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... expect will be renewed on my re- turn as soon as I am able . The loss of the power of taking ex- ercise would be a sore affliction to me . It has been the delight of my retirement to be in constant bodily activity , looking after my ...
... expect will be renewed on my re- turn as soon as I am able . The loss of the power of taking ex- ercise would be a sore affliction to me . It has been the delight of my retirement to be in constant bodily activity , looking after my ...
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... expect that I would sacrifice a sum of money rather than be disturbed with encountering a bold falsehood . In this he is mistaken ; and to prepare to meet him , should he re- peat his demand , and considering that he has presumed to ...
... expect that I would sacrifice a sum of money rather than be disturbed with encountering a bold falsehood . In this he is mistaken ; and to prepare to meet him , should he re- peat his demand , and considering that he has presumed to ...
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... methodique , which are very ex- tensive , and have the appearance of being made with great labor and exactness . To these I expect we must in the end recur , as a supplement for the measures which we may fail to CORRESPONDENCE . 25.
... methodique , which are very ex- tensive , and have the appearance of being made with great labor and exactness . To these I expect we must in the end recur , as a supplement for the measures which we may fail to CORRESPONDENCE . 25.
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... expect to be without rubs and difficulties ; and we have had them . First , the detention of the western posts , then the coalition of Pilnitz , out- lawing our commerce with France , and the British enforcement of the outlawry . In ...
... expect to be without rubs and difficulties ; and we have had them . First , the detention of the western posts , then the coalition of Pilnitz , out- lawing our commerce with France , and the British enforcement of the outlawry . In ...
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... expect to meet them , would be unwilling to have them postponed , and are only dissatisfied with some of the subjects of taxation ; that is to say the stamp tax and excise . To the former I have not seen a man who is not totally ...
... expect to meet them , would be unwilling to have them postponed , and are only dissatisfied with some of the subjects of taxation ; that is to say the stamp tax and excise . To the former I have not seen a man who is not totally ...
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