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... thing to him of the defire which the King of England fhews for peace , left he fhould bring his cabal , from his defire to oppofe all the defigns of the court , to be partizans for And he believes that he only started difficulties about ...
... thing to him of the defire which the King of England fhews for peace , left he fhould bring his cabal , from his defire to oppofe all the defigns of the court , to be partizans for And he believes that he only started difficulties about ...
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... thing that can give the court vexation , to the end that it may foon difmifs them , and that the King of England may have no other mo- ney than what may arife from this tax , which will not amount , ac- cording to the common opinion ...
... thing that can give the court vexation , to the end that it may foon difmifs them , and that the King of England may have no other mo- ney than what may arife from this tax , which will not amount , ac- cording to the common opinion ...
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... thing to Mr. de Rouvigny . I believe , Sire , that their chief motive in this is , to clear up a fufpicion which ... things at that time , which was in the fpring of the year 1678. Louis the Fourteenth , being disgusted at the marriage ...
... thing to Mr. de Rouvigny . I believe , Sire , that their chief motive in this is , to clear up a fufpicion which ... things at that time , which was in the fpring of the year 1678. Louis the Fourteenth , being disgusted at the marriage ...
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... thing that can be agitated with regard to the domestic affairs of England , and leads to the entire dellruction of epifcopacy and of the English religion . " The fervice which I may draw from Mr. Sidney does not appear , for his ...
... thing that can be agitated with regard to the domestic affairs of England , and leads to the entire dellruction of epifcopacy and of the English religion . " The fervice which I may draw from Mr. Sidney does not appear , for his ...
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... thing was published , fays the prefent Tranflator , called A Letter to a Friend † , pretending to give an account of the French letters ; but no better idea could be formed of them from that , than of the man's houfe from the brick ...
... thing was published , fays the prefent Tranflator , called A Letter to a Friend † , pretending to give an account of the French letters ; but no better idea could be formed of them from that , than of the man's houfe from the brick ...
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