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... thofe inftitutions and manners , the rife of which appears to our author to be fo dark and obfcure as to be inexplicable * . In his fourth chapter Mr. Mitford affords a clear narration of the Hiftory of Greece , from the Trojan war to ...
... thofe inftitutions and manners , the rife of which appears to our author to be fo dark and obfcure as to be inexplicable * . In his fourth chapter Mr. Mitford affords a clear narration of the Hiftory of Greece , from the Trojan war to ...
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... thofe authors appear to have known . With fcarcely more doubt and upon fimilar grounds I join in the rejection of Erichthonius , toge- ther with the fecond Cecrops and the fecond Pandion , from the lift of the kings of Athens . I cannot ...
... thofe authors appear to have known . With fcarcely more doubt and upon fimilar grounds I join in the rejection of Erichthonius , toge- ther with the fecond Cecrops and the fecond Pandion , from the lift of the kings of Athens . I cannot ...
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... thofe topics are beft understood by us , to which we have devoted the greateft fhare of application , On this ground I may flatter myfelf with the hopes of your candid at- tention , while I am more immediately treating thofe fubjects ...
... thofe topics are beft understood by us , to which we have devoted the greateft fhare of application , On this ground I may flatter myfelf with the hopes of your candid at- tention , while I am more immediately treating thofe fubjects ...
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... thofe that are to be employed- in the life for which he thinks himself destined . Little raised in his purfuits above animal life , he will have fomething contracted and abject in all his hopes . He fees before him an indistinct ...
... thofe that are to be employed- in the life for which he thinks himself destined . Little raised in his purfuits above animal life , he will have fomething contracted and abject in all his hopes . He fees before him an indistinct ...
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... thofe laws , The ufe of law , as a fcience , is to prevent mere difcretionary power , under the colour of equity ; and it is the duty of a judge to pro- nounce his decifions , not fimply according to his own opinion of juftice and right ...
... thofe laws , The ufe of law , as a fcience , is to prevent mere difcretionary power , under the colour of equity ; and it is the duty of a judge to pro- nounce his decifions , not fimply according to his own opinion of juftice and right ...
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