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The fcrupulous attention which the Englifh nation has paid to the qua -
The universal merchant, in theory and practice: improved and enl Alldridge, W. J 1797
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But though thefe events naturally raifed fom. e doubts in Henry's mind, there concurred other caufes, which tended much to increafe his remorfe, and render his cop - fcience m. ore fcrupulous.
The history of England : from the invasion iof Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688 ... 1796
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Equality of two domeftic pow'rs Breeds fcrupulous faction; the hated, grown to ftrengtn*
Works 1795
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Certain modes indeed of diftributing food to mendicants, and a fcrupulous abftinence from fome forts of animal food, are prefcribed by the religion of the Hindoos.
Observations on the state of society Grant, Charles 1792
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But mod of the yewsy before whom he fpoke, thought the bed proof of their fulfilling that duty, was a fcrupulous ex-* a&nefs in fome, or all, of the ceremonial precepts that God hod enjoined them.
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Application, in fuch cafes, was made to the chancellor; who, from a fcrupulous regard to precedents, was fre - quently unwilling to interpofe, but referred the parties to the next meeting of parliament.
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In their Syriac liturgy, the names of Theodore and Ncftorius were pioufly commemorated; they united their adoration of the two. perfons of Chrift; the title ofMdther of God was offenfive to their ear, and they meafured with fcrupulous avarice the honours of the Virgin Mary, whom the fuperftition of the Latins had almofl exalted to the rank of a Goddefs.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1788
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It is not uncommon for ladies of the tirfl rank to fingle out a handfbii\e well-propor - tioned youth, to prevent degeneracy, when the ftaturc of ihe family is in danger of being reduced; but they arcorherwile fcrupulous in nothing fo much as in mix - ing with the canaille, and there is fcarccly an inllance of their cohabiting indifcriminately with the lower clafi of people.
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Of thefe Princes, the moft potent was Marino, long the in - veterate foe, but finally the dupe of Ferdinand the Fird; a King who was far from being fcrupulous in the means he employed to over - reach his enemies, or to rid himfelf of them when once in his power.
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In this freedom, and a fcrupulous attention to truth, coniifted the chief, perhaps the only merit of my Spanifh Tour.
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