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... whofe pleasure must be purchased with his pains , whofe curiofity must be fatisfied by his enquiries . Nor muft his labours end here : when all these fairy fcenes are melted away and vanished , and more enlightened ages open on the view ...
... whofe pleasure must be purchased with his pains , whofe curiofity must be fatisfied by his enquiries . Nor muft his labours end here : when all these fairy fcenes are melted away and vanished , and more enlightened ages open on the view ...
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... whofe very emigration from Spain has been warmly contra- dicted by fome modern writers . Without enter- ing into this controversy , which it would take up more room that can be fpared to display and fettle here , I fhall only obferve ...
... whofe very emigration from Spain has been warmly contra- dicted by fome modern writers . Without enter- ing into this controversy , which it would take up more room that can be fpared to display and fettle here , I fhall only obferve ...
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... whofe expedition he has given us an exact account . At this period indeed , he feems to fall in with the Irish History in the time of Cair- bar ; but both the chronology and facts are fo con- founded , that I am doubtful whether an ...
... whofe expedition he has given us an exact account . At this period indeed , he feems to fall in with the Irish History in the time of Cair- bar ; but both the chronology and facts are fo con- founded , that I am doubtful whether an ...
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... whofe country we are about to enter upon . - But before I proceed with that , I fhall take fome little notice of the alterations that have taken place fince they have been under the English government , with which I fhall conclude this ...
... whofe country we are about to enter upon . - But before I proceed with that , I fhall take fome little notice of the alterations that have taken place fince they have been under the English government , with which I fhall conclude this ...
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... whofe natives the Britons termed y - Scot ; and it It is faid by Bede , that a nation of the Picts from Scythia failing in an intent they had formed to fettle themselves among the Scots in Ireland , obtained wives from among was that ...
... whofe natives the Britons termed y - Scot ; and it It is faid by Bede , that a nation of the Picts from Scythia failing in an intent they had formed to fettle themselves among the Scots in Ireland , obtained wives from among was that ...
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Page 377 - Peter, of the holy apostles, archangels, angels, saints, and of all the holy host of heaven, shall and will be always obedient to the holy see of St Peter of Rome, and to my holy lord the pope of Rome and his successors, in all things as well spiritual as temporal...
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Page 396 - This order, good brethren, is from our gracious king, and from the rest of our brethren, the fathers and clergy of England, who have consulted herein, and compared the Holy Scriptures with what they have done ; unto whom I submit, as Jesus did to Caesar, in all things just and lawful, making no questions why or wherefore, as we own him our true and lawful king.