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... English Channel ; on the north , by the Atlantic Ocean ; and on the west , by he same ocean at the north and south ; and by St. George's Channel , the Irish Sea , and the North Chan- el , at the intermediate parts . These three last ...
... English Channel ; on the north , by the Atlantic Ocean ; and on the west , by he same ocean at the north and south ; and by St. George's Channel , the Irish Sea , and the North Chan- el , at the intermediate parts . These three last ...
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... English language owes its copiousness , and other excellen- es , in a great degree , to the events mentioned above , particularly to e conquests of the country by the Saxons and Normans , deriving om the former its connexion with the ...
... English language owes its copiousness , and other excellen- es , in a great degree , to the events mentioned above , particularly to e conquests of the country by the Saxons and Normans , deriving om the former its connexion with the ...
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... English . In th Lowlands , English is universally understood and spoken ; b a dialect is used , particularly by the working classes , whi differs from it in a considerable degree . * basaltic columns and the cave of Fingal , in the ...
... English . In th Lowlands , English is universally understood and spoken ; b a dialect is used , particularly by the working classes , whi differs from it in a considerable degree . * basaltic columns and the cave of Fingal , in the ...
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... English history , that have since taken place , are the annexing of Ire- land to England , in the reign of Henry II .; the granting of the Magna Charta by John , in the year 1215 ; the successful inva- sions of France by Edward III ...
... English history , that have since taken place , are the annexing of Ire- land to England , in the reign of Henry II .; the granting of the Magna Charta by John , in the year 1215 ; the successful inva- sions of France by Edward III ...
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... English language owes its copiousness , and other excellen- cies , in a great degree , to the events mentioned above , particularly to the conquests of the country by the Saxons and Normans , deriving from the former its connexion with ...
... English language owes its copiousness , and other excellen- cies , in a great degree , to the events mentioned above , particularly to the conquests of the country by the Saxons and Normans , deriving from the former its connexion with ...
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Page 181 - ... fear of God and love of the people. He perished, the victim of passions which he did not share; of those of the persons about him, to which he was a stranger, and to those of the multitude, which he' had not excited. Few memories of kings are so commendable. History will say of him, that, with a little more strength of mind, he would have been an exemplary king.
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