The Scots Magazine, Or, General Repository of Literature, History, and Politics, Том 58Alex Chapman and, 1796 |
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... given up to the Auftrians by Dumourier.- upon the Rhine .--- 14 . Vice - Admiral Corn- 19. Several depredations and acts of violence wallis unexpectedly returns to Spithead in committed by the Orange Boys of the North the Royal ...
... given up to the Auftrians by Dumourier.- upon the Rhine .--- 14 . Vice - Admiral Corn- 19. Several depredations and acts of violence wallis unexpectedly returns to Spithead in committed by the Orange Boys of the North the Royal ...
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... given by Mrs Morgan in her Tour through Wales , lately pu- blifhed , of the WELSH LADIES . THE women , in general , have ex- ceeding good natural understandings , but they feem to be too well contented with the confcioufnefs of that ...
... given by Mrs Morgan in her Tour through Wales , lately pu- blifhed , of the WELSH LADIES . THE women , in general , have ex- ceeding good natural understandings , but they feem to be too well contented with the confcioufnefs of that ...
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... given a glowing defcription of the cease- lefs inquietudes by which he acquired fkill in the arts of compofition ; and has faid , that with whatever talent a man may be born , the art of writing is not eafily obtained . It is obferved ...
... given a glowing defcription of the cease- lefs inquietudes by which he acquired fkill in the arts of compofition ; and has faid , that with whatever talent a man may be born , the art of writing is not eafily obtained . It is obferved ...
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... given of petere does not correfpond with that given by Servius . " Petere , " fays he , " eft cum aliquid humiliter , et cum precibus , poftulanius . " With all the refpect due to fo great a critic , it may be urged , that this power of ...
... given of petere does not correfpond with that given by Servius . " Petere , " fays he , " eft cum aliquid humiliter , et cum precibus , poftulanius . " With all the refpect due to fo great a critic , it may be urged , that this power of ...
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... given by Varro , of pofcere , feems perfectly juft , except only in as far as a compound is prepof- terously taken to state the power of the verb itself . " Pofcere , " fays he , " eft quoties aliquid pro merito noftro de- pofcimus ...
... given by Varro , of pofcere , feems perfectly juft , except only in as far as a compound is prepof- terously taken to state the power of the verb itself . " Pofcere , " fays he , " eft quoties aliquid pro merito noftro de- pofcimus ...
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