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... purpose no expence was fpared ; and to.ufe the words of the Author of Literary Sketches , " Whatever ideas might have been excited when this work was first announced , the mind of man was in- adequate to conceive the fplendour and ...
... purpose no expence was fpared ; and to.ufe the words of the Author of Literary Sketches , " Whatever ideas might have been excited when this work was first announced , the mind of man was in- adequate to conceive the fplendour and ...
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... purpose of an in- ert and paffive defence ; that , in its far greater part , it was difabled , by its con- ftitution and very effence , from defend ing us against an enemy by any one preventive ftroke , or any operation of active ...
... purpose of an in- ert and paffive defence ; that , in its far greater part , it was difabled , by its con- ftitution and very effence , from defend ing us against an enemy by any one preventive ftroke , or any operation of active ...
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... purpose of an in- ert and paffive defence ; that , in its far greater part , it was difabled , by its con- titution and very effence , from defend ing us against an enemy by any one preventive ftroke , or any operation of active ...
... purpose of an in- ert and paffive defence ; that , in its far greater part , it was difabled , by its con- titution and very effence , from defend ing us against an enemy by any one preventive ftroke , or any operation of active ...
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... purpose of procuring Spanish Chaffeurs ; and the State of the Island of Jamaica for the laft Ten Years : with a Succinct Hiftory of the land previous to that Period . By R. C. Dallas , Efq . 2 Volumes . 8vo . ( Concluded from Vol ...
... purpose of procuring Spanish Chaffeurs ; and the State of the Island of Jamaica for the laft Ten Years : with a Succinct Hiftory of the land previous to that Period . By R. C. Dallas , Efq . 2 Volumes . 8vo . ( Concluded from Vol ...
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... purposes men- tioned in it , and likewife as a Member of the Legidature , and a Lieutenant- Colonel of the troops . " Without entering into details re- fpecting the voyage , abfurdly miled , the Expedition to Cuba , a term usually ...
... purposes men- tioned in it , and likewife as a Member of the Legidature , and a Lieutenant- Colonel of the troops . " Without entering into details re- fpecting the voyage , abfurdly miled , the Expedition to Cuba , a term usually ...
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