London Magazine Enlarged and Improved, Volume 20C. Ackers, 1751 - English essays |
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... such information with- out incurring the character of an in- former , as well as a perjured wretch . A For this reafon , Sir , I must say , that the first projector of this oath had , in my opinion , a fixed defign to give to every ...
... such information with- out incurring the character of an in- former , as well as a perjured wretch . A For this reafon , Sir , I must say , that the first projector of this oath had , in my opinion , a fixed defign to give to every ...
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... such an officer . I am , therefore , apt to fuf- pect , that fome of our courts - martial have not of late behaved as they ought to do ; for when a man be- haves with infolence in power or office , and adds injuftice to his info- lence ...
... such an officer . I am , therefore , apt to fuf- pect , that fome of our courts - martial have not of late behaved as they ought to do ; for when a man be- haves with infolence in power or office , and adds injuftice to his info- lence ...
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... such an act was the effect of his influence . The other is , by rendering it impoffible ' that a man's way of voting fhould be known to any one but himself ; and as this is fo often practifed in this houfe , I cannot comprehend A how ...
... such an act was the effect of his influence . The other is , by rendering it impoffible ' that a man's way of voting fhould be known to any one but himself ; and as this is fo often practifed in this houfe , I cannot comprehend A how ...
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... such article , together with the fenfe intended by the compilers , - than fraudulently to change their fenfe for another , with the delufive appearance of retaining their words ? Were it not better to change it for another , carrying in ...
... such article , together with the fenfe intended by the compilers , - than fraudulently to change their fenfe for another , with the delufive appearance of retaining their words ? Were it not better to change it for another , carrying in ...
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... such a difquieting talk to reconcile them , that E princes might rather expect to be lamented than to be envied , for being in a station that expofed them , if they do not do more to answer mens expectations than human na- ture will ...
... such a difquieting talk to reconcile them , that E princes might rather expect to be lamented than to be envied , for being in a station that expofed them , if they do not do more to answer mens expectations than human na- ture will ...
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