The Pamphleteer, Volume 8Abraham John Valpy A. J. Valpy., 1816 - Great Britain |
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... requires the aid and sup- Power was given to overseers to remove any native of Scotland or Ire- land who might appear to them likely to become chargeable . port of the abilities on all sides the House , Curwen's Speech , & c . 5.
... requires the aid and sup- Power was given to overseers to remove any native of Scotland or Ire- land who might appear to them likely to become chargeable . port of the abilities on all sides the House , Curwen's Speech , & c . 5.
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... land 2,109,222 Total • • 9,305,777 I submit this only as a cursory view of the subject , to show what an enormous sum may be raised by calling forth the united contributions of all classes . I have considered 10s . as the lowest wages ...
... land 2,109,222 Total • • 9,305,777 I submit this only as a cursory view of the subject , to show what an enormous sum may be raised by calling forth the united contributions of all classes . I have considered 10s . as the lowest wages ...
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... land . When the husband is en- abled to pay the dowry , he is then at liberty to quit the father's house , and to maintain an independent establishment , under the term of " Orang Merdika , " or free man . If the new - married man ...
... land . When the husband is en- abled to pay the dowry , he is then at liberty to quit the father's house , and to maintain an independent establishment , under the term of " Orang Merdika , " or free man . If the new - married man ...
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... land . 0 0 4 1 Anterior to this supposed arrival of Adi Saka , the two most e- ventful periods in the history of these countries of which tradition and history make mention , are - first , that which includes the excur- sions of the far ...
... land . 0 0 4 1 Anterior to this supposed arrival of Adi Saka , the two most e- ventful periods in the history of these countries of which tradition and history make mention , are - first , that which includes the excur- sions of the far ...
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... land of Java . Mr. Barrow gives the following account of it : - " Perhaps there is not , " says he , " among the numerous examples that occur of the provident economy of nature in the vegetable part of the creation a more remarkable ...
... land of Java . Mr. Barrow gives the following account of it : - " Perhaps there is not , " says he , " among the numerous examples that occur of the provident economy of nature in the vegetable part of the creation a more remarkable ...
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Page 580 - John. It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humour, than advis'd respect.
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