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JVtypoteon, Emperor of the French, & cbufinefs, * had with much labor confultcti artl fources of information acceffible to them, and in no « part of the United States did it appear to be conceded by their reprefentatives, that the fair price of labor wa*». fefs than trine dpi - lars per month.
Congressional Reporter, Containing the Public Documents, and the Debates [in Congress] 1812
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The fervants at the little inns con - fefs themfelves by their manner of receiving what you give, to be almoft as much furprifed as pleafed.
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We ex - pert to go to Heaven without £o much a* giving ourfelves the trouble to enquire, at proper intervals, whether we poflefs the qua - lifications required of all who are allowed to enter there; whether the. courfe of adtion We are purfuing will lead lis to the point we pft - fefs to have in view.
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They do not pro - fefs to have any of the fpirit of antiquarians among them; and they have not perceived, in the experience of old or ancient times,
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I was, I con - fefs, aflonifhed at the thing, as well as at the man, and J ufed fome arguments with him to urge him to fct hiinfelf free; that he ought to look upon this as a
The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Of York ... 1790
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For who would con - fefs wearinefs, when he enjoined a frefli labour?
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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For who would con - fefs wearinefs, when he enjoined a frefh labour?
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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I con fefs, there ar? no fuch formal rcafonings in our minds as thefe; yet wc are infeniibly captivated to efteem any thing that pro - ceeds from ourfelves: Our paffion firft tliinks it pity that fuch a happy argument, of our own invention,
THOUGHTS IN PROSE AND VERSE ON NATURAL, MORAL, AND DIVINE SUBJECTS 1789
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But I muft likewife con - fefs, that Mede's interpretation is ftill more inconfiftent with his own conceffions, than I have yet fliown it to be.
The one great argument for the truth of Christianity from a single prophecy, evinced in the ... 1787
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The papers now mentioned will fefs the highefteftecm for the Mir -. afford another obfcrvation.
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