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... should have a meaning of its own for how could we otherwife make known by it our intention , whether of adding to , or retrenching from , the de- ficient or redundant complex term we have employed If to one of our modern grammarians I ...
... should have a meaning of its own for how could we otherwife make known by it our intention , whether of adding to , or retrenching from , the de- ficient or redundant complex term we have employed If to one of our modern grammarians I ...
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... should , in a peculiar manner in English , prefix the fame word To to the infinitive of our verbs ; for the verbs in English not being diftinguished , as in other languages , by a peculiar termination , this word To ( i . e . act ) ...
... should , in a peculiar manner in English , prefix the fame word To to the infinitive of our verbs ; for the verbs in English not being diftinguished , as in other languages , by a peculiar termination , this word To ( i . e . act ) ...
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... should afford them a pretence for relapfing into Polytheism ; and that it was fit , that fo fublime a mystery fhould be gradually revealed . The Jews have always expreffed great indignation against this doctrine ; and never expected ...
... should afford them a pretence for relapfing into Polytheism ; and that it was fit , that fo fublime a mystery fhould be gradually revealed . The Jews have always expreffed great indignation against this doctrine ; and never expected ...
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... should judge of the characters and difpofitions of men ; and not , as fome are too apt to ima- gine , from their writings , or literary courfe in life . Steele's want of economy in the management of his private affairs , is pretty ...
... should judge of the characters and difpofitions of men ; and not , as fome are too apt to ima- gine , from their writings , or literary courfe in life . Steele's want of economy in the management of his private affairs , is pretty ...
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... should have faid equal parts ) , which in his opinion is more accurate than any thing that has hitherto been proposed . The method is , to drill a number of equidiftant holes in a long brafs bar ; the bar is then to be bent into the ...
... should have faid equal parts ) , which in his opinion is more accurate than any thing that has hitherto been proposed . The method is , to drill a number of equidiftant holes in a long brafs bar ; the bar is then to be bent into the ...
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Page 47 - God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of his praise. And his brightness was as the light; He had horns coming out of his hand : And there was the hiding of his power.
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