The Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr. Arbuthnot, Volume 2James Carlile, and sold, 1751 - 231 pages |
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... Reasons are full as ftrong as thefe , but my Printer fays he can afford no more Reafons for Twelve - pence ; but furely thefe may be allow'd fufficient to the Reasonable ; and tho ' you and your Friends have Fronts of a Metal fome fome ...
... Reasons are full as ftrong as thefe , but my Printer fays he can afford no more Reafons for Twelve - pence ; but furely thefe may be allow'd fufficient to the Reasonable ; and tho ' you and your Friends have Fronts of a Metal fome fome ...
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... Reasons for John's Repugnance to the Revival of the Law - Suit may be added , that he had fet his Heart upon purchafing two small Farms contiguous to his favourite little Manor of Mumquag , which he thought he cou'd not fo well do ...
... Reasons for John's Repugnance to the Revival of the Law - Suit may be added , that he had fet his Heart upon purchafing two small Farms contiguous to his favourite little Manor of Mumquag , which he thought he cou'd not fo well do ...
Page 55
... . ' Squire Worthy , by his Hofpitality , and many perfonal good Qualities , was highly efteem'd in the Manor ; and for that Reason , D 4 more more than any Crime that cou'd be laid to his The Hiftory of John Bull . 5.5.
... . ' Squire Worthy , by his Hofpitality , and many perfonal good Qualities , was highly efteem'd in the Manor ; and for that Reason , D 4 more more than any Crime that cou'd be laid to his The Hiftory of John Bull . 5.5.
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... Reason soon ap- pear'd , which was to bleed and purge Sir Swain Narthy , ' till he should be reduc'd fo low , that to compound for Life , he fhould confent to the Fore- closure of a Mortgage , which John had on two Farms belonging to ...
... Reason soon ap- pear'd , which was to bleed and purge Sir Swain Narthy , ' till he should be reduc'd fo low , that to compound for Life , he fhould confent to the Fore- closure of a Mortgage , which John had on two Farms belonging to ...
Page 91
... Reason why he fhould not rife as faft , and as high . But finding himself deceived in Bob , he began , firft to cool towards him , and afterwards to declare openly against him . But be- fore Matters came to Extremity , Bob , who lived ...
... Reason why he fhould not rife as faft , and as high . But finding himself deceived in Bob , he began , firft to cool towards him , and afterwards to declare openly against him . But be- fore Matters came to Extremity , Bob , who lived ...
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