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... very ingenious theories , when he says " These fanciful opinions , to say nothing of the impious nature of some of them , have generally rather resembled philosophical dreams , than the concep tions of waking and sober reason .
... very ingenious theories , when he says " These fanciful opinions , to say nothing of the impious nature of some of them , have generally rather resembled philosophical dreams , than the concep tions of waking and sober reason .
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We likewise hold ourselves excused from the necessity of formally disproving the arguments here adduced , and this for the best of all possible reasons , viz . that the task has already been fully and ably performed .
We likewise hold ourselves excused from the necessity of formally disproving the arguments here adduced , and this for the best of all possible reasons , viz . that the task has already been fully and ably performed .
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There is , however , no reason to suppose that the French will hazard an attempt on an island where they would meet a respectable British army , aided by the natives . Nor can any preparation adequate to such an enterprize take place in ...
There is , however , no reason to suppose that the French will hazard an attempt on an island where they would meet a respectable British army , aided by the natives . Nor can any preparation adequate to such an enterprize take place in ...
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Contents
Affaires dEspagne Nos 1 to 5 Confédération | 1 |
Reliques of Robert Burns consisting chiefly of original | 19 |
Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born | 36 |
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| Title | Quarterly review Volume 1 of The Quarterly Review |
| Contributor | Aborigines' Friends' Association (Adelaide, S. Aust.) |
| Publisher | Aborigines' Friends' Association, 1940 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 7 Jan 2008 |
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