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... measures in the power of Dr. King , " yourself , and Mr. Woodford , had been taken " to fuppress the publication , she ventured to " deliver me the letters to - day , which were " read to me in my bed , about two o'clock . " This affair ...
... measures in the power of Dr. King , " yourself , and Mr. Woodford , had been taken " to fuppress the publication , she ventured to " deliver me the letters to - day , which were " read to me in my bed , about two o'clock . " This affair ...
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... measure loft , when a painful , comprehenfive survey of a very complicated mat- ter , and which requires a ... measures and their method of arrangement ; when we must go out of the sphere of our ordinary ideas , and when we can ...
... measure loft , when a painful , comprehenfive survey of a very complicated mat- ter , and which requires a ... measures and their method of arrangement ; when we must go out of the sphere of our ordinary ideas , and when we can ...
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... measures of happiness , should be likewife the only measures by which we should di- rect our reasoning . To these we should conform in good earnest ; and not think to force nature , and the whole order of her system , by a com pliance ...
... measures of happiness , should be likewife the only measures by which we should di- rect our reasoning . To these we should conform in good earnest ; and not think to force nature , and the whole order of her system , by a com pliance ...
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... by fomebody elfe ; the numbers he has been a means of destroying have been reckoned at 1,200,000 . But to give your Lordship an idea that may serve as a stand- ard , Γ ard , by which to measure , in some NATURAL SOCIETY . 25.
... by fomebody elfe ; the numbers he has been a means of destroying have been reckoned at 1,200,000 . But to give your Lordship an idea that may serve as a stand- ard , Γ ard , by which to measure , in some NATURAL SOCIETY . 25.
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Γ ard , by which to measure , in some degree , the others ; you will turn your eyes on Judea ; a very inconfiderable spot of the earth in itself , though ennobled by the singular events which had their rife in that country . This fpot ...
Γ ard , by which to measure , in some degree , the others ; you will turn your eyes on Judea ; a very inconfiderable spot of the earth in itself , though ennobled by the singular events which had their rife in that country . This fpot ...
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