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... period . - He has had occasion to observe , that some voyages of disco- very have been made , whereof no record is left ; and a strong proof of the justness of that observation is found in this chapter . According to the general be ...
... period . - He has had occasion to observe , that some voyages of disco- very have been made , whereof no record is left ; and a strong proof of the justness of that observation is found in this chapter . According to the general be ...
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... period of the peace , she was continually watching for an advantageous moment to renew hostilities . It is among the most insidious of her attempts to have placed the latter . portion of her diplomatic correspondence in such a form . as ...
... period of the peace , she was continually watching for an advantageous moment to renew hostilities . It is among the most insidious of her attempts to have placed the latter . portion of her diplomatic correspondence in such a form . as ...
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... period at whichjoying these advantages , he was so particularly taken war should have been begun , not so much by saying with many testimonies of unusual good sense , which that they are wrong , as that the ministers would not pervaded ...
... period at whichjoying these advantages , he was so particularly taken war should have been begun , not so much by saying with many testimonies of unusual good sense , which that they are wrong , as that the ministers would not pervaded ...
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... period like the present every thing tending to stimu- late the patriotism of the British Sailor , and to increase a contempt for his enemy , is highly acceptable . This little jeu d'esprit is well qualified for the purpose . The ...
... period like the present every thing tending to stimu- late the patriotism of the British Sailor , and to increase a contempt for his enemy , is highly acceptable . This little jeu d'esprit is well qualified for the purpose . The ...
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... period of his youth , he displayed that peculiar fondness for the Belles Lettres and Fine Arts which afterwards consti- tuted his predominant and almost exclusive passion . It should seem , that neither did his friends ever conceive the ...
... period of his youth , he displayed that peculiar fondness for the Belles Lettres and Fine Arts which afterwards consti- tuted his predominant and almost exclusive passion . It should seem , that neither did his friends ever conceive the ...
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Page 397 - GENERAL Councils may not be gathered together without the commandment and will of Princes. And when they be gathered together, (forasmuch as they be an assembly of men, whereof all be not governed with the Spirit and Word of God,) they may err, and sometimes have erred, even in things pertaining unto God. Wherefore things ordained by them as necessary to salvation have neither strength nor authority, unless it may be declared that they be taken out of holy Scripture.
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Page 331 - ... of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of his services in the treatment or cure of the disease. But he should not fail, on proper occasions, to give to the friends of the patient timely notice of danger, when it really occurs; and even to the patient himself, if absolutely necessary. This office, however, is so peculiarly alarming when executed by him, that it ought to be declined whenever it can be assigned to any other person of sufficient judgment and delicacy. For, the physician should...
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