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As we can {ct nothing in this perform - ance but imperfeftion, it is impofiible for us to'fpeak'of it with that tcndernefs for the Author, which vvc could wifh to fhew to every 'writer, who is ih any degree qualified to do judice to the fubjcft which he undertakes to treat upon i however mifiaken he' may be, in too fondly elHmating his own abilhies.
The Monthly Review 1772
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They fpeak the Malayan lan - guage, and are all Mahometans.
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Many of the old people, both men and women, can fpeak Spanifli, for the Spa - niards were formerly fettled among them, and had feveral forts on this ifland; and then they fent two triars to the city to convert the Sultan of Mindanao and his people.
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I fpeak it experimentally, for I was brought very low with that diftemper at Achin; but by waihing conftantfy xnormngs and evenings I found great benefit, and was quickly cured by n.
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And to fpeak my thoughts freely, I believe it is owing to tne negled: of this eafy way that all that vaft trad of Terra Auftralis which bounds the South Sea is yet undifcovered: thofe that crofs that fea feeming to defign fome bufinefs on the Peruvian or Mexican coaft, and fo leaving that at a diftance.
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The ftudy of arranging and expreffing our thoughts with propriety, teaches to think, as well as to fpeak, accurately.
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The Bible is the oracle they are to cottfuh j and when they fpeak according to
The equity of God's dealings with nations [microform] : a sermon, preached in Salem, July 23, 1812, a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer in Massachusetts, occasioned by the declaration of war against Great-Britain Emerson, Brown, 1778-1872 1812
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I fhall not fpeak of the other animals and infe&s, crocodiles, alligators, gek-koss, lizards, fcorpions, centipedes, nor of the very curious infed; called the walking lieaf, aa they are all fufficiently defcribed. by Valentyn t*
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Concerning the invafion of Canada, as a means of carrying on the fubfifting war, it is my duty to fpeak plainly and decided - ly, not only becaufe I herein exprefs my own opinions upon the tiibject, but as I confeientioufly believe, the fentiments alfo of a very great majority of that whole fe£tion ot country in whieh I have the happioefs to refide.
Congressional Reporter, Containing the Public Documents, and the Debates [in Congress] 1812
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Tr. J: All wjio liave navigated towards the fouth fpeak of fago, which is the pith of a fpccies of palo& ed the cabbage-palm.
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