THE MONTHLY REVIEW OR LITERARY JOURNAL VOL.XI1754 |
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... continued to govern ( tho his kinfman was above twenty years old , and had married the grand - daughter of Ferdinando ) not as guardian , but as duke , yet without formally affuming the title : it appeared to him therefore much easier ...
... continued to govern ( tho his kinfman was above twenty years old , and had married the grand - daughter of Ferdinando ) not as guardian , but as duke , yet without formally affuming the title : it appeared to him therefore much easier ...
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... continued hitherto for its defence . But Ferdinando , refufing the pafs with contempt , marched through the gate of St. Sebaftian , the last day of the year , at the fame inftant the French army entered the gate Del Populo , with the ...
... continued hitherto for its defence . But Ferdinando , refufing the pafs with contempt , marched through the gate of St. Sebaftian , the last day of the year , at the fame inftant the French army entered the gate Del Populo , with the ...
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... continued his course to Naples , before which city he ftaid two days , expecting a revolution ; nor would he have been disappointed , but for the vigilance of the French : after the third day , defpairing of any change , he put to sea ...
... continued his course to Naples , before which city he ftaid two days , expecting a revolution ; nor would he have been disappointed , but for the vigilance of the French : after the third day , defpairing of any change , he put to sea ...
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... continued to be the fame fon of God , the fame divine perfonage , through whom God made , and governs the world , in his state of manhood , as he was , in his antecedent ftate of glory , and as he now is , exalted to the right hand of ...
... continued to be the fame fon of God , the fame divine perfonage , through whom God made , and governs the world , in his state of manhood , as he was , in his antecedent ftate of glory , and as he now is , exalted to the right hand of ...
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... continued . And to the best of my remembrance , and belief , renewed in his time . At leaft , as he was ordinary there , it could not ⚫ be continued without his confent . And it is most certain ⚫ that he conftantly attended that holy ...
... continued . And to the best of my remembrance , and belief , renewed in his time . At leaft , as he was ordinary there , it could not ⚫ be continued without his confent . And it is most certain ⚫ that he conftantly attended that holy ...
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