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Many refolutions alfo, notwithftanding they were evidently intended to be a£\ed upon dL% general rules for the Houfe at large, have been drawn up fo as to fuit fome particular cafe only; and thus confequently aiford fubje61s for difpute and cavil, ifconftrued according to their literal meaning.
Rules and regulations adopted by the committee for general purposes of the Stock-Exchange; 1812
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The only pidure at Bologna, which can difpute celebrity with this, is that of St. Cecilia, in the. church of SLGeorgio in Monte.
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of ... 1797
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They were not applicable only to a difpute between a mother country and her colo - nies, but to every poffible controverfy between equal and independent nations; they were not fubjed to variation from the tempers and charac - ters of the contending parties, becaufe being
A View of the Causes and Consequences of the Present War with France 1797
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Francifcans, belonging to a convent at Ve - nice, contefl the fecond of thefe two great prizes, and the decifion of the difpute has been fubmit - ted 'to the pope; but his holinefs, notwithftand - ing his infallibility, has not been able to make cither fide withdraw their pretenfions.
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of ... 1797
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If any difpute arofe, on points of belief or difcipline, they were determined by a national council, under the authority of the king | |, and if any privileges or difpenfations were to be deter - mined, this decifion refted with the alterably ©f the bifhops of the provinces.
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Let us not then idly difpute about the nature, and propriety of the means where - by we are reftored to the divine favour, but apply the comfortable afTurance of mercy to our hearts, and let it excite there juft fentiments of love, gratitude, and adoration.
Sermons: By the Late Right Reverend John Hinchliffe, ... ... John Hinchliffe 1796
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Iu conference of a difpute which took place in Co vent Gar - den Theatre, on Friday fe'nnight,
Sporting Magazine 1796
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His difpute with the pope concerning invellitures, 325.
The history of England : from the invasion iof Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688 ... 1796
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This unexpected accommodation was highly difagree - able to the king of SoifTons, who profiting by their difpute, had made an ir - ruption into the territories of Sigebert.
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For, by the flattering ac - counts which many officious perfons had given her, ihe underftood, that the difpute was decided at Dyrrhachium, and that nothing but the purfuit of Csefar remained to be attended to.
Plutarch's Lives: Tr. from the Original Greek; with Notes Critical & Historical, & a New Life of ... 1795
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