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And this prin - cipal Challenge to the Poll was reduced to four Heads, viz. Propter Honoris RefpeSlumj in Refpe6t of Dignity; as becaufe fuch a Perfon was a Peer of the Realm, 6?
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L.Y.L. Sir Amorous, I must beg your Pardon, if I share the Dance, I shall lose the entire Prospect of your Perfon; Belira, if she pleases shall oblige us.
Manley: The Lost Lover: Characters Manley 1696
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Indeed, no civil admlnillration can fay as that Divine Perfon in the golpel Is it not law - fnl for me to do zvhat I zvill with my ozvn P Public encouragements and rewards are not the independent property of any adminiftration, which it may dif - penfe at pleafurc 1 They are in the hands of magi - ilrates as trustees for 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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Princes fent their SayingS and Riddles to one, another, it was a great honour to itnveil their Myftery, the entertainment of a Drawing-room or a Court, and a reward was very ufually held out to the Perfon who unriddled them the firft ..
Historical and Familiar Essays, on the Scriptures of the Old Testament: By John Collier, ... In ... 1791
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Reafons againft the Succeflion of the Houfe of Hanover;, with an Enquiry how far the Abdication of King James, fuppofing it to be Legal, ought to aflfeft the Perfon of the Pretender.
The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: Of York, Mariner. Who Lived Eight ... 1790
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The fatal Confequences of clandeftine forced Mar - riages, through the Perfuafion, Intereft, or Influence of Parents and Relations to wed the Perfon they have no Love for, but oftentimes an Averfion to. — 5.
The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: Of York, Mariner. Who Lived Eight ... 1790
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A Simile in Prior, applied to the fame Perfon - 27
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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How ftrangely abftird it is for a timorous Perfon to procure a military Poll, in order to keep himfelf out of Danger!
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Thii Fable Ihewt la, that no Regard U ta be liS to Ac mere Hiibii or On tfide of my Perfon, but to aaiif - gfiifed Worth and intrinfic Virtne.
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CHOP'S FABLES. able Phyfician, and, for curing all Manner of Dif - fempers, would turn his Back to no Perfon Tiving.
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