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There are many other articles of lefs note, that employ the fpare time of their females; as combs, of which they make vaft numbers; and little bafkets with fmall beads; but all finifhed with fuch neatnefs and tafte in the dif - pofition of the various parts, that a ftranger cannot help admiring their afEduity and dexterity..
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God prom-r jfed him, that he would fpare the wicked for the fake of the righteous; that, if he found fifty, or forty five, or thirty, or even ten, righteous perfon$ in the city, he would fpare it.
Twenty four sermons on various useful subjects Williams, Nehemiah, 1748-1796 1797
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My folly I confefs'd, and praj Forgive my fin, and fpare my
A Selection of Hymns of Peculiar Metre, for the Use of the Congregation Meeting in Argyle Chapel William Jay 1797
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Here I met the prior, a thin, fpare figure, in ap - pearance pad his fiftieth year J if his drefs did not tend to deceive my judgment.
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of ... 1797
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If it is reafonable to fpare their lives; can any good reafon be affigned, why their property, to which they have as indifputable a claim, fliould not be proteded?
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
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Some of the inhabitants fpare no pains or expenfe in giving the higheft polifh of education to their children, by enabling them to travel, and bv other nieans unattainable by thofe who have but moderate fortunes.
An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the United States of America, and of the European settlements in America and the West-Indies Winterbotham, William, 1763-1829. cn 1796
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Thou wilt willingly fpare me, I think, the defcription of this feftivity, tvhich 1 very reludantly call to mind, thougti ft was worthy to have been given by a SaN danapalus or an Elagabalus.
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But if the moral pleafc not, yet, oh fpare Xhe author, for his trinket's at the fair!
Sporting Magazine 1796
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CXI, earth are fmners, and have no more oil than will ferve their own lamps; but none to fpare.
Sermons and Other Practical Works: Consisting of Above One Hundred and Fifty Sermons Besides His ... 1796
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It is the greateft curfe, when it is faid, "Behold your houfe is left unto you defolate and empty;" but it is a great bleffing when the houfe is full; full of guefts, and full of provifion for them: and truly in his houfe there is bread enough and to fpare.
Sermons and Other Practical Works: Consisting of Above One Hundred and Fifty Sermons Besides His ... 1796
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