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... head , can entertain a doubt with regard to it . The pre- fent patriotic author feems to be fully fenfible of the vaft im- portance of this article ; and he returns to it , with great force of argument , in a fucceeding part of his work ...
... head , can entertain a doubt with regard to it . The pre- fent patriotic author feems to be fully fenfible of the vaft im- portance of this article ; and he returns to it , with great force of argument , in a fucceeding part of his work ...
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... heads : ft , Tem- porary taxes ; and , 2d , perpetual taxes . The Of temporary taxes , he first examines the land tax ... head of Customs on Goods carried Craftways , the following remarks are fo judicious and important , that we cannot ...
... heads : ft , Tem- porary taxes ; and , 2d , perpetual taxes . The Of temporary taxes , he first examines the land tax ... head of Customs on Goods carried Craftways , the following remarks are fo judicious and important , that we cannot ...
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... heads : viz . 1. Economical arrangements , 2. Improvements in the existing revenue , 3. New and additional taxes , 4. Lucrative financial projects , 6 In all , Per annum . £ . 1,037,274 700,000 5,529,600 6,530,000 £ . 13,796,874 Chapter ...
... heads : viz . 1. Economical arrangements , 2. Improvements in the existing revenue , 3. New and additional taxes , 4. Lucrative financial projects , 6 In all , Per annum . £ . 1,037,274 700,000 5,529,600 6,530,000 £ . 13,796,874 Chapter ...
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... prayers , if their quantity exceeds a drachm , either on his body or his clothes , or his oratory , that REV . SEPT . 1790 . C is is the place where he rests his feet and head D'Ohffon's Hiftory of the Othoman Empire . Τη.
... prayers , if their quantity exceeds a drachm , either on his body or his clothes , or his oratory , that REV . SEPT . 1790 . C is is the place where he rests his feet and head D'Ohffon's Hiftory of the Othoman Empire . Τη.
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... head , to wash at least the fourth part of it ; thirdly , in raifing the hand in the fame manner to the beard , to wash it alfo , if not the whole , at least the fourth part of it ; fourthly , in washing the hands and arms as far as the ...
... head , to wash at least the fourth part of it ; thirdly , in raifing the hand in the fame manner to the beard , to wash it alfo , if not the whole , at least the fourth part of it ; fourthly , in washing the hands and arms as far as the ...
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Page 441 - By this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack that aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that, by their poisonous weeds and wild incantations, they may regenerate the paternal constitution, and renovate their father's life.
Page 357 - And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives?
Page 441 - ... approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude.
Page 440 - By this unprincipled facility of changing the state as often, and as much, and in as many ways as there are floating fancies or fashions, the whole chain and continuity of the commonwealth would be broken. No one generation could link with the other. Men would become little better than the flies of a summer.
Page 39 - ... in colour like the purple part of the rainbow, but not so compressed or thick. It did not occupy twenty yards in breadth, and was about twelve feet high from the ground. It was a kind of...
Page 36 - Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses. 23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
Page 442 - For those purposes they think some part of the wealth of the country is as usefully employed, as it can be in fomenting the luxury of individuals. It is the public ornament. It is the public consolation. It nourishes the public hope. The poorest man finds his own importance and dignity in it...
Page 325 - I have, to contemplate without emotion that elevation and that fall! Little did I dream when she added titles of veneration to those of enthusiastic, distant, respectful love, that she should ever be obliged to carry the sharp antidote against disgrace concealed in that bosom; little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men...
Page 125 - As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger.
Page 477 - Christ ; and see that you never cease your labour, your care and diligence, until you have done all that lieth in you, according to your bounden duty, to bring all such as are or shall be committed to your charge, unto that agreement in the faith and knowledge of God, and to that ripeness and perfectness of age in Christ, that there be no place left among you, either for error in religion, or for viciousness in life.