The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 41Tobias Smollett W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1776 - English literature Each number includes a classified "Monthly catalogue." |
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... [ probably Haffenden ] , William de Copland , and William de Hellebat , [ q . Ellbotle ] ; all the three are placed before Alden Dapifer . It has been remarked , " That in those days , the title of ftewart , or dapifer , was too high a ...
... [ probably Haffenden ] , William de Copland , and William de Hellebat , [ q . Ellbotle ] ; all the three are placed before Alden Dapifer . It has been remarked , " That in those days , the title of ftewart , or dapifer , was too high a ...
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... probably refers to this cuftom ( fuppofing it was a cuftom among the ancient Jews ) when he says , • A flothful man hides his hand in the difh , Piov . xix . 24 and will not fo much as bring it to his mouth again " Our tranflators ...
... probably refers to this cuftom ( fuppofing it was a cuftom among the ancient Jews ) when he says , • A flothful man hides his hand in the difh , Piov . xix . 24 and will not fo much as bring it to his mouth again " Our tranflators ...
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... probably by afcending through the tubes , there impreg- nates , and the impregnated ovum is conducted by the tube into the uterus , to become the rudiments of the future fœtus . The femen is certainly conveyed into the uterus in coition ...
... probably by afcending through the tubes , there impreg- nates , and the impregnated ovum is conducted by the tube into the uterus , to become the rudiments of the future fœtus . The femen is certainly conveyed into the uterus in coition ...
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... probably taken its rife , from obferving , that greafe or oil foftened dead fubftances , fuch as leather , & c . But this will by no no means apply to the hoofs of horfes , as 60 Clark's Obfervations upon Shoeing of Horfes .
... probably taken its rife , from obferving , that greafe or oil foftened dead fubftances , fuch as leather , & c . But this will by no no means apply to the hoofs of horfes , as 60 Clark's Obfervations upon Shoeing of Horfes .
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... probably , in the world of letters , a greater mixture of bad and of good . There are fome , who fpeak of this work with enthusiasm ; others , deem it beneath observation . From thefe vague extremes , however , let us , my dear ...
... probably , in the world of letters , a greater mixture of bad and of good . There are fome , who fpeak of this work with enthusiasm ; others , deem it beneath observation . From thefe vague extremes , however , let us , my dear ...
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