Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 93Pub. for J. Hinton., 1793 |
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... conduct , the power of eloquence ap- pears principally when it is employed to influence conduct , and to excite to action . As it is chiefly with reference to this end , that Eloquence becomes the object of art , it may be defined , in ...
... conduct , the power of eloquence ap- pears principally when it is employed to influence conduct , and to excite to action . As it is chiefly with reference to this end , that Eloquence becomes the object of art , it may be defined , in ...
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... conducted , in purfuance of a decree , to execution , and completing by their deaths the feftivity of a triumph . The rife and fall of empires may be ranked among thofe events which , al- though common , do not cease to be remarkable ...
... conducted , in purfuance of a decree , to execution , and completing by their deaths the feftivity of a triumph . The rife and fall of empires may be ranked among thofe events which , al- though common , do not cease to be remarkable ...
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... conduct of trustees in Kentucky , and endowed with lands for its ufe . An excellent library is likewife be- ftowed upon this feminary , by the Rev. John Todd , of Virginia . The anabaptifts were the first that promoted public worship in ...
... conduct of trustees in Kentucky , and endowed with lands for its ufe . An excellent library is likewife be- ftowed upon this feminary , by the Rev. John Todd , of Virginia . The anabaptifts were the first that promoted public worship in ...
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... conduct . Avail your- felves of the benefits of nature , and of the fruitful country you inhabit .磐 Let the iron of your mines , the wool of your flocks , your flax and hemp , the skins of the favage animals that wander in your woods ...
... conduct . Avail your- felves of the benefits of nature , and of the fruitful country you inhabit .磐 Let the iron of your mines , the wool of your flocks , your flax and hemp , the skins of the favage animals that wander in your woods ...
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... conducted a colony to their new discovery ; but difturbances arifing in Denmark , all communication with Greenland , as well as Vinland , ceased ; and those countries remained unknown to the rest of the world for feveral ages . The ...
... conducted a colony to their new discovery ; but difturbances arifing in Denmark , all communication with Greenland , as well as Vinland , ceased ; and those countries remained unknown to the rest of the world for feveral ages . The ...
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