The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining KnowledgeJames Potts, 1786 |
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... these people , from a prin- ciple of jealoufy , will no doubt , endeavour to render him obnoxious to thofe of Hua- heine ; as they are at peace with that ifland at prefent , and may easily effect their de- figns , many of them living ...
... these people , from a prin- ciple of jealoufy , will no doubt , endeavour to render him obnoxious to thofe of Hua- heine ; as they are at peace with that ifland at prefent , and may easily effect their de- figns , many of them living ...
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... these they steered ; and , at firft , rere in fome doubt whether or no it was in- abited . Hower , they foon faw feveral ca oes coming off from the fhore towards the hips , which were immediately brought to , to give them time to join ...
... these they steered ; and , at firft , rere in fome doubt whether or no it was in- abited . Hower , they foon faw feveral ca oes coming off from the fhore towards the hips , which were immediately brought to , to give them time to join ...
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... these head - dreffes , with small inter- miffions , through the writers of every age former is more pernicious , as it lays a are equally abfurd and unnatural ; bu down to the prefent . They prevailed in France in the 15th century ...
... these head - dreffes , with small inter- miffions , through the writers of every age former is more pernicious , as it lays a are equally abfurd and unnatural ; bu down to the prefent . They prevailed in France in the 15th century ...
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... these ri- diculous fits of anger I was abfolutely half infane ; I ftuttered , faid a thousand extra- vagant and highly improper things , and was in fact capable of being hurried away into the moft fhameful exceffes . My uncle was the ...
... these ri- diculous fits of anger I was abfolutely half infane ; I ftuttered , faid a thousand extra- vagant and highly improper things , and was in fact capable of being hurried away into the moft fhameful exceffes . My uncle was the ...
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... these fatal impreffions vanished ; and while I looked and liftened , I felt a calm ferenity take poffeffion of my heart . I reproached myfelf for my odious fufpicions , and fcarcely could conceive how they had been formed . I did not ...
... these fatal impreffions vanished ; and while I looked and liftened , I felt a calm ferenity take poffeffion of my heart . I reproached myfelf for my odious fufpicions , and fcarcely could conceive how they had been formed . I did not ...
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