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(ix) port of its Authenticity, I fubmit thofe Obfervations to fuperior Judgments: If confuted, and it appears I have mifapprehended the Matter, am not tenacious of my Opinion, but fhall receive the Convidion with Pleafure, being entirely confiftent with my Defign, which is, That the Truth may be - difcovered, whether this Account is autheiitick or not.

The great probability of a North West Passage: deduced from observations on the letter of Admiral de Fonte, who sailed from the Callao of Lima on the discovery of a communication between the South Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Proving the authenticity of the Admiral's letter 1768

But whatever may be the Defign, thefc pernicious ef - fedts are commonly produced; efpecially among the lower Orders of People, who being unable to un - derftand the grounds and reafons of ivicli Things, are carried away with words and names, while they remain utter ftrangers to the real merits of the Caufe.

A Sermon Preached in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London: Being the Time of the Yearly ... John Warren 1792

Defign a town, and, with unhop'd fuccefs, 40a Th 'embaifadors return with promis'd peace.

The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790

The Redemption of Mankind was thought a Defign wortJiy the Son of God*.

The great importance of a religious life considered [by W. Melmoth]. To which are added some ... 1787

Plaintiff in fuch Suit to notify* in the pre fence of iwo U'itnelTes, the Perfonor Perfons in whofe Handi he fhaU conceive fuch perfonal Property to be, of the bringing of the Suit and his Defign, that the Judgment to be obtained fti»ll be fatiofied out of the

Laws of the Legislature of the state of New York, in force against the loyalists, and affecting the trade of Great Britain, and British merchants, and others having property in that state [microform] 1786

D*A BCD, Count, on the firft Cultiva - tioo of the* Artii of Defign,.

The Monthly Review 1786

The Cantata from the Hay market is evidently a juvenile Performance; bat the Defign is certainly new, and there are fome Flames of Genius difcernible in the Compofition, though it is upon the whole much too imperfect for our Mifcellany ..

The British Magazine and Review, Or, Universal Miscellany 1783

That Figure would not be eafily imitated by Art, as it is neither plain nor fpherical; Nature takes a perfect Method in all her Operations: Art can only imitate by Approximation, but a plain Glafs will anfwer our prefent and particular Defign.

The Young Gentleman and Lady's Philosophy: In a Continued Survey of the Works of Nature and Art ... 1781

But Drah had other Enemies to ponqiier of efcape, far riiore formidable than thefe Bdrbariansi and in'fidious Praftices td obviate, more artful and dangerous than the Ambuflies of the Indians; iot in this PJace was laid open a Defign formed by oner of the Gentlemen of the Fleet, not oply to defeat the Voyage, but to mtird6r the Grcnerall.

Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces 1774

The City of Lagos was the firft that carried on thijj Defign by Contribution.

Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces 1774