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More than a hundred and fifty fpedes of infefts of novel defcription were added to my former colledions; among thefe, forty butterflies, the chief of them of the mofl: lively and fplendid colours.
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Thefe lafl, who all of them are Europeans, are very much refpefted by the Indians; while the fecular clergy, who mofl commonly are Creoles, are held in contempt: hence the government Ihews great de - ference to the reftors; for, generally fpeaking, the Indian always confuhs them on en. tering upon any enterprize, and even as to paying his taxes.
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The mofl bufy man, in the moft; a6live Iphere, cannot be always occupied by bufinefs.
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But, if the Spaniards are to remain maflers of them, that they fhould look with diligence to their fecurity is mofl effential.
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Indeed the whole country about the bay is agreeable beyond defcription, and if properly cul - tivated would be a mofl frrtile fpot.
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The mofl: fanguine expeclafions of a refult even more favorable, and of a large furplus revenue above your ordinary expences in time of peace, have recently been conveyed to you by Lord Iviinto; but I trufl; that the Court of Directors will not be induced by thofe hopes, however well founded, to relax in their exertions.
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No: It ftands clear for the mofl part of thefe laboured rfefluemeuts of art.
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He was a grave re» fle6iing man, well acquainted with human life; and the melan - choly events and cataftrophes, which he records, are often both the mofl interefling parts of hiftory, and the moft improving to the heart.
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In common with moft of the women in India they cherifh a mofl exceflive jealoufy of their hufbands, and of thdr female flaves.
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If tl-. e glafs is not recjiiired to be tranfpartnt, impure alkali, not freed from the iflies, is employed; but In making the finer and mofl: tranfparent kinds of glafs, care is t? ktn to purify both the earth and the alkali.
The Economy of Nature Explained and Illustrated: On the Principles of Modern Philosophy. By G ... 1798
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