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... received from the whole of our previous reading and inquiries be correct , we must hold that he has exaggerated evils and dangers , while , on the other hand , he has not communicated the whole truth or adduced with equal pains ...
... received from the whole of our previous reading and inquiries be correct , we must hold that he has exaggerated evils and dangers , while , on the other hand , he has not communicated the whole truth or adduced with equal pains ...
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... received by the merchants with marked attention . If Russia should establish herself either in Herat or Cabool , the neighbouring states would be obliged to join her alliance , for she would then have it in her power at any moment to ...
... received by the merchants with marked attention . If Russia should establish herself either in Herat or Cabool , the neighbouring states would be obliged to join her alliance , for she would then have it in her power at any moment to ...
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... received at our hands in the past . Birmah , never to be relied on , at peace with us to - day , may be occupied only in the concoc- tion of some evil to shower upon us to - morrow . " A passage of forty - two days lands our troops on ...
... received at our hands in the past . Birmah , never to be relied on , at peace with us to - day , may be occupied only in the concoc- tion of some evil to shower upon us to - morrow . " A passage of forty - two days lands our troops on ...
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... received into a magic cup or boat , made by He- phaestos , which , aided by the current , conveyed him during the night round the northern part of the earth , where his light was only enjoyed by the happy Hyperboreans , the lofty ...
... received into a magic cup or boat , made by He- phaestos , which , aided by the current , conveyed him during the night round the northern part of the earth , where his light was only enjoyed by the happy Hyperboreans , the lofty ...
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... received in America as well as in England has been such as we anticipated . In the present volume he comes before us in a different shape , viz . that of sermons , or discourses from the pulpit on the morals of trade , and the rules ...
... received in America as well as in England has been such as we anticipated . In the present volume he comes before us in a different shape , viz . that of sermons , or discourses from the pulpit on the morals of trade , and the rules ...
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