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- Tight; taut.
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'I Tni'Mvy/. the huiMM «f dranght atiinals Track, «. a mark teft, A iMd, MaftMiNth Tnekfleu, *. imtroddtn, not mtrkcd ott Tnct,/. a region, q/ uoMtj & t land, caDti -
Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, in Miniature: To which are ... Samuel Johnson , Joseph Hamilton 1812
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UOier brought the fubje6l to the teft of cool difpaf*
Analysis of researches into the origin and progress of historical time Walker, Robert, fl. 1796. [from old catalog] 1796
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Though, for our part, we are 'fully convinced that the fcience of criticifm, like mod others, has received great improvement fince the ages of thofe writers; and that a much more accurate teft of poetical excellence might be ap - plied, than the loofe and dubious fentences of the above poet - critic and. critic* poet; yet Mr.W. 's paraphraftical application,
The Monthly Review 1796
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But, with a view to the fulnefs and accu - racy of the regifter, I have fince thought it expedient tp make a fecond furvey of Lei - cestershire and its environs* where I fpent three months of the teft fummer
The Rural Economy of the Midland Counties: Including the Management of ... William 1796
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No more was ne - cefiary, than to have humoured his countrymen in incorporating chriftianity with the political ftate of the JewiQi nation, by allowing circumcifion, or fome fuch rite, to be the door of admiflion to Gen - tile converts, and the teft of their being one with the Jewiih people.
A review of ecclesiastical establishments in Europe : containing their history ... : and an essay tending to shew both the political and moral necessity of abolishing exclusive establishments, with answers to some principal objections Whatman, James, 1741-1798 1796
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The uncertainty of all human expedlations being therefore univerfally idmitted, and fuch matters of opinion only paffed over as can never be brought to the decifive teft of infallibility j it is natural to conclude
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Such wis, and always muft be the cife, if We examine either nature or man, by any other teft, than by hiftory and by induction.
Sketch of democracy 1796
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■ Docs it give you pleafure to make mc more unhappy — or does it add to your triumph, that your eyes and lips have turned a man into a fool, whom the teft of the town is courting as a wit? —
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A wiSK and falutary law pafled this feffion „ for efledluaUy preventing, during the prefent war between Great Britain and France, all trafterous correfpondence with his majefty's enemies, or giving them any aid or afliftance; alfo an aft, to remove fome doubts, refpefting perfons in office, taking the facramental teft, intended for the relief of the proteftant diflent - of the kingdom.
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The vigorous fpirit, which Elizabeth had bequeathed to her people, continued to operate, long after fhe had ccafed to delight them by her prefence, ot to pro - teft them by her wifdom.
An Estimate of the Comparative Strength of Great Britain, During the Present and Four Preceding ... 1794
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