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Page 33
... reason to ex- pect . Perhaps degrees in universities can- not be better adjusted by any general rule , than by the length of time paffed in the public profeffion of learning . An English or Irish doctorate cannot be obtained by a very ...
... reason to ex- pect . Perhaps degrees in universities can- not be better adjusted by any general rule , than by the length of time paffed in the public profeffion of learning . An English or Irish doctorate cannot be obtained by a very ...
Page 48
... reason alleged to be merely popular , and the money intended for fome private purse . The order however was obeyed ; the two churches were ftripped , and the lead was fhipped to be fold in Holland . I hope every reader will rejoice that ...
... reason alleged to be merely popular , and the money intended for fome private purse . The order however was obeyed ; the two churches were ftripped , and the lead was fhipped to be fold in Holland . I hope every reader will rejoice that ...
Page 83
... fum- mer ftream would hardly fuftain them above the ground . This is the reason why in fording the northern rivers , no fishes are seen G 2 in WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 83 than is neceffary for the discharge of the ...
... fum- mer ftream would hardly fuftain them above the ground . This is the reason why in fording the northern rivers , no fishes are seen G 2 in WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 83 than is neceffary for the discharge of the ...
Page 92
... reason of those peculia- rities by which fuch rugged regions as thefe before us are generally distinguished , Mountainous countries commonly con- tain the original , at leaft the oldest race of inhabitants , for they are not eafily con ...
... reason of those peculia- rities by which fuch rugged regions as thefe before us are generally distinguished , Mountainous countries commonly con- tain the original , at leaft the oldest race of inhabitants , for they are not eafily con ...
Page 119
... reason to complain of the inter- ruption . We faw in every place , what we chiefly desired to know , the manners of the people . We had company , and , if we had chofen retirement , we might have had books . I never was in any house of ...
... reason to complain of the inter- ruption . We faw in every place , what we chiefly desired to know , the manners of the people . We had company , and , if we had chofen retirement , we might have had books . I never was in any house of ...
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