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Their proceedings indeed were only confiftent with abfo - lute monarchy; but v/ere entirely fuitable to the genius of the aft on which they were ejftabliflied; an aft that at once gave the crown alone all the power which had formerly been claimed by the popes, but which even thefe ufurping prelates had never been able fully to exercife, without fome concurrence of the national clergy.
The history of England : from the invasion iof Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688 ... 1796
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To urge you to ufe them by the confideration of the abfo - lute neceflity of holinefs.
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It is therefore necefiary we ihould attend only to the abfo - lute force of nations, when we compare them with each other, in order to form*a ge - neral fcale, by which we meafure their ftrength.
Thoughts on the Present State of French Politics, and the Necessity and ... William Playfair , Henry Lloyd 1793
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America, with a yearly reve - nue of above five millions; lb that her abfo - lute force will amount to about fifteen.
Thoughts on the Present State of French Politics, and the Necessity and ... William Playfair , Henry Lloyd 1793
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This lady, whofe beft days arc now abfo - lutely paft, has only to exclaim, "Days of my glory, whither you arc fled?"
The Livre Rouge, Or, Red Book: Being a List of Secret Pensions, Paid Out of ... 1790
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Not being wholly unread in* the authors, who had feen the moft of thofe eonfti - tutions, and who bed underftood them, I cannot help concurring with their opinion, that an abfo - lute democracy, no more than abfolute monarchy, is to be reckoned among the legitimate forms of government.
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Having now fixed my habitation, I found it abfo - lutely necefTary to provide a place to make a fire in, and fuel io burn; and what I did for that, as alfo how I inlarged my cave, and what conveniencies 1 made, I
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe ...: With an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts ... 1790
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Jbali I be aUe to relate it as I wHh 'tis im - poffible 1 am all confufion — — loft, abfo - lutely loft in amazernenH Prepare to hear the moft extraordinary ftory that ever furely happened to mortal.
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A cataftrophe at the fame tune abfo? lutcly neceflary to fulfil the eyent Taffq
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Affero tertio, Crimen notorium non abfo - ji Jute, fed refpedive, & Hmitate, ad aliquem folum locum v, g. privatam - Communitatem,
Adm. rev. p. F. Lucii Ferraris ... Prompta Bibliotheca canonica, juridica, moralis, theologica ... 1782
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