ten quarters , for which , if the clergy do their duty , fhe certainly renders him a full return , it is not very easy to conceive ...
... present , only because he cannot do fo without letting the Church have likewife an additional quarter or ten quarters , for which , if the clergy do their duty , fhe certainly renders him a full return , it is not very easy to conceive ...
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... present fate of agriculture , to be taken as the principal ground for the eftablishment of an equivalent . This , I imagine , might be easily done , by fixing the average amount of the tithe in money , for ten or twenty years paft , to ...
... present fate of agriculture , to be taken as the principal ground for the eftablishment of an equivalent . This , I imagine , might be easily done , by fixing the average amount of the tithe in money , for ten or twenty years paft , to ...
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