History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles: 1713-1783J. Murray, 1838 - Great Britain |
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... scarcely any , since the time of Evelyn , which have treated on trees otherwise than in a dry technical style . While Mr. Loudon has given enough of hard words to satisfy the most rigid botanist , and entered into all the details of ...
... scarcely any , since the time of Evelyn , which have treated on trees otherwise than in a dry technical style . While Mr. Loudon has given enough of hard words to satisfy the most rigid botanist , and entered into all the details of ...
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... scarcely a sentence he has ever written that has not borne some evidence of his earnest anxiety to better his fellow- creatures and make them happier ; and the book before us is another evidence of this , and a most powerful one ...
... scarcely a sentence he has ever written that has not borne some evidence of his earnest anxiety to better his fellow- creatures and make them happier ; and the book before us is another evidence of this , and a most powerful one ...
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... scarcely knew whereabouts America lies , felt never- theless quite certain of its being strewed with gold and gems . Meanwhile the partisans of Harley zealously forwarded this illusion , as tending to raise the reputation and secure the ...
... scarcely knew whereabouts America lies , felt never- theless quite certain of its being strewed with gold and gems . Meanwhile the partisans of Harley zealously forwarded this illusion , as tending to raise the reputation and secure the ...
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... scarcely 1720 . just to cast the blame of the general delusion on the Ministers alone , and to speak of them as deaf to warning and precipitate to ruin . The example of these vast schemes for public wealth was set us from Paris . John ...
... scarcely 1720 . just to cast the blame of the general delusion on the Ministers alone , and to speak of them as deaf to warning and precipitate to ruin . The example of these vast schemes for public wealth was set us from Paris . John ...
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... scarcely any impulse at Paris which has failed to thrill and vibrate through every member of the British Empire . A As soon as the South Sea Bill had received the Royal Assent in April , the Directors proposed a subscription of one ...
... scarcely any impulse at Paris which has failed to thrill and vibrate through every member of the British Empire . A As soon as the South Sea Bill had received the Royal Assent in April , the Directors proposed a subscription of one ...
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Page 346 - ... their manner of writing is very peculiar, being neither from the left to the right, like the Europeans ; nor from the right to the left, like the Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinese ; but aslant, from one corner of the paper to the other, like ladies in England.