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Books , whether instructive or amusing , are now read by nearly all classes of peor ple in this country ; while the enslaved state of letters in other countries will render the labours of our press , and the study of our language ...
Books , whether instructive or amusing , are now read by nearly all classes of peor ple in this country ; while the enslaved state of letters in other countries will render the labours of our press , and the study of our language ...
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... of volunteers writer of some celebrity has said tiock to the royal standard , resolved in words nearly similar ) those fan- to rescue the fortune of their sovetastical nimals ibe fruits of the union reign , or die in the attempt .
... of volunteers writer of some celebrity has said tiock to the royal standard , resolved in words nearly similar ) those fan- to rescue the fortune of their sovetastical nimals ibe fruits of the union reign , or die in the attempt .
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His war in Silesia gained him wards of two millions to the Electhat rich province , which after the torate , Pomerania , Magdeburg , & c . havock made in it , contained nearly The remaining million and a half 1,200,000 inhabitants ...
His war in Silesia gained him wards of two millions to the Electhat rich province , which after the torate , Pomerania , Magdeburg , & c . havock made in it , contained nearly The remaining million and a half 1,200,000 inhabitants ...
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... to quash tal disuse and even aversion to learnthis story altogether : since it appears ed studies are so well known . nearly impossible , that a man , im- A strong and curious motive may mersed as Mr. Fox always was in be added for ...
... to quash tal disuse and even aversion to learnthis story altogether : since it appears ed studies are so well known . nearly impossible , that a man , im- A strong and curious motive may mersed as Mr. Fox always was in be added for ...
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... between the Maliánada and Isánot dying also ) , our country may maté rivers , from Malda to Berbázu . avail itself of this critical juncture to Cloths nearly similar in quality , and raise an influence on the continent , bearing the ...
... between the Maliánada and Isánot dying also ) , our country may maté rivers , from Malda to Berbázu . avail itself of this critical juncture to Cloths nearly similar in quality , and raise an influence on the continent , bearing the ...
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Page 141 - French languages: the earliest known instance of the English tongue having been used in deeds, is that of the indenture between the abbot and convent of Whitby, and Robert, the son of John Bustard, dated at York, in the year 1343. The English tongue was ordered to be used in all law pleadings in 1364. Ordered to be used in all law-suits in May, 1731.
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Page 116 - Hardy within the first hour-and-aquarter of this period. A partial cannonade, however, was still maintained, in consequence of the enemy's running ships passing the British at different points ; and the last distant guns which were fired at their van ships that were making off, were heard a minute or two before his lordship expired.