The British Essayists: RamblerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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James Ferguson. the present state of natural knowledge , and engaged me , by an appearance of doubt and opposition , in ... present occasion . I sunk into profound meditation , revolved the charac- ter of the heroines of old , considered ...
James Ferguson. the present state of natural knowledge , and engaged me , by an appearance of doubt and opposition , in ... present occasion . I sunk into profound meditation , revolved the charac- ter of the heroines of old , considered ...
Page 117
... present inhabitants of a country cannot be much increased by an inquiry after the names of those barbarians who destroyed one another twenty centuries ago , in contests for the shelter of woods or convenience of pasturage . Yet we see ...
... present inhabitants of a country cannot be much increased by an inquiry after the names of those barbarians who destroyed one another twenty centuries ago , in contests for the shelter of woods or convenience of pasturage . Yet we see ...
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... present of two seals and a marble kettle , obtained a promise that , when Ajut should consult him , he would declare ... presents of An- ningait , and decreed Ajut to the embraces of Norngsuk . She entreated ; she remonstrated ; she wept ...
... present of two seals and a marble kettle , obtained a promise that , when Ajut should consult him , he would declare ... presents of An- ningait , and decreed Ajut to the embraces of Norngsuk . She entreated ; she remonstrated ; she wept ...
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the Meanness of regulating our Conduct by the Opinions of | 3 |
the Meanness of regulating our Conduct by the Opinions of | 185 |
Anningait and Ajut a Greenland History | 186 |
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