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XIL With ftill lefs reafon does Mr. Murr affume that Martin Behaim never had the leaft idea of the Strait of Magellan.

Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World 1812

No foontr wn was to affume the fovereignty and title of duke of Ba - Pepin gone, however, than Aftolphn* broke the treaty varia t but being driven Iruin the throne by Pepin, he he had juft ratified with fuch folemnity.

Encyclopædia britannica; 1797

IN this polite age, when a princefs enters into the fifth month of her pregnancy, phyjficians, furgeons, and men-midwives affume the direftion of her hfealth: ftie is fcarce allowed to ftir out of her apartment, in the eafieft carriage, and upon the fmootheft road; the rifquc is too great for her condition.

Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments,: Tending to Amuse ... 1797

Juft'at this fpot there is a fpring of water which falls upon a rock, and divides into two currcT. tSi which, at a very fmall dittance, affume the appearance, and, in fa6t. the magniMide too* of very large rivers.

Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries,: From the Time of ... 1797

I would here take occafion to fuggeft to Congrefs (not wifliing or meaning of myfelf to affume the fmalleft degree of power in any inftance) the propriety and neceflity of having their fentiments refpeding the filling up the va - cancies

Official letters to the Honorable American Congress : written during the war between the united colonies and Great-Britain 1796

But is not this objection a plain acknowledgment, that the political conllitution stands in need of a fpeedy reformation, when it fliuts up thofe, who are legally employed in adminiftration to adis of con - feifed violence and injuftice; and that their moral principles are very bad, who affume a character, which obliges them to perpetrate adlions, which are acknowledged violations of the laws of nature, as well as of chriftianity?

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

If there is any human excellence which might affume a title to felf - approbation, and a favourable comparifon with other men, it is a Confcioufhefs bf Moral Rec - titude in principle, and praftice, as it is the higheft perfeftion to which human nature can attain.

Sermons: By the Late Right Reverend John Hinchliffe, ... ... John Hinchliffe 1796

Il defired by the peers to affume the government, and to fummon a convention, 308.

The history of England : from the invasion iof Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688 ... 1796

At length however it becomes neceflary that this obfcure genus ihould affume as regular a form as poflfible in the Flora Britannica; where, as in every other inftance, my obje6l is to publifli nothing that I have not afcertained myfelf, at leaft as far as the imperfe6tion of all human knowledge and judgment will permit.

Transactions of the Linnean Society 1791

To ftudy the manners and cuftoms of thefe northern tribes, to affume their drels and charaaer, and, by attending them in all their expeditions, to move on from one village to another along the fea-coaft, were the very fimple means by which 1 hoped to accomplifh this lafl part of my plan.

Travels round the world : in the years 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771 1791