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... faid to have poffeffed , I think myself not on that Account inferior to any Man in Zeal for the folid Advantage of my Country , whofe numerous Inhabitants form a refpectable Nation rapidly advancing in the Arts of focial Life ...
... faid to have poffeffed , I think myself not on that Account inferior to any Man in Zeal for the folid Advantage of my Country , whofe numerous Inhabitants form a refpectable Nation rapidly advancing in the Arts of focial Life ...
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... faid to be of great altitude ; the highest being much inferior to the peak of Snowdon , which is itself furpaffed by feveral others in Britain . Referring the reader to the Terraquea for more par- ticular information , I fhall here only ...
... faid to be of great altitude ; the highest being much inferior to the peak of Snowdon , which is itself furpaffed by feveral others in Britain . Referring the reader to the Terraquea for more par- ticular information , I fhall here only ...
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... faid to blow three fourths of the year on this iland , which on all fides , except the eastern , lies quite open to the Atlantic , its atmof- phere is clouded and moist in the extreme ; yet far . from infalubrious , as being in a ...
... faid to blow three fourths of the year on this iland , which on all fides , except the eastern , lies quite open to the Atlantic , its atmof- phere is clouded and moist in the extreme ; yet far . from infalubrious , as being in a ...
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... faid to have been Scythian ; fo that fince the Celts , the aboriginal inhabitants , from whom the modern Irish derive , at least in some proportion , their blood and language , remain un- noticed by the writers even of romantic flory ...
... faid to have been Scythian ; fo that fince the Celts , the aboriginal inhabitants , from whom the modern Irish derive , at least in some proportion , their blood and language , remain un- noticed by the writers even of romantic flory ...
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... faid to have recovered their former eminence of rank . A domeftic misfortune is faid to have befallen Tuathal Teachtmar , a monarch the second in fucef- fion from Cairbre Caitcan , which entailed a punish- ment on a large portion of the ...
... faid to have recovered their former eminence of rank . A domeftic misfortune is faid to have befallen Tuathal Teachtmar , a monarch the second in fucef- fion from Cairbre Caitcan , which entailed a punish- ment on a large portion of the ...
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