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... ther as two of the greatest villains up- on earth . Their converfation is made up of compliments , which they repeat without thinking about what they lay : this may be politenefs , but if it be , it is a very ufelefs commodity in the ...
... ther as two of the greatest villains up- on earth . Their converfation is made up of compliments , which they repeat without thinking about what they lay : this may be politenefs , but if it be , it is a very ufelefs commodity in the ...
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... ther oaths nor execrations ; which fo aftonished and fcandalized his brother Friars , that they left him to execrate alone . But it had been well if poor Cyrillo went no farther , nor driven his fleeping extravagances into guilt . One ...
... ther oaths nor execrations ; which fo aftonished and fcandalized his brother Friars , that they left him to execrate alone . But it had been well if poor Cyrillo went no farther , nor driven his fleeping extravagances into guilt . One ...
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... ther half he placed in the hands of a man who paffed for an abfolute devo- tee . The latter appropriated the mo- pey to his own ufe ; and the former , whose character was not fo fcrupu loufly auftere , returned her fhare of the depofit ...
... ther half he placed in the hands of a man who paffed for an abfolute devo- tee . The latter appropriated the mo- pey to his own ufe ; and the former , whose character was not fo fcrupu loufly auftere , returned her fhare of the depofit ...
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... ther calamities . ITALY . Italy , Feb. 26. The Republic of Genoa , in concert with the courts of France and Spain , has conftructed a new road , by which the armies of France or Spain . may enter Italy in cafe a war fhould be kindled in ...
... ther calamities . ITALY . Italy , Feb. 26. The Republic of Genoa , in concert with the courts of France and Spain , has conftructed a new road , by which the armies of France or Spain . may enter Italy in cafe a war fhould be kindled in ...
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... of the enemy's intrench- ments on the other fide ; a well - thrown fhell opened a free paffage in one place : and at another , where they hoped to furround amputation moft enfueAs a fur- ther proof of the falfe 26 OF THE PERTH MAGAZINE.
... of the enemy's intrench- ments on the other fide ; a well - thrown fhell opened a free paffage in one place : and at another , where they hoped to furround amputation moft enfueAs a fur- ther proof of the falfe 26 OF THE PERTH MAGAZINE.
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