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... Containing a Catalogue of the Books and Pamphlets charac- terized , with the Size and Price of each Article , and ... contains an Index to the Titles , AUTHORS ' NAMES , Sizes and Prices , of all the Books and Pamphlets ( digested ...
... Containing a Catalogue of the Books and Pamphlets charac- terized , with the Size and Price of each Article , and ... contains an Index to the Titles , AUTHORS ' NAMES , Sizes and Prices , of all the Books and Pamphlets ( digested ...
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... contains fome paffages which wander far beyond the bounds of bucolic fong , and are in his own ori- gical ftyle of the more fublime poetry . Milton cannot be a fhepherd long . His own native powers often break forth , and cannot bear ...
... contains fome paffages which wander far beyond the bounds of bucolic fong , and are in his own ori- gical ftyle of the more fublime poetry . Milton cannot be a fhepherd long . His own native powers often break forth , and cannot bear ...
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... containing an Account of the Ganges and Burrampooter Rivers . 4to . 14s . Boards . Faden . 1788 . THIS valuable work forms a volume in quarto , of 400 pages , and contains the moft improved fyftem of oriental geography that has yet been ...
... containing an Account of the Ganges and Burrampooter Rivers . 4to . 14s . Boards . Faden . 1788 . THIS valuable work forms a volume in quarto , of 400 pages , and contains the moft improved fyftem of oriental geography that has yet been ...
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... contains 140 pages , is entirely a new work , and comprifes the moft diftinct and fatif- * See a particular account of this paper in our Review , vol . lxvi . P. 366 . C 3 factory ' factory , account of Indian affairs that we have ...
... contains 140 pages , is entirely a new work , and comprifes the moft diftinct and fatif- * See a particular account of this paper in our Review , vol . lxvi . P. 366 . C 3 factory ' factory , account of Indian affairs that we have ...
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... contains a flight review of the treat- ment of women in the different nations of the world . The fe- cond is on the influence which the treatment received by the fe- male fex will have on the public tafte , manners , and morals of a ...
... contains a flight review of the treat- ment of women in the different nations of the world . The fe- cond is on the influence which the treatment received by the fe- male fex will have on the public tafte , manners , and morals of a ...
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