Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 7Pub. for J. Hinton., 1750 |
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... most folemn engage- ments . For which we read his dread- ful doom in Ezekiel xxix . 8 , -12 . XXX . 13. Jer . xliv . 30 . For a while he triumphed over the Tyrians , Sidonians , and Cypriots ; but at last the wrath of God overtook him ...
... most folemn engage- ments . For which we read his dread- ful doom in Ezekiel xxix . 8 , -12 . XXX . 13. Jer . xliv . 30 . For a while he triumphed over the Tyrians , Sidonians , and Cypriots ; but at last the wrath of God overtook him ...
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... most an universal defection ; so that his crown was in danger . Apries fent one who was in great efteem with the peo- ple , and , as he thought , his own friend , named Amafis , to appease them . But , instead of reconciling them with ...
... most an universal defection ; so that his crown was in danger . Apries fent one who was in great efteem with the peo- ple , and , as he thought , his own friend , named Amafis , to appease them . But , instead of reconciling them with ...
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... most happy , in the opinion of the world ; who are continually purfued by , and facrifice their reft , quiet , and time to avarice and ambition , as I will shew you more at large , on fome other oc- cafion . However , every man promises ...
... most happy , in the opinion of the world ; who are continually purfued by , and facrifice their reft , quiet , and time to avarice and ambition , as I will shew you more at large , on fome other oc- cafion . However , every man promises ...
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... most pompous bird of all has a most disagreeable cry , and is a proof , that with a very fhining out- fide , there may be but a forry fub- ftance within , little gratitude , and a great deal of vanity . In examining the feathers of the ...
... most pompous bird of all has a most disagreeable cry , and is a proof , that with a very fhining out- fide , there may be but a forry fub- ftance within , little gratitude , and a great deal of vanity . In examining the feathers of the ...
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... most vital parts , with little or no expence , in America , while fhe , with her watchfulness and fupe- rior policy , eluded all their schemes , and diverted all their force in Europe to dethrone her . The Spaniards , who had tried all ...
... most vital parts , with little or no expence , in America , while fhe , with her watchfulness and fupe- rior policy , eluded all their schemes , and diverted all their force in Europe to dethrone her . The Spaniards , who had tried all ...
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