The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 69; Volume 1790Tobias Smollett R[ichard]. Baldwin, at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row, 1790 |
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... fixed by lord Buchan to have been 1560 , instead of 1551 ; and he is faid to have been killed by Gonza- ga , or at least in an accidental rencounter , from the fame au- thority , in July , 1582. He was therefore confeffedly twenty years ...
... fixed by lord Buchan to have been 1560 , instead of 1551 ; and he is faid to have been killed by Gonza- ga , or at least in an accidental rencounter , from the fame au- thority , in July , 1582. He was therefore confeffedly twenty years ...
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... fix per cent . on the capitals , and continued to do fo , for five years ; but , in the payment , preferred his own fubjects . In 1767 , the dividend was reduced to four per cent .; in 1768 , fifteen million of livres were diftributed ...
... fix per cent . on the capitals , and continued to do fo , for five years ; but , in the payment , preferred his own fubjects . In 1767 , the dividend was reduced to four per cent .; in 1768 , fifteen million of livres were diftributed ...
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... fixed throat smokes ** ; And you draw out a wide furrow in the midst of sand †† · ' A more natural interpretation of Omne in præcipiti vi- tium ftetit ' - is , Every vice may increafe , and fink the vicious perfon lower , for every ...
... fixed throat smokes ** ; And you draw out a wide furrow in the midst of sand †† · ' A more natural interpretation of Omne in præcipiti vi- tium ftetit ' - is , Every vice may increafe , and fink the vicious perfon lower , for every ...
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... fix years , to 1780 , the number of births was 958,419 , and of deaths 834,865 . The numbers are taken from Mr. Necker , and our author has broken Mr. Necker's average of ten years into two parts , that he may calculate with more ...
... fix years , to 1780 , the number of births was 958,419 , and of deaths 834,865 . The numbers are taken from Mr. Necker , and our author has broken Mr. Necker's average of ten years into two parts , that he may calculate with more ...
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... fix millions ; the utmost extent that can be allowed to the population of France , and most probably much beyond the ... fixed at 28 , is probably too large . The other parts of the Appendix are , the French Declara tion of Rights , with ...
... fix millions ; the utmost extent that can be allowed to the population of France , and most probably much beyond the ... fixed at 28 , is probably too large . The other parts of the Appendix are , the French Declara tion of Rights , with ...
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