The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, 77. köideR. Griffiths, 1787 |
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... cases that occur in authors of credit , or which have fallen under his own care . The Doctor then proceeds to confider fuch abfceffes as re- quire a particular treatment . In this part of his work , he dif plays much learning , and a ...
... cases that occur in authors of credit , or which have fallen under his own care . The Doctor then proceeds to confider fuch abfceffes as re- quire a particular treatment . In this part of his work , he dif plays much learning , and a ...
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... cases , but what is the man doing all the while ; and what are we to think of him ? -We have been much entertained by Mr. Erfkine's oratory on this occafion . One of his fpeeches , which has been much and defervedly celebrated , is here ...
... cases , but what is the man doing all the while ; and what are we to think of him ? -We have been much entertained by Mr. Erfkine's oratory on this occafion . One of his fpeeches , which has been much and defervedly celebrated , is here ...
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... case with much more precision than Cicero has done . If death , fays he , is the final term of our exiftence , we are no longer either happy or unhappy when it arrives . But if there be another life after this , we may , in this cafe ...
... case with much more precision than Cicero has done . If death , fays he , is the final term of our exiftence , we are no longer either happy or unhappy when it arrives . But if there be another life after this , we may , in this cafe ...
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