The Lady's Magazine, Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to Their Use and Amusement, 2. osaRobinson and Roberts, 1795 |
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... most prominent out- lines of the great events of the times ; times which daily pro- duce the most extraordinary scenes , the moft momentous revolutions . ; To our Correfpondents , many and moft grateful acknow- ledgments are due for ...
... most prominent out- lines of the great events of the times ; times which daily pro- duce the most extraordinary scenes , the moft momentous revolutions . ; To our Correfpondents , many and moft grateful acknow- ledgments are due for ...
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... most eminent gentlemen at the bar , who had been retained on the part of the crown . He re- joiced in the fuccefs which had marked his exertions in that trial , because he had been inftrumental in the acquittal of an obfcure and inno ...
... most eminent gentlemen at the bar , who had been retained on the part of the crown . He re- joiced in the fuccefs which had marked his exertions in that trial , because he had been inftrumental in the acquittal of an obfcure and inno ...
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... most ingenious theories , and fyftems the most generally Mr. Erfkine's Defence of John Horne Tooke , Efq . 13.
... most ingenious theories , and fyftems the most generally Mr. Erfkine's Defence of John Horne Tooke , Efq . 13.
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... most generally received . I have been led into thefe reflec- tions by a paffage in one of the effays of the ... most obvious and the most beneficial reflection we can make on the mutations produced by time in every thing human , is that ...
... most generally received . I have been led into thefe reflec- tions by a paffage in one of the effays of the ... most obvious and the most beneficial reflection we can make on the mutations produced by time in every thing human , is that ...
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... most part , very ufelefs ani- ma's , a confiderable revenue might be extracted , for the benefit of the ftate . A very fmall tax upon eve- ry dog above one in a family , and fo in proportion for more than two , would amount to a great ...
... most part , very ufelefs ani- ma's , a confiderable revenue might be extracted , for the benefit of the ftate . A very fmall tax upon eve- ry dog above one in a family , and fo in proportion for more than two , would amount to a great ...
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