The Annual Biography and Obituary, Том 4Longman., 1820 |
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... equal honours were decreed to the Bishops of Rome and Constantinople . The seat of the Western empire having been transferred to Ravenna about the year 390 , this capital disputed the primacy of Italy , with Rome . At length , that ...
... equal honours were decreed to the Bishops of Rome and Constantinople . The seat of the Western empire having been transferred to Ravenna about the year 390 , this capital disputed the primacy of Italy , with Rome . At length , that ...
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... equal degree of con- tempt and negligence in respect to business , which produced bitter reproaches on the part of his parents ; but he at length altered his plan , and betook himself to his daily avocations with a degree of zeal and ...
... equal degree of con- tempt and negligence in respect to business , which produced bitter reproaches on the part of his parents ; but he at length altered his plan , and betook himself to his daily avocations with a degree of zeal and ...
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... equal ease , and still greater benefit , be effected for the public at large . It was not , however , until he had traversed the whole kingdom , al- most in every possible direction , and made himself acquainted with all the impediments ...
... equal ease , and still greater benefit , be effected for the public at large . It was not , however , until he had traversed the whole kingdom , al- most in every possible direction , and made himself acquainted with all the impediments ...
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... equal quantity of this is diffused through the air , and over the face of the earth , every thing continues calm and quiet ; but if , by any accident , one part of matter has ac- quired a greater quantity than another , the most ...
... equal quantity of this is diffused through the air , and over the face of the earth , every thing continues calm and quiet ; but if , by any accident , one part of matter has ac- quired a greater quantity than another , the most ...
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... delusions of the day . In two spirited and judicious letters , addressed under popular titles , to " John Bull , from one of his brethren , " she opposed the absurd reasoning of the alarmists , with equal 2 130 GEORGE WILSON MEADLEY , ESQ .
... delusions of the day . In two spirited and judicious letters , addressed under popular titles , to " John Bull , from one of his brethren , " she opposed the absurd reasoning of the alarmists , with equal 2 130 GEORGE WILSON MEADLEY , ESQ .
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