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Page 84
... import- ance of the things which it contemplates . Hence proceeds what Longinus has observed of that glorying sense of in- ward greatness , that always fills the reader of such passages in poets and orators as are sublime ; it is what ...
... import- ance of the things which it contemplates . Hence proceeds what Longinus has observed of that glorying sense of in- ward greatness , that always fills the reader of such passages in poets and orators as are sublime ; it is what ...
Page 173
... import , that it is impracticable to jump from sense to thought , from particulars to generals , from things to words , in such a manner as to answer the purposes of life ; nor is it necessary that we should . SECT . V. - EXAMPLES THAT ...
... import , that it is impracticable to jump from sense to thought , from particulars to generals , from things to words , in such a manner as to answer the purposes of life ; nor is it necessary that we should . SECT . V. - EXAMPLES THAT ...
Page 189
... These prin- ciples are of infinite moment . They must come again and again under consideration ; and it imports the public , of all things , that those of its ministers be enlarged CC THE PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION . " 189.
... These prin- ciples are of infinite moment . They must come again and again under consideration ; and it imports the public , of all things , that those of its ministers be enlarged CC THE PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION . " 189.
Page 190
... import of bullion from thence , but the payment of our troops employed in its defence was a fresh drain opened for the diminution of our circulating specie . - The high premiums given for new loans had sunk the price of the 190 ...
... import of bullion from thence , but the payment of our troops employed in its defence was a fresh drain opened for the diminution of our circulating specie . - The high premiums given for new loans had sunk the price of the 190 ...
Page 195
... imports were , Guadaloupe , Martinico , Havannah , £ 412,303 344,161 249,386 Total imports in 1763 , value , £ 1,005,850 Besides , I find , in the account of bullion imported and brought to the Bank , that during that period in which ...
... imports were , Guadaloupe , Martinico , Havannah , £ 412,303 344,161 249,386 Total imports in 1763 , value , £ 1,005,850 Besides , I find , in the account of bullion imported and brought to the Bank , that during that period in which ...
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