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... death of Francis I. her husband , pof- felles a fufficient degree of merit , you will , no doubt , give it a place in your Mifcellany . Those who are to judge of it , ought to recollect the time when it was written , and the ftate of ...
... death of Francis I. her husband , pof- felles a fufficient degree of merit , you will , no doubt , give it a place in your Mifcellany . Those who are to judge of it , ought to recollect the time when it was written , and the ftate of ...
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... death of the late Dr. Pelling , fpeaking of his very extenfive charities , fays , Chriftianity doth not allow us , and much lefs doth it require us , to neglect our fami- of our old poets extends it to Death it- self Character of Bp ...
... death of the late Dr. Pelling , fpeaking of his very extenfive charities , fays , Chriftianity doth not allow us , and much lefs doth it require us , to neglect our fami- of our old poets extends it to Death it- self Character of Bp ...
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... death of Dr. Tenifon in 1715 , he was offered the archbishoprick of Canterbury , which , it is faid , he declined the acceptance of , out of modefty ; but , upon the death of Dr. Lloyd in 1717 , he fucceeded him in the fee of Worcester ...
... death of Dr. Tenifon in 1715 , he was offered the archbishoprick of Canterbury , which , it is faid , he declined the acceptance of , out of modefty ; but , upon the death of Dr. Lloyd in 1717 , he fucceeded him in the fee of Worcester ...
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... death , for this water is lodged in the pericardium , which being wounded , death does imme- diately enue , ) " have the following re- mark : " The anatomical accuracy would have deferved commendation , if we had not been informed by ...
... death , for this water is lodged in the pericardium , which being wounded , death does imme- diately enue , ) " have the following re- mark : " The anatomical accuracy would have deferved commendation , if we had not been informed by ...
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... death of Bishop Marthall , in October 1206 , Si- mon was appointed to this diocefe by Papal provifion ; and that the King ob- jected to the appointment , not only as being an encroachment upon his prero- gative , but becaufe Simon was ...
... death of Bishop Marthall , in October 1206 , Si- mon was appointed to this diocefe by Papal provifion ; and that the King ob- jected to the appointment , not only as being an encroachment upon his prero- gative , but becaufe Simon was ...
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Page 249 - I doubt, too, whether any other Convention we can obtain may be able to make a better Constitution. For when you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views.
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Page 379 - I own," added Helve"tius to me, "• although I knew the danger to be greater of harbouring him at Paris than at London ; and although I thought the family of Hanover not only the lawful sovereigns in England, but the only lawful sovereigns in Europe, as having the...