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... It would perhaps be invidious to particularize , for , indeed , it may be prefumed that every article has been found to poffefs its appropriate excellence . Yet we cannot refrain from noticing , with fome degree of A 2.
... It would perhaps be invidious to particularize , for , indeed , it may be prefumed that every article has been found to poffefs its appropriate excellence . Yet we cannot refrain from noticing , with fome degree of A 2.
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... perhaps , lefs venial , have drawn an affected comparison between modern France and England , and ancient Rome and Carthage . That there is not a fingle point of fimilitude between them , every reflecting mind muft inftantly obferve ...
... perhaps , lefs venial , have drawn an affected comparison between modern France and England , and ancient Rome and Carthage . That there is not a fingle point of fimilitude between them , every reflecting mind muft inftantly obferve ...
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... perhaps , a difadvantageous peace ; but we fhould have retained our rank in the fcale of nations . A fuccefsful invafion by the republic of France ( heaven avert fo great an evil ! ) will never be terminated but in complete national ...
... perhaps , a difadvantageous peace ; but we fhould have retained our rank in the fcale of nations . A fuccefsful invafion by the republic of France ( heaven avert fo great an evil ! ) will never be terminated but in complete national ...
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... perhaps , there are more in Britain than in all Europe col- lectively ) for the fupport of the aged poor . This anfwer evidently did not fatisfy him , and , therefore , he placed his question on a different footing . " Have you , " faid ...
... perhaps , there are more in Britain than in all Europe col- lectively ) for the fupport of the aged poor . This anfwer evidently did not fatisfy him , and , therefore , he placed his question on a different footing . " Have you , " faid ...
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... perhaps , with ftrong feelings of felf- prefervation , are accustomed to de- ftroy the old , in order that the young may live . It arifes from the feverity of their mode of living , the difficulty in procuring fuftenance , and the want ...
... perhaps , with ftrong feelings of felf- prefervation , are accustomed to de- ftroy the old , in order that the young may live . It arifes from the feverity of their mode of living , the difficulty in procuring fuftenance , and the want ...
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