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A circumftance however diftinguiflied thofe times from the prefent which is of mate-* rial importance. —
A letter, commercial and political, addressed to the Rt. Honble. William Pitt: in which the real interests of Britain, in the present crisis, are considered, and some observations are offered on the general state of Europe .. Currie, James, 1756-1805 1793
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'All you have got for the prefent is a paper circulation, and a (lock - jobbing conftitution: and as to the future, do you ferioufly think that the territory of France, upon the republican fyftem of eighty-three in - dependent municipalities, (to fay* nothing of the parts that compofe them) can ever be governed as one body, or can ever be fet in motion by the impulfe of one mind?
Reflections on the Revolution in France,: And on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London ... 1790
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As for the "Predators", I suppose that you could place extra barriers to prefent this kind of behaviour.
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A Character of the prefent Set of Wits in this Ifland.
A Tale of a Tub Jonathan Swift 1706
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The fupreme power in thefe U.S. paffed into the hands which now poffefs it; in whicK it has been continued down to the prefent time.
Congressional Reporter, Containing the Public Documents, and the Debates [in Congress] 1812
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Is the oppofition of Virginia in the days of terror to be compared to that of the prefent rulers of Maflachufetts?
Congressional Reporter, Containing the Public Documents, and the Debates [in Congress] 1812
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LECTURE IL TASTE. npHE nature of the prefent rititiertaking leads* L E c T. me to begin with fome inquiries concerning Tafte; as it is this faculty Which is ai#tiys ap - pealed to in difquifitions concerning the merit of difoourfe and writing. '
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After their departure another canoe arrived, conduced by a man who brought a bunch of plantains as a prefent to me; afldng for me by name, having learnt it from Omai, who was fent before us in a boat with Mr. Gore.
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The mer - its of that treaty, it is not within the fcope of my prefent argu - ment to discufs* It is fufficient to fay, it was deemed good e - 'nough to receive the fantfion of MefTrs.
Congressional Reporter, Containing the Public Documents, and the Debates [in Congress] 1812
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Bit the prefent incumbent was defignated to the office, before hi; predecefTor had retired.
Congressional Reporter, Containing the Public Documents, and the Debates [in Congress] 1812
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