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Page 6
... four fons : Dougal , of whom came the MacDougals of Lorn ; Reignald , the progenitor of all the MacDonalds of Scotland and Ireland ; Angus , an ambitious lord , whofe great power and numerous offspring became extinct in a fhort time ...
... four fons : Dougal , of whom came the MacDougals of Lorn ; Reignald , the progenitor of all the MacDonalds of Scotland and Ireland ; Angus , an ambitious lord , whofe great power and numerous offspring became extinct in a fhort time ...
Page 11
... four fhillings in the pound prove inadequate , they will be compelled to raife five ; and if five prove infufficient , a land - tax of fix is the unavoidable confequence .--- The Country Gentlemen , therefore , if they really confulted ...
... four fhillings in the pound prove inadequate , they will be compelled to raife five ; and if five prove infufficient , a land - tax of fix is the unavoidable confequence .--- The Country Gentlemen , therefore , if they really confulted ...
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... four of his men were killed on the fpot . " Capt Bennet is appointed to the command of his Majefty's fhip Ald- bourgh , in room of Capt Hawker . The Triple Alliance between Great Britain , France and Spain , has been long upon the tapis ...
... four of his men were killed on the fpot . " Capt Bennet is appointed to the command of his Majefty's fhip Ald- bourgh , in room of Capt Hawker . The Triple Alliance between Great Britain , France and Spain , has been long upon the tapis ...
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... four elements , was this chaos compofed . The First day's work . The air being rare , expanded thro ' and bevond this planetary fyftem , re- plete with thefe nitrous and fulphure ous particles which have been menti . oned , in fuch a ...
... four elements , was this chaos compofed . The First day's work . The air being rare , expanded thro ' and bevond this planetary fyftem , re- plete with thefe nitrous and fulphure ous particles which have been menti . oned , in fuch a ...
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... four plays each year ; and indeed in the year 1679 and 1680 , he appears to have fulfilled his contract . To this unhappy neceffity that our au- thor lay under , are to be attributed all thofe irregularities and extravagant flights ...
... four plays each year ; and indeed in the year 1679 and 1680 , he appears to have fulfilled his contract . To this unhappy neceffity that our au- thor lay under , are to be attributed all thofe irregularities and extravagant flights ...
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