The Monthly Review, Or, Literary JournalR. Griffiths, 1800 |
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... living could not bear testimony to their truth.- These meetings were continued for several years , with unri- valled splendour and festivity . ' The Earl lived in the calm satisfaction of a private station , ' little more than seven ...
... living could not bear testimony to their truth.- These meetings were continued for several years , with unri- valled splendour and festivity . ' The Earl lived in the calm satisfaction of a private station , ' little more than seven ...
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... living proof of cruelty and shame . Shame to the man , whatever fame he bore , Who took from thee what man can ne'er restorė , Thy weapon of defence , thy chiefest good , When swarming flies contending suck thy blood . Nor thine alone ...
... living proof of cruelty and shame . Shame to the man , whatever fame he bore , Who took from thee what man can ne'er restorė , Thy weapon of defence , thy chiefest good , When swarming flies contending suck thy blood . Nor thine alone ...
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... living and unmarried ) , or if there shall be no mother living and unmarried , then of a guardian or guardians of the person appointed by the Court of Chancery ; shall be absolutely null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever ...
... living and unmarried ) , or if there shall be no mother living and unmarried , then of a guardian or guardians of the person appointed by the Court of Chancery ; shall be absolutely null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever ...
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... living light , Bright as the sun , and purer than his fires . ' We must now finish our remarks on this poem ; of which a judgment may be formed from the quotations that we have made . On former occasions , we have expressed a favorable ...
... living light , Bright as the sun , and purer than his fires . ' We must now finish our remarks on this poem ; of which a judgment may be formed from the quotations that we have made . On former occasions , we have expressed a favorable ...
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... living at Patræ , a city of Achaia , was warned by a vision to transport the relics of St. Andrew to a western region named Albion . By force of a storme , the ship was driven into the bay , Dear the place where St. Andrews now stands ...
... living at Patræ , a city of Achaia , was warned by a vision to transport the relics of St. Andrew to a western region named Albion . By force of a storme , the ship was driven into the bay , Dear the place where St. Andrews now stands ...
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