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Addref$ of the City of London to her Majejtj on the fame Occafion.
The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and ... 1797
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Thefe Writs may be l-eturnable in this Court as the Occafion requires.
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Caipacity, in a Dialogue beWeen a Minifterand his Parifhi - lyers proper for the Occafion i by Bp. Greene 3
A Sermon Preached in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London: Being the Time of the Yearly ... John Warren 1792
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Occafion offers, and I fhmd prepared; 43c There lies our way; be diou upon the guards And look arpundy while I fecurely go.
The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson 1790
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This Ode is likevvife infcribed to Theron King of Agrigentum, upon the Occafion of another Vic - tory obtained by him in the Chariot-Race at Olympia; the Date of which is unknown.
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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She was tired in her Journey, and fat down at the Door of the Goddefs tlixra \ who, iinderftanding the Occafion of her Jour - ney, defired her to be of good Heart, for fhe had in her Garden a Flower, which if fhe only touched witli the Tips of her Fingers, the Smell of it would make her conceive a Son prefently.
The Pantheon,: Representing the Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Gods, and Most Illustrious ... 1784
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I have no Occafion, as yet, to experiment the Truths you have been now advancing; but I judgf* 5 of their Reafonablenefs from the Stru&ure of optica*
The Young Gentleman and Lady's Philosophy: In a Continued Survey of the Works of Nature and Art ... 1781
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Such was the miferable Situation to which he was reduced upon this Occafion; of all the Number of Ills former Flatterers and Dependants, fcarce one was found remaining.
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His Integrity is ni\ich lefs im - peachable on this Occafion than his Ambition; for all the Steps hp took may be fairly afcribed to his Difpleafure, at having the Duke of Orjtiond and the Earl of Mar treated more confidentially than him-» felf.
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Nothing could have been more weak and injudi - cious than their mutual Animofities at this Jun&ure; and it may be aflerted with Truth, that Men who were unable to fupprels or conceal their Refentments upon fuch a trying Occafion, were unfit to take the Lead in any Meafures, be their Induftry or thdr Abilities ever fo great.
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