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... ftill it is doubtful , from the hiftory of nations who give into that custom , whether a plurality of wives increase population or not . As the males of Scandinavia were always en- gaged in war at fea , there is indeed rea- fon to ...
... ftill it is doubtful , from the hiftory of nations who give into that custom , whether a plurality of wives increase population or not . As the males of Scandinavia were always en- gaged in war at fea , there is indeed rea- fon to ...
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... ftill upon the in- creafe . The king , notwithstanding , en- dured the heat , rather than derogate from his dignity ; but his blood was put At into fo great a ferment by it , that the next day he had an erefipilas in the head , with a ...
... ftill upon the in- creafe . The king , notwithstanding , en- dured the heat , rather than derogate from his dignity ; but his blood was put At into fo great a ferment by it , that the next day he had an erefipilas in the head , with a ...
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... ftill more extraor- dinary ! written in his own hand . This information he communicated to his mafter when he gave up his task , who being equally aftonifhed with him , re- folved to try him the next day with a longer and more difficult ...
... ftill more extraor- dinary ! written in his own hand . This information he communicated to his mafter when he gave up his task , who being equally aftonifhed with him , re- folved to try him the next day with a longer and more difficult ...
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... ftill more , he put on one or two more over each other ; and thus cumbrously accoutred , he ftole off with a look of terror to his cell : there hid- ing his ill - got finery beneath his ma- trafs , he laid himself down to continue his ...
... ftill more , he put on one or two more over each other ; and thus cumbrously accoutred , he ftole off with a look of terror to his cell : there hid- ing his ill - got finery beneath his ma- trafs , he laid himself down to continue his ...
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... ftill will be when time exifts no more ! There in the fields of fcience may fhe rove : Or learn from records , facred and pro- fane , The chief events , and manners of man- kind . There , too , the mufes love to dwell . And there ...
... ftill will be when time exifts no more ! There in the fields of fcience may fhe rove : Or learn from records , facred and pro- fane , The chief events , and manners of man- kind . There , too , the mufes love to dwell . And there ...
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