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... Roman coins hereafter mentioned , are a small specimen of the feveral forts of money made use of in that famous Empire , and are a prefent from Mr. Gray , of Colchefter , to the public library of Philadelphia , as a token of the honour ...
... Roman coins hereafter mentioned , are a small specimen of the feveral forts of money made use of in that famous Empire , and are a prefent from Mr. Gray , of Colchefter , to the public library of Philadelphia , as a token of the honour ...
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... Romans would , by this , have been put in mind of their original , and preferved their humility , a virtue they often prac- tifed in their best times ( though they never pretended to it , nor had even a name for it as a virtue ) it ...
... Romans would , by this , have been put in mind of their original , and preferved their humility , a virtue they often prac- tifed in their best times ( though they never pretended to it , nor had even a name for it as a virtue ) it ...
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... Romans . Be- fore the whole are prefixed , certain Memoirs relating to the life of Inigo Jones , with his effigies engraved by Hollar ; as alfo Dr. Charleton's , by P. Lombart , and four new views of Stone Heng , in its prefent ...
... Romans . Be- fore the whole are prefixed , certain Memoirs relating to the life of Inigo Jones , with his effigies engraved by Hollar ; as alfo Dr. Charleton's , by P. Lombart , and four new views of Stone Heng , in its prefent ...
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... Roman Cæfars under C. Julius and Octavianus . Collected from all history , as well facred as prophane ; and methodically digested . By James Ufher , Archbishop of Armagh , and Primate of Ireland . London , 1678 . 193 Antiquities ( The ) ...
... Roman Cæfars under C. Julius and Octavianus . Collected from all history , as well facred as prophane ; and methodically digested . By James Ufher , Archbishop of Armagh , and Primate of Ireland . London , 1678 . 193 Antiquities ( The ) ...
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... Roman ) of Dionyfius Halicarnaffenfis . See Dionyfius Halicarnaffenfis , & c . 26 Aftronomy explained upon Sir Ifaac Newton's Principles , and made eafy to those who have not studied Mathematicks . By James Ferguson . The 2d edition ...
... Roman ) of Dionyfius Halicarnaffenfis . See Dionyfius Halicarnaffenfis , & c . 26 Aftronomy explained upon Sir Ifaac Newton's Principles , and made eafy to those who have not studied Mathematicks . By James Ferguson . The 2d edition ...
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