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It is certain that fuch an undertaking. was intended, and it is not known whether it is yet abandoned, becaufe, though lefs fanguine hopes muft be entertained, yet the neceffity for it is become ftill greater, there being now but two things to do, either to make a great, and vigorous jaft effort, or togiveuptheppijjt and fubmft.
Thoughts on the Present State of French Politics, and the Necessity and ... William Playfair , Henry Lloyd 1793
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His argomeot is jaft and well enforced, and itj prevalence is allowed throughout all civil nations: ai for rudwefs, he feems not to be much undermatched.
The Plays of William Shakspeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations ... 1785
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Come, noble captain, be not dejc£led; I'll ftand by thee, whatever be the confe - qucncc — — Mr, 'CoivilabJe, we'll wait on yon imme diately. — * Harkee, I have a thought jaft rifen may bring the ladies ofF in the' eaAefl manner imaginable*
The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq: With the Life of the Author. In Twelve Volumes. A New Edition ... 1783
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Meafore AB, the Diameter of the Top, whtch admi; to be 99 Inches; then kpld a Thread fo as a Plummet at the End thereof may kang jaft over C»
The Complete Measurer: Or, The Whole Art of Measuring. In Two Parts. The First Part Teaching ... 1775
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I. Taftc 9 the tStSt of any thing on the pa - late; k is commoaly ufed of a pleafmg tafte BeyU.a. Tafte; froall quantity jaft percep - tible.
A dictionary of the English language. Abstracted from the folio ed., by the author. To which is ... 1768
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Whatfoever things are jufi: That is, free from the fulpicion of unworthy partiality, or bafe ends, not fo much aitiiing at ferving the intereft of a Party, as doing that which is in it felt right and jaft -
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Inftead of a drill-box, or hopper, which is ofed in ploughs, take a tin por - ringer, and punch three or four holes in the bottom, in the nature of a cullender, jaft the fize of the gtain or feed you have to fow,; by fliaking along the furrow, you may bring yourfelf to a tolerable de - gree of exaftncfs, and fwiftnefs tooj for one man may fow as faft as a plough will go.
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If - thou'rt the Son of God — now try the point — (jaft down thyfelf, and truft angelic aid:
The Process and Empire of Christ: From His Birth to the End of the Mediatorial Kingdom; a Poem ... Elhanan Winchester 1793
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Since then God is jaft, he will make none miferable, farther than «hey deferve: fince he is good, he will both pardon and reward, in fuch de - gree as is fit: and fince he is wife, what appears diforder and confiifion to our (bort fight, will appear in the end perfed re - gularity and proportion.
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IcDt treatment flie had jaft orperienced j then confident of there - turn of paffion which (he knew mnft facceed to the difcovery of her innocence, the poet might hare meant her to ruth into his arms, and while Ihe clung about him faft, to darehim to throw her off a fecond time, left that precipitation (hould prove ks faiat to them both, as if the place where they ftood had been a rock.
The Plays of William Shakspeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations ... 1785
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