The Edinburgh Magazine, and Literary Miscellany: A New Series of the Scots Magazine, Volume 42Brymer, Murray and Cochran., 1780 |
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... cafe ; however se- veral Swiss gentlemen have confirmed to me the truth of the story . - She was un- commonly susceptible of every change of weather , and had her electrical feelings strongest in a clear day , or during the passage of ...
... cafe ; however se- veral Swiss gentlemen have confirmed to me the truth of the story . - She was un- commonly susceptible of every change of weather , and had her electrical feelings strongest in a clear day , or during the passage of ...
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... cafe : and in the space of a few minutes collected as much fire immediately from the hair as to kindle common spirits ; and by means of a small phial gave many smart shocks to all the company . A full ac- count of these experiments was ...
... cafe : and in the space of a few minutes collected as much fire immediately from the hair as to kindle common spirits ; and by means of a small phial gave many smart shocks to all the company . A full ac- count of these experiments was ...
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... cafe , as they will rest on the fame authority . Or should they proceed on the work of re- formation , and insist on a triennial par- liament , or the abolition of the privilege of boroughs to fend members , they will be equally ...
... cafe , as they will rest on the fame authority . Or should they proceed on the work of re- formation , and insist on a triennial par- liament , or the abolition of the privilege of boroughs to fend members , they will be equally ...
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... cafe , he fub- mitted it to the House , how far it was just , and becoming their dignity , to vote an address , which contained a general and undefined charge against the King's fervants , which no one Lord had been events of the laft ...
... cafe , he fub- mitted it to the House , how far it was just , and becoming their dignity , to vote an address , which contained a general and undefined charge against the King's fervants , which no one Lord had been events of the laft ...
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... cafe of necessity , on board of neutral veffels , which shall depart from and return to France . Final ly , his Majesty's intention is , that the English proprietors , if there are any who have been difpoffefsed of their estates by ...
... cafe of necessity , on board of neutral veffels , which shall depart from and return to France . Final ly , his Majesty's intention is , that the English proprietors , if there are any who have been difpoffefsed of their estates by ...
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