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... refpect for the writer ) against the author of the next work which we have here to mention , Dr. Hales ; whofe New Analysis of Chronology we began to notice in our former volume , have continued to confider in the prefent † , and fhall ...
... refpect for the writer ) against the author of the next work which we have here to mention , Dr. Hales ; whofe New Analysis of Chronology we began to notice in our former volume , have continued to confider in the prefent † , and fhall ...
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... refpect particularly " to miracu lous impulfes " and " Sinlefs Perfection , " fo infifted upon in the writings of Whitefield and Wesley . Whatever might be the original purity , and amiable tendency , of the motives , by which thefe two ...
... refpect particularly " to miracu lous impulfes " and " Sinlefs Perfection , " fo infifted upon in the writings of Whitefield and Wesley . Whatever might be the original purity , and amiable tendency , of the motives , by which thefe two ...
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... refpect for the Univerfity of Ox- ford , we fhall venture to obferve , that the might well betray a jealoufy of fuch scholars as Dr. Leland and Dr. Magee , " and claim them as her children , if the could : but any deceit for this ...
... refpect for the Univerfity of Ox- ford , we fhall venture to obferve , that the might well betray a jealoufy of fuch scholars as Dr. Leland and Dr. Magee , " and claim them as her children , if the could : but any deceit for this ...
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... refpect is there any difference between the common and the pearl oyfter . The feed pearls , which are very indifferent , are arranged round the lips of the oyfter , as if they were inlaid by the hand of an artift . The large pearl is ...
... refpect is there any difference between the common and the pearl oyfter . The feed pearls , which are very indifferent , are arranged round the lips of the oyfter , as if they were inlaid by the hand of an artift . The large pearl is ...
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... and affimilated with the manners , muft , in every refpect , be better qualified for such an undertaking , The 3 The Engravings to this work are executed with much 42 Morier's Travels . Grave, Geo Ann, Memoirs Joan d'Arc 652 359.
... and affimilated with the manners , muft , in every refpect , be better qualified for such an undertaking , The 3 The Engravings to this work are executed with much 42 Morier's Travels . Grave, Geo Ann, Memoirs Joan d'Arc 652 359.
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