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Wilkins, bifhop, tlie firfi; promoter of the royal fociety, viii.
The history of England : from the invasion iof Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688 ... 1796
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Of fevcn german eflays and one ruffian Tent to compete for the firfi prize [fee our Rev.Vol. XXII, p. 105] no one appeared completely fctisfa&ory, but two were deemed of fufficient merit to have the prize divided between them.
The Analytical Review, Or History of Literature, Domestic and Foreign, on an Enlarged Plan 1796
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The firfi; ftep of this plan was to enter into a league with the Ohio Indians*
An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the American United States Winterbotham, William, 1763-1829. [from old catalog] 1795
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In the Lift publilhed by rear-admiral Hardy, as well as in Tome others that are in manufciipi, his firfi command is faid to have been that of the Alfiuance.
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Doon, the admiral of fcvcnty guavas at firfi taken for an iflaiid of ice, on her weather bow, and having made the neceflary fignal to her confort, wore round and efcaped the danger.
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If the terms lunate, tunulate or crefcent-JJjaped be objected to, we may ufe the periphrafis, JJjaped like a crcfccni, for any form of a leaf, &c. refembling the moon in any period of her firfi: quarter; fince tills term does not occur very frequently.
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And to break him down quite, if the firfi will not do*t.
Criticisms on the Rolliad. Part the first French Laurence , Joseph Richardson , Richard Tickell 1791
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The Hi/lory of France from the firfi Eftablijhment of that Monarchy to the prefent Revolution, In Three Volumes,
The Analytical Review, Or History of Literature, Domestic and Foreign, on an Enlarged Plan 1790
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I had it from a gallerien belonging to my bench, who went off with the firfi embarkment for America i it coft me four fits and a half.
An Essay on Providence: Written by Mr. Lewis de Marolles; and Translated from the French, by ... 1790
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However, having thrown down his firfi thoughts in the form of a letter, and indeed when he fat down to writCy having intended it
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