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Page 15
These vessels carry great burdens ; and , according to the author's expression ,
great expansion is common to them all ; that is , they are more long and broad
relatively to their depth , than our vessels are . During a voyage from Bengal to ...
These vessels carry great burdens ; and , according to the author's expression ,
great expansion is common to them all ; that is , they are more long and broad
relatively to their depth , than our vessels are . During a voyage from Bengal to ...
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C. obtained the release of himself and surviving companions : but before this was
granted , the Spaniards insisted on his signing a paper , expressing his complete
and entire satisfaction of their usage to himn and l'is people : to which the ...
C. obtained the release of himself and surviving companions : but before this was
granted , the Spaniards insisted on his signing a paper , expressing his complete
and entire satisfaction of their usage to himn and l'is people : to which the ...
Page 109
The object of Mr. Desenfans is sufficiently expressed in his title . page . ... In the
review of the Fine Arts , we observe several ingenious and judicious remarks ,
expressed in language which it would be ungenerous to criticise , were it
sufficiently ...
The object of Mr. Desenfans is sufficiently expressed in his title . page . ... In the
review of the Fine Arts , we observe several ingenious and judicious remarks ,
expressed in language which it would be ungenerous to criticise , were it
sufficiently ...
Page 176
A redundance bordering on tautology , a variation of expression rather than of
position , and a babbling love of amplification , render his prose tedious to the
apprehen . sion of a quick and apt reader . His treatises , like that of Abbt on Merit
...
A redundance bordering on tautology , a variation of expression rather than of
position , and a babbling love of amplification , render his prose tedious to the
apprehen . sion of a quick and apt reader . His treatises , like that of Abbt on Merit
...
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... we are sometimes told , that law is or ought to be the expression ; of this , it has
been said , that the Legislature should ... the will of a nation could be expressed ;
for , in the same page , lie declares that in no state of society would freedom of ...
... we are sometimes told , that law is or ought to be the expression ; of this , it has
been said , that the Legislature should ... the will of a nation could be expressed ;
for , in the same page , lie declares that in no state of society would freedom of ...
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