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... whole fortunes lie in funds and ftocks so that power , which according to the old maxim was used to follow land , is now gone over to money ; and the country gentleman is in the con- dition of a young heir , out of whofe eftate a fcri ...
... whole fortunes lie in funds and ftocks so that power , which according to the old maxim was used to follow land , is now gone over to money ; and the country gentleman is in the con- dition of a young heir , out of whofe eftate a fcri ...
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... whole art and cant of them . To tranfcribe here and there three or four detached lines of least weight in a dif- course , and by a foolish comment mistake every fyllable of the meaning , is what I have known many , of a fuperior clafs ...
... whole art and cant of them . To tranfcribe here and there three or four detached lines of least weight in a dif- course , and by a foolish comment mistake every fyllable of the meaning , is what I have known many , of a fuperior clafs ...
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... whole country on his fide , and the farmer was cured of his itch of difputation for ever after . The worst of it is , that this fort of outrageous party - writers I have fpoken of above , are like a couple of make - bates , who inflame ...
... whole country on his fide , and the farmer was cured of his itch of difputation for ever after . The worst of it is , that this fort of outrageous party - writers I have fpoken of above , are like a couple of make - bates , who inflame ...
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... whole party is in a high measure in- debted for all their greatness ; and whenever it lies in their power , they may perhaps return their ac- knowledgments , as , out of their zeal for frequent revolutions , they were ready to do to his ...
... whole party is in a high measure in- debted for all their greatness ; and whenever it lies in their power , they may perhaps return their ac- knowledgments , as , out of their zeal for frequent revolutions , they were ready to do to his ...
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... whole kingdom to the duke of Marlborough , in return of the moft eminent fervices , that ever were performed by a fubject , to his country ; not to be equalled in hif- tory : and then , to be fure , fome bitter stroke of detraction ...
... whole kingdom to the duke of Marlborough , in return of the moft eminent fervices , that ever were performed by a fubject , to his country ; not to be equalled in hif- tory : and then , to be fure , fome bitter stroke of detraction ...
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