The Monthly Magazine, Volume 6R. Phillips, 1798 |
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... common in Europe : for , befide profeflors - which at Yale college are only of divinity , ecclefiafti- cal hiftory , and natural philofophy and ma- thematics each clafs is under the particular care of a tutor , to whom they recite ...
... common in Europe : for , befide profeflors - which at Yale college are only of divinity , ecclefiafti- cal hiftory , and natural philofophy and ma- thematics each clafs is under the particular care of a tutor , to whom they recite ...
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... than the common run of mortals , and capable of fafting to a later hour ; but I was obliged to aban- don this idea , by calculating that more waking hours do not intervene between his way pen , to ftate as concifely as I can.
... than the common run of mortals , and capable of fafting to a later hour ; but I was obliged to aban- don this idea , by calculating that more waking hours do not intervene between his way pen , to ftate as concifely as I can.
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... common with the poor ; and as he is confcious of the difference between the peafant's rufh - light over his turf - fire , and the brilliant illumination of wax - tapers in his fplendid rooms , he chufes to pafs the greatest portion of ...
... common with the poor ; and as he is confcious of the difference between the peafant's rufh - light over his turf - fire , and the brilliant illumination of wax - tapers in his fplendid rooms , he chufes to pafs the greatest portion of ...
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... common fenfe . One would naturally fuppofe , that if a wife man wifhed at any time to interrupt the ufual regularity of his hours , and to wake when others fleep , it would be to enjoy the general repofe ; to fee the animals of the fold ...
... common fenfe . One would naturally fuppofe , that if a wife man wifhed at any time to interrupt the ufual regularity of his hours , and to wake when others fleep , it would be to enjoy the general repofe ; to fee the animals of the fold ...
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... common events of life , and of the diffi- culties to which , in her progrefs through it , fhe will probably be fubject , which it were defirable that the fhould have gained ; if , however , he is fo fortunate as to be hired by a ...
... common events of life , and of the diffi- culties to which , in her progrefs through it , fhe will probably be fubject , which it were defirable that the fhould have gained ; if , however , he is fo fortunate as to be hired by a ...
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