The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, Volume 37F. and C. Rivington, 1811 |
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... never approaches fo near to history , as when it takes up the life of a great and eminent statesman , whofe acts were thofe of the public , and whofe plans influenced the deftiny of nations . Such was the Life of Mr. Pitt § ; and if Mr ...
... never approaches fo near to history , as when it takes up the life of a great and eminent statesman , whofe acts were thofe of the public , and whofe plans influenced the deftiny of nations . Such was the Life of Mr. Pitt § ; and if Mr ...
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... feventeenth century , and for which a national tonement , as it were , is ftill annually offered , had never oc B4 curred curred . They were laws , not of a fpeculative Gifford's Life of the Right Hon . William Pitt .
... feventeenth century , and for which a national tonement , as it were , is ftill annually offered , had never oc B4 curred curred . They were laws , not of a fpeculative Gifford's Life of the Right Hon . William Pitt .
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... never confidered , that they did not inflict punishment , but merely adopted precautions ; that their operation was not to deprive any defeription of individuals of the capacity to obtain political power , but to impofe on all ...
... never confidered , that they did not inflict punishment , but merely adopted precautions ; that their operation was not to deprive any defeription of individuals of the capacity to obtain political power , but to impofe on all ...
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... never been observed before , that the former , or lambic part of the foot admits all the varieties allowable in the for- mer part of the Diiambus , when it stands at the beginning of the Senarian ; and that the latter , or Trochaic part ...
... never been observed before , that the former , or lambic part of the foot admits all the varieties allowable in the for- mer part of the Diiambus , when it stands at the beginning of the Senarian ; and that the latter , or Trochaic part ...
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... never acknowledged the fovereignty of the Mamalukes * , and were never vifited by the French , fo they are determined to prevent all approaches of the English : -and at last the man who gave us this account , in answer to our further ...
... never acknowledged the fovereignty of the Mamalukes * , and were never vifited by the French , fo they are determined to prevent all approaches of the English : -and at last the man who gave us this account , in answer to our further ...
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