The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 7J. Sibbald, Parliament-Square, 1796 |
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... Should it be made appear by mea furement , and taking the elevations , that a fhorter or a leveller road might have been made , the furveyor fhould be difmiffed from his office , as inca- pable ; and if it fhould be found that ...
... Should it be made appear by mea furement , and taking the elevations , that a fhorter or a leveller road might have been made , the furveyor fhould be difmiffed from his office , as inca- pable ; and if it fhould be found that ...
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... should foon be reduced to his own private and independent property . He had at that time renounced the defign of quitting his country . He therefore collected all the portions of his perfonal capital , in order to found upon it his ...
... should foon be reduced to his own private and independent property . He had at that time renounced the defign of quitting his country . He therefore collected all the portions of his perfonal capital , in order to found upon it his ...
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... should poffefs . When Prime Minifter , he never dealt out the dignities and emoluments of office to perfons merely because they were related to and connected with him , and whom he intended to direct , from the fuperiority of his ...
... should poffefs . When Prime Minifter , he never dealt out the dignities and emoluments of office to perfons merely because they were related to and connected with him , and whom he intended to direct , from the fuperiority of his ...
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... should lofe his place if he did not ; and that , on his prefent- ing the name to the Sovereign , he fhould tell him the peculiar fituation of the ftate of the expedition , and that in order to make any General completely refponfible for ...
... should lofe his place if he did not ; and that , on his prefent- ing the name to the Sovereign , he fhould tell him the peculiar fituation of the ftate of the expedition , and that in order to make any General completely refponfible for ...
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... should therefore , content himfelf for the prefent to move , that an humble Addrefs be prefented to his Majefty , to thank his Majefty for his Majefly's moft gra- cious communication , and to affure his Majefty Majefty of the Conftant ...
... should therefore , content himfelf for the prefent to move , that an humble Addrefs be prefented to his Majefty , to thank his Majefty for his Majefly's moft gra- cious communication , and to affure his Majefty Majefty of the Conftant ...
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