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Bologna; and not suffered to take leave of the unhappy Clementina, though on her knees she beg-ged to be allowed a parting interview And wliat was the consequence?
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In wliat state of life must you try to get your own living?
The Teacher's Assistant: Consisting of Lectures in the Catechetical Form, Being Part of a Plan ... 1812
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If the publick do not speak more from wliat it wishes
Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer ... 1812
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We are told, that during the recess of parliament, his Majesty has a sort of dictatorial poorer, which would enable him to do all tnt is desired by this message, and that therefore our constitu - tion can never be in any danger, by our giving him an authority to do wliat he might do without any such previous autho - rity.
The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803 1812
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To her family and friends, in whose hearts slie still lives, the vol - inne would be a most welcome and precious memorial of wliat she was in herself, and of what she was to thetji.
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A miracle, or wonderful t fleet, coniicct - ed with no particular doctrine, is to be called a natural or artificial phenomenon, or a prodigy; not a miracle in a theoligical sense, which last alone is wliat we are at pits* cm coiictrned with.
The Dignity of Human Nature, Or, A Brief Account of the Certain and Established Means for ... 1812
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London to accomplish wliat is here described; professional gentlemen fully adequate to the task give up a portion of their time and attention to the instruction of pupils, whom they undertake to prepare for the bar; they alternately read with their pupils, and excite them to apply what they read to practical use.
Essays on professional education Edgeworth, Richard Lovells, 1744-1817 1812
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The poor panon, however, briefly demanded, ■ in wliat persuasion he would leave the world! '
Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer ... 1812
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Ccrtuin it is, tJiat the bisliop continued to exercise his episcopal functions; und shortly \\e shall ad - vert to facts, \\hicii prove in a still more striking manner, witli wliat impunity he despised tlie papal mandates.
The History of the Church of Christ: from the days of the apostles, till the famous disputation ... 1812
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I hope wliat I have sent may not miscarry, as I have no copy.
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