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... effect upon such an occasion . His letters before the commencement of hostilities are full of grief and anxiety ; but no sooner did matters come to extremities , than he appears to have assumed a certain keen and confident cheer ...
... effect upon such an occasion . His letters before the commencement of hostilities are full of grief and anxiety ; but no sooner did matters come to extremities , than he appears to have assumed a certain keen and confident cheer ...
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... effect a monarchy , the natural tendency of which was to despotism . It was completed 28th September , 1776 , having a preamble assigning the causes of its formation ; its first chapter was a Bill of Rights , embracing all those free ...
... effect a monarchy , the natural tendency of which was to despotism . It was completed 28th September , 1776 , having a preamble assigning the causes of its formation ; its first chapter was a Bill of Rights , embracing all those free ...
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... effect on me quite contra- ry to what was intended by them ; for the ar- guments of the Deists which were quoted to be refuted appeared to me much stronger than the refutations ; in short , I soon became a tho- rough Deist . My ...
... effect on me quite contra- ry to what was intended by them ; for the ar- guments of the Deists which were quoted to be refuted appeared to me much stronger than the refutations ; in short , I soon became a tho- rough Deist . My ...
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... effect ; governor Thomas was so pleased * See Papers on Philosophical Subjects . quotas yearly for five years ; by so dividing it I judged the subscription might be larger ; and I believe it was so , amounting to no less , if I remember ...
... effect ; governor Thomas was so pleased * See Papers on Philosophical Subjects . quotas yearly for five years ; by so dividing it I judged the subscription might be larger ; and I believe it was so , amounting to no less , if I remember ...
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... effect holes in the bottom of the globe - lamps used at Vauxhall , have in keep- ing them clean , learn to have such holes in their street lamps . But these holes being made for another purpose , viz . to communi- cate flame more ...
... effect holes in the bottom of the globe - lamps used at Vauxhall , have in keep- ing them clean , learn to have such holes in their street lamps . But these holes being made for another purpose , viz . to communi- cate flame more ...
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