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... English literature . Mr. Temple Scott , who is preparing the new edition of Swift's Prose Works , has begun well , his first volume is marked by care and knowledge . He has scrupulously collated his texts with the first or the best ...
... English literature . Mr. Temple Scott , who is preparing the new edition of Swift's Prose Works , has begun well , his first volume is marked by care and knowledge . He has scrupulously collated his texts with the first or the best ...
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... English language . And least of all can he be supposed ignorant of the meaning of a word , which , had it been ever so doubtful before , had a certain meaning impressed upon it by the authority of Parliament , of which no sensible ...
... English language . And least of all can he be supposed ignorant of the meaning of a word , which , had it been ever so doubtful before , had a certain meaning impressed upon it by the authority of Parliament , of which no sensible ...
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... English , and to all intents and purposes , abdi- cated , yet can he , in no sense , be called abdicated ; unless the people's asserting their rights , and defending themselves against a king , who broke his compact with his subjects ...
... English , and to all intents and purposes , abdi- cated , yet can he , in no sense , be called abdicated ; unless the people's asserting their rights , and defending themselves against a king , who broke his compact with his subjects ...
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... English friends , which became two confederates , pur- suing the same end . This man had been formerly employed in England from that republic , and understood a little of our language . His proficiency in learning has been such , as to ...
... English friends , which became two confederates , pur- suing the same end . This man had been formerly employed in England from that republic , and understood a little of our language . His proficiency in learning has been such , as to ...
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... English , directly disapproving all Her Majesty's proceedings ; which Memorial , as appeareth by the style and manner of it , was all drawn up , or at least digested , by some party pen on this side of the water.2 Cautious writers , in ...
... English , directly disapproving all Her Majesty's proceedings ; which Memorial , as appeareth by the style and manner of it , was all drawn up , or at least digested , by some party pen on this side of the water.2 Cautious writers , in ...
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