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... carried along with the fpeaker . By this , our paffions are made to rife with his ; we enter into all his emo- He is con- This laft degree of eloquence , it is to be observed , is conftantly the off- fpring of paffion . By paffion is to ...
... carried along with the fpeaker . By this , our paffions are made to rife with his ; we enter into all his emo- He is con- This laft degree of eloquence , it is to be observed , is conftantly the off- fpring of paffion . By paffion is to ...
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... carry boats of great burden . Its general courfe is S. 60 degrees weft ; and in its course it re- ceives numbers of large and fmall ri- vers , which pay tribute to its glory . The only difadvantage this fine river has , is a rapid , one ...
... carry boats of great burden . Its general courfe is S. 60 degrees weft ; and in its course it re- ceives numbers of large and fmall ri- vers , which pay tribute to its glory . The only difadvantage this fine river has , is a rapid , one ...
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... carry every thing to an extreme , which it never ough to reach , there would be very little occafion to fuggeft what is intended for the fubject of this pa- per , namely , that man is not born for fociety only , and that folitude and re ...
... carry every thing to an extreme , which it never ough to reach , there would be very little occafion to fuggeft what is intended for the fubject of this pa- per , namely , that man is not born for fociety only , and that folitude and re ...
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... carrying on war against the fould - be's . They have likewife been the main props and fup- porters of all the folly , nonfenfe , and ftrife , which has agitated courts , ci- ties , camps , and theatres . They af- fume the prerogative of ...
... carrying on war against the fould - be's . They have likewife been the main props and fup- porters of all the folly , nonfenfe , and ftrife , which has agitated courts , ci- ties , camps , and theatres . They af- fume the prerogative of ...
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... carry the day , and decide every important queftion . A majority , whether right or wrong , forms a power which it must be in vain to refift ; and it is by command- ing fuch a majority that the are's have ever maintained a paramount ...
... carry the day , and decide every important queftion . A majority , whether right or wrong , forms a power which it must be in vain to refift ; and it is by command- ing fuch a majority that the are's have ever maintained a paramount ...
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