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... known , the productions of writers of the first clafs ; and they have many reasons to believe , that when time fhall withdraw the veil of conceal- B 2 415944 ment ment which for the prefent furrounds many of the rest [ iii ] PREFACE. ...
... known , the productions of writers of the first clafs ; and they have many reasons to believe , that when time fhall withdraw the veil of conceal- B 2 415944 ment ment which for the prefent furrounds many of the rest [ iii ] PREFACE. ...
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... reason it is en- tifled to the first place among the hifto- ties of the human mind , as well as of religion . December 17 , 1787 . a MOSQUE at CHUNARGUR . little pannelling , and their mouldings - fo that a perfon would be almott led to ...
... reason it is en- tifled to the first place among the hifto- ties of the human mind , as well as of religion . December 17 , 1787 . a MOSQUE at CHUNARGUR . little pannelling , and their mouldings - fo that a perfon would be almott led to ...
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... reason of their bright philofophical turn , furnished with proper in- appearance , are frequently mistaken for ftruments and materials for a full explora clouds . They are feen on shore , at the dif- tion of the phenomena that might ...
... reason of their bright philofophical turn , furnished with proper in- appearance , are frequently mistaken for ftruments and materials for a full explora clouds . They are feen on shore , at the dif- tion of the phenomena that might ...
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... reason have said , That the mea . fure could not have failed to fow diffen , tions in the nation , by bringing a rival to cope with the reigning King in his palace : That the old race of Princes would have come to the throne , with old ...
... reason have said , That the mea . fure could not have failed to fow diffen , tions in the nation , by bringing a rival to cope with the reigning King in his palace : That the old race of Princes would have come to the throne , with old ...
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... REASON is fuffered to give way to political DES PONDENCY . But this , it will be faid , far from being an objection particularly applicable to our author , is a fault com- mon to other British politicians ; who , in general , if we may ...
... REASON is fuffered to give way to political DES PONDENCY . But this , it will be faid , far from being an objection particularly applicable to our author , is a fault com- mon to other British politicians ; who , in general , if we may ...
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Page 255 - Christian to cut off my head?" and his last fear was that of falling alive into the hands of the infidels. The prudent despair of Constantine cast away the purple: amidst the tumult he fell by an unknown hand, and his body was buried under a mountain of the slain.
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