THE MONTHLY REVIEW OR LITERARY JOURNAL VOL.XI1754 |
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... present governors fhould now take an oath to restore them , whenever any of the abovementioned cafes should happen : that in the mean time the dominion , jurifdiction , and revenues of the said towns fhould belong to the Floren- ⚫tines ...
... present governors fhould now take an oath to restore them , whenever any of the abovementioned cafes should happen : that in the mean time the dominion , jurifdiction , and revenues of the said towns fhould belong to the Floren- ⚫tines ...
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... present with God , in the beginning , when the world was made , to inforce his argument , against certain heretics of that time , who denied , that our bleffed Saviour had an existence before his incarnation . " Verfe 3 . All things ...
... present with God , in the beginning , when the world was made , to inforce his argument , against certain heretics of that time , who denied , that our bleffed Saviour had an existence before his incarnation . " Verfe 3 . All things ...
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... PRESENTS ? Suppofing him an ecclefiaftic , a di nified eccle- fiaftic ; if he could not , in character , return her violence of paffion , he ought not to have cherished it by a continued cor- relpondence ; much lefs have accepted fuch ...
... PRESENTS ? Suppofing him an ecclefiaftic , a di nified eccle- fiaftic ; if he could not , in character , return her violence of paffion , he ought not to have cherished it by a continued cor- relpondence ; much lefs have accepted fuch ...
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... present time ; with a view chiefly to their political intrigues . Collect- .ed from the public acts of Budingen , and from other authentic vouchers , all along accompanied with the neceflary illuftra- tations and remarks . The whole ...
... present time ; with a view chiefly to their political intrigues . Collect- .ed from the public acts of Budingen , and from other authentic vouchers , all along accompanied with the neceflary illuftra- tations and remarks . The whole ...
Page 118
... present , and newness of the past , language , is the beft . In the fifth fection , of Spenfer's imitations from Chaucer , we have numerous proofs of them in fentiments , language , inci- dents and manner ; which is extremely natural ...
... present , and newness of the past , language , is the beft . In the fifth fection , of Spenfer's imitations from Chaucer , we have numerous proofs of them in fentiments , language , inci- dents and manner ; which is extremely natural ...
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