Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 97Pub. for J. Hinton., 1795 |
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... feveral on the preceding fide . ceive none about the poles . They seem generally to accompany the spots , and probably , as the faculę certainly are elevations , a great number of them may occafion neighbouring depref . sions : that is ...
... feveral on the preceding fide . ceive none about the poles . They seem generally to accompany the spots , and probably , as the faculę certainly are elevations , a great number of them may occafion neighbouring depref . sions : that is ...
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... feveral peo- ple of fashion have assured me , can do little credit to your principles and candour , in the opinion of the present age or of pofterity . Johnson . Yes , fir , I have been told , I shall not say by people of fashion , but ...
... feveral peo- ple of fashion have assured me , can do little credit to your principles and candour , in the opinion of the present age or of pofterity . Johnson . Yes , fir , I have been told , I shall not say by people of fashion , but ...
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... feveral times after the year's trial had clofed , faid , that both the time - keepers had gone within the limits of the act ; that one of them had gone within the ftrictett limits appointed by the act , and the other within the most ...
... feveral times after the year's trial had clofed , faid , that both the time - keepers had gone within the limits of the act ; that one of them had gone within the ftrictett limits appointed by the act , and the other within the most ...
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... feveral broadides at the trigates . They were obliged to cast off the thip in tow ; and rounding the point of the island , we same upon a convoy , chiefly brigs . Eight iterns . ser . FOR JULY , 1795 . 59 FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. ...
... feveral broadides at the trigates . They were obliged to cast off the thip in tow ; and rounding the point of the island , we same upon a convoy , chiefly brigs . Eight iterns . ser . FOR JULY , 1795 . 59 FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. ...
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... feveral officers . London Gazette Extraordinary , June 27 . Admiralty - office , June 27. The fol- lowing difpatch was this morning received from admiral Jord Bridport , K. В. Royal George , at Sea , June 24 . Sir , It is with fincere ...
... feveral officers . London Gazette Extraordinary , June 27 . Admiralty - office , June 27. The fol- lowing difpatch was this morning received from admiral Jord Bridport , K. В. Royal George , at Sea , June 24 . Sir , It is with fincere ...
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