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The bravery of one of thefe affailants weU deferves to be particularly mentioned.
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Palamon deferves the renown Which honefty bids to endure Beyond the extent of a crown;
Poetic effusions; pastoral, moral, amatory, and descriptive Perfect, William, 1737-1809 1796
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The firft confifting of thofc for whom rewards and preferment are intended; the fe - cond, of thofe whofe condudl deferves reprehenfion, and to whom gentle admonition, accompanied with a few oblique hints relpefting their future condudf, will be given; and the third of thofe whom it is intended to fuf - pend for a certain time, or to remove for ever from their employments.
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As no member of fociety can be entitled to more than he deferves; were the trullees of fociety to confer more, on any private confideration whatever, they would become unfaithful in their trufl; would hurt civil fociety; and would efpecially injure thofe, who, on account of their equal or superior delert, have similar or more extensive demands on fociety.
A review of ecclesiastical establishments in Europe : containing their history ... : and an essay tending to shew both the political and moral necessity of abolishing exclusive establishments, with answers to some principal objections Whatman, James, 1741-1798 1796
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Thus powerful as Faith is in its influence on the various conditiohs, affediohs, and profpeds of man, it well deferves the high appellations with which it is extolled in Scripture.
Twelve Discourses on Different Subjects: By George Isaac Huntingford, ... George Isaac Huntingford 1795
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The objeds of moft importance being of courfe thofe which are feated neareft to the metropolis, all the moft laborious part of the inveftigatioo is already executed; and we think that Mr.L. deferves peculiar credit for the clearnefs and accuracy with which he traces an biftorical point, relative either to a public foundation, or to a matter of private property, through all the viciffitudes of the times.
The Monthly Review 1795
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The towns and villages however exerted themfelves to induce the court to make a road through their diftrift; and when they faw that notwith* fianding all their endeavours, the road was commenced on the other fide, they gave in the following memorial, which came acciden* tally into my hands, and deferves to be known, as throwing fome light upon the method of making roads in this kingdom*
Travels through various provinces of the kingdom of Naples, in 1789 1795
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The Elateans too have a forum, which deferves to be infpedied; and in ic there is a ftatue of Elatus on a pillar.
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The expreiCon printed in Italics deferves to be particularly noticed.
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This town is fituated in a plain, and does not contain any thing which deferves to be mentioned.
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