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Page vii
... were accompanied by appropriate prefaces . These , however , as they were principally intended for temporary purposes , have been omitted . A 4 omitted . Some few explanations only , which they contained ADVERTISEMENT . vii.
... were accompanied by appropriate prefaces . These , however , as they were principally intended for temporary purposes , have been omitted . A 4 omitted . Some few explanations only , which they contained ADVERTISEMENT . vii.
Page xiv
... purpose of intro- ducing some other matter between . different parcels of manuscript , designed to intervene , were discovered . One of them he seemed to have gone over himself , and to have improved and augmented . The other ...
... purpose of intro- ducing some other matter between . different parcels of manuscript , designed to intervene , were discovered . One of them he seemed to have gone over himself , and to have improved and augmented . The other ...
Page xvi
... purpose . Accordingly he read and consider- ed them with attention ; but for any thing beyond this the season was now past . The Supreme Disposer of all , against whose in- scrutable counsels it is vain as well as im- pious to murmur ...
... purpose . Accordingly he read and consider- ed them with attention ; but for any thing beyond this the season was now past . The Supreme Disposer of all , against whose in- scrutable counsels it is vain as well as im- pious to murmur ...
Page xix
... purpose . The greater part , however , still remained in its original state ; and several heroes of the Revolution , who are there celebrated , having in the interval passed off the publick stage , a greater liberty of insertion , and ...
... purpose . The greater part , however , still remained in its original state ; and several heroes of the Revolution , who are there celebrated , having in the interval passed off the publick stage , a greater liberty of insertion , and ...
Page xx
... purpose , will probably furnish four or five volumes more , to be printed uniformly with this edition . The principal piece is en- titled " An Essay towards an abridgement of the English History ; " and reaches from the earliest period ...
... purpose , will probably furnish four or five volumes more , to be printed uniformly with this edition . The principal piece is en- titled " An Essay towards an abridgement of the English History ; " and reaches from the earliest period ...
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