Letters Concerning the English NationL. Davis and C. Reymers; R. Baldwin, and S. Crowder and Company, 1760 - 255 страница |
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... of his friend . Be this as it will , ' twas thought that the moft natural order in which they could be placed , would be that of their re- A 3 spective spective dates . Several particulars which are mentioned in them PREFACE .
... of his friend . Be this as it will , ' twas thought that the moft natural order in which they could be placed , would be that of their re- A 3 spective spective dates . Several particulars which are mentioned in them PREFACE .
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Voltaire. spective dates . Several particulars which are mentioned in them make it neceffary for us to obferve , that they ... particulars ; but why fhould they complain , if the want of them them is compenfated by a thoufand beauties of ...
Voltaire. spective dates . Several particulars which are mentioned in them make it neceffary for us to obferve , that they ... particulars ; but why fhould they complain , if the want of them them is compenfated by a thoufand beauties of ...
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... particulars of your religion . The peo- ple of thy country , replied the Quaker , are too full of their bows and compliments , but I never yet met with one of them who had fo much curiofity as thyfelf . Come The Quaker who own'd it in ...
... particulars of your religion . The peo- ple of thy country , replied the Quaker , are too full of their bows and compliments , but I never yet met with one of them who had fo much curiofity as thyfelf . Come The Quaker who own'd it in ...
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... particulars , ' tis probable enough that they also gave us feveral falfe æras . Ir appear'd in general to Sir Ifaac , that the world was five hundred years younger than chronologers declare it to be . He grounds his opinion on the ...
... particulars , ' tis probable enough that they also gave us feveral falfe æras . Ir appear'd in general to Sir Ifaac , that the world was five hundred years younger than chronologers declare it to be . He grounds his opinion on the ...
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... particulars with regard to these English Comedies , which I am fo fond of applauding ; nor to give you a fingle smart faying , or humourous ftroke from Wy- cherley or Congreve . We do not laugh in reading a translation . If you have a ...
... particulars with regard to these English Comedies , which I am fo fond of applauding ; nor to give you a fingle smart faying , or humourous ftroke from Wy- cherley or Congreve . We do not laugh in reading a translation . If you have a ...
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